Design of a Brain-Computer System to Measure Brain Activity during a Dolphin-Assisted Therapy using the TGAM1 EEG Sensor

Abstract

The recent proliferation of sensors technology applications in therapies to children disabilities to promote positive behavior among such children has produced optimistic results in developing a variety of skills and abilities in them. Dolphin-Assisted Therapy (DAT) has also become a topic of public and research interest for these disorders intervention and treatment. This work exposes the development of a system that controls brain-computer interaction when a patient with different abilities takes a DAT. The study was carried out at Definiti Ixtapa facilities and shows that brain activity increases by 376% during a DAT. A TAGM1 sensor was used to develop the system, which is connected to the Bluetooth 4.0 communication protocol, which is isolated from environmental conditions, which is brackish and humid. In this way, we explore the behavior of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and neurotypic children using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) from Electroencephalogram (EEG).