Samuel W. Hincks, Maya DeBellis, Eun Youb Lee, R. T. Brink, Birger Moëll, R. Jacob
{"title":"Towards Bidirectional Brain-computer Interfaces that Use fNIRS and tDCS","authors":"Samuel W. Hincks, Maya DeBellis, Eun Youb Lee, R. T. Brink, Birger Moëll, R. Jacob","doi":"10.5220/0006380500570064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006380500570064","url":null,"abstract":"We envision a future user interface that measures its user’s mental state and responds not only through a display but also by sending output directly to the brain, leading to a primitive bidirectional brain-computer interface. Previous interactive systems have measured brain state with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for communication from user to computer; we now explore transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) as a channel in the opposite direction. Our goal is to integrate this with brain measurements from fNIRS, so that the stimulation parameters governing tDCS may be set dynamically to enhance user cognition based on current mental state and task demands. To do this, the first step is to determine how long it takes for tDCS to register cognitive effects and how long these effects last. We present an experiment that investigates the temporal dimension of tDCS for this purpose. The findings suggest a long lag-time between the onset of stimulation and any measurable cognitive effect, which may prohibit the effectiveness of tDCS in a brainadaptive application.","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124327215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Sohn, Mi-Sook Park, Hye-Ryeon Yang, Young-Ji Eum, J. Eom
{"title":"ERP-based Speller with a New Paradigm","authors":"J. Sohn, Mi-Sook Park, Hye-Ryeon Yang, Young-Ji Eum, J. Eom","doi":"10.5220/0004834203410346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0004834203410346","url":null,"abstract":"In most implementation of an ERP-based speller, standard row-column paradigm (RCP) was used. However, RCP is susceptible to adjacency-distraction errors because items in the same row or column of the target flash at the time of a half when the target item flashes. The adjacency-distraction errors could be reduced if the number of flanking items that flash with the target is diminished. This study presents a novel P300-based stimulus presentation called row-column-diagonal paradigm (RCDP) where characters on the main diagonal and the anti-diagonal in the matrix flash in addition to characters on the row and columns. In RCDP, items in the same row, column, main diagonal, and anti-diagonal of the target flashes at the time of a quarter when the target item flashes. Using a 6×6 matrix of alphanumeric characters and keyboard commands, ten college students used RCP and RCDP. Stepwise linear discriminant analysis (SWLDA) for the EEG signals recorded in calibration phases was used to calculate discrimininant function. By applying the discrimininant function to electroencephalography (EEG) signal recorded in the test phase, the probability whether the item was the target or not was evaluated. Average accuracy was 76.6% in RCP while 84.0% in RCDP. With RCP, most errors were occurred in the same row or column of the target; on the other hand, with RCDP in the same row, column, main diagonal, or anti-diagonal of the target. These findings indicate how RCDP reduces adjacency-distraction errors and might be able to contribute to develop more advanced stimulus presentation paradigm.","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128649970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Fernández-Sánchez, C. Soguero-Ruíz, Pablo de Miguel-Bohoyo, F. Rivas-Flores, Ángel Gómez-Delgado, Francisco Javier Gutiérrez-Expósito, I. Mora-Jiménez
{"title":"Clinical Risk Groups Analysis for Chronic Hypertensive Patients in Terms of ICD9-CM Diagnosis Codes","authors":"J. Fernández-Sánchez, C. Soguero-Ruíz, Pablo de Miguel-Bohoyo, F. Rivas-Flores, Ángel Gómez-Delgado, Francisco Javier Gutiérrez-Expósito, I. Mora-Jiménez","doi":"10.5220/0006218700130022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006218700130022","url":null,"abstract":"Hypertension is a chronic condition that has a considerable prevalence in the elderly. Furthermore, hypertensive patients double cost of normotensive individuals. The budget reduction and the increasing concern about the sustainability of the healthcare system have caused that improving the efficiency and use of resources are a priority in developed countries. Identification of chronic hypertensive patients, i.e., patients with high blood pressure, can be performed by means of population classification systems such as Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs). CRGs classify individuals in health status categories taking both demographic and clinical information of the encounters that individuals have with the healthcare system during a defined period of time. In this work, we determine the characteristic profile and the evolution of diagnosis codes according to the International Classification of Diseases 9th revision, Clinical Modification (ICD9-CM), focusing on healthy and chronic hypertensive patients at different chronic statuses (CRG). Our data correspond to the population associated to the University Hospital of Fuenlabrada (Madrid, Spain) during the year 2012, providing about 46000/16000 healthy/hypertensive individuals. We found that profiles associated to different health statuses have different patterns in terms of ICD-9 diagnosis codes. Furthermore, a prediction method is proposed to determine the health status of a new patient according to demographic (age and gender) and clinical (diagnosis codes) data. We conclude that gender is the less informative characteristic, though the combination of age and diagnosis codes have a great potential when they are non linearly combined.","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128046646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vanessa Georges, F. Courtemanche, M. Fredette, Pierre-Majorique Léger, S. Sénécal
{"title":"Developing Personas based on Physiological Measures","authors":"Vanessa Georges, F. Courtemanche, M. Fredette, Pierre-Majorique Léger, S. Sénécal","doi":"10.5220/0006963201310136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006963201310136","url":null,"abstract":": The objective of this paper is to propose a novel approach for the creation of user personas using common patterns in psychophysiological signals. We illustrate the persona creation process through a case example. Using this method, we were able to identify 4 distinct subgroups of varying experience and satisfaction levels. This novel approach illustrates the potential of physiological measures in the identification of various user clusters, based on one or more experiential aspect, as these signals can provide information as to what users are experiencing during the interaction without interference. This should be useful for user experience researchers, practitioners and designers alike to build more accurate user profiles, especially in the context of large scale public installations and immersive experiences.","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131881042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. T. Knierim, Mario Nadj, Anuja Hariharan, Christof Weinhardt
{"title":"Flow Neurophysiology in Knowledge Work: Electroencephalographic Observations from Two Cognitive Tasks","authors":"M. T. Knierim, Mario Nadj, Anuja Hariharan, Christof Weinhardt","doi":"10.5220/0006926700420053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006926700420053","url":null,"abstract":"In an effort to study flow experiences in the context of less structured knowledge work (KW), we explored a paradigm we call controlled experience sampling (cESM). Participants worked on a naturalistic, cognitive task (a personal scientific thesis), and a difficulty-manipulated math task. Results show that the cESM approach elicits a consistent flow experience with intensities as least as high as in the math task flow condition. An interesting finding is that given similar flow intensities, different perceptions of stress arise between the two paradigms. EEG results from both tasks suggest increased frontal upper alpha band (10-12Hz) activity with increased task attention, that has higher temporal stability in flow than in a boredom condition, and that is laterally indifferent. Integrating with the presently available literature, the results further consolidate an understanding of flow as a state of fronto-lateral activation.","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115792836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Hierarchical BCI System Able to Discriminate between Non Intentional Control State and Four Intentional Control Activities","authors":"J. Abascal, Andoni Arruti, J. Martín, J. Muguerza","doi":"10.5220/0004723000910097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0004723000910097","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"265 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116151620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seven Principles to Mine Flexible Behavior from Physiological Signals for Effective Emotion Recognition and Description in Affective Interactions","authors":"Rui Henriques, Ana Paiva","doi":"10.5220/0004666400750082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0004666400750082","url":null,"abstract":"Measuring affective interactions using physiological signals has become a critical step to understand engagements with human and artificial agents. However, traditional methods for signal analysis are not yet able to effectively deal with the differences of responses across individuals and with flexible sequential behavior. In this work, we rely on empirical results to define seven principles for a robust mining of physiological signals to recognize and characterize affective states. The majority of these principles are novel and driven from advanced pre-processing techniques and temporal data mining methods. A methodology that integrates these principles is proposed and validated using electrodermal signals collected during human-to-human and human-to-robot affective interactions.","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129374660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Max T. Curran, Nick Merrill, Swapan Gandhi, J. Chuang
{"title":"Exploring the Feasibility and Performance of One-step Three-factor Authentication with Ear-EEG","authors":"Max T. Curran, Nick Merrill, Swapan Gandhi, J. Chuang","doi":"10.5220/0006896300300041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006896300300041","url":null,"abstract":"Multi-factor authentication presents a robust method to secure our private information, but typically requires multiple actions by the user resulting in a high cost to usability and limiting adoption. A usable system should also be unobtrusive and inconspicuous. We present and discuss a system with the potential to engage all three factors of authentication (inherence, knowledge, and possession) in a single step using an earpiece that implements brain-based authentication using electroencephalography (EEG). We demonstrate its potential by collecting EEG data using manufactured custom-fit earpieces with embedded electrodes and testing a variety of authentication scenarios. Across all participants’ best-performing “passthoughts”, we are able to achieve 0% false acceptance and 0.36% false rejection rates, for an overall accuracy of 99.82%, using one earpiece with three electrodes. Furthermore, we find no successful attempts simulating impersonation attacks. We also report on perspectives from our participants. Our results suggest that a relatively inexpensive system using a single electrode-laden earpiece could provide a discreet, convenient, and robust method for one-step multi-factor authentication.","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116456620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Molina, I. Gómez, Jaime Guerrero, M. Monge, J. A. Castro-García, R. Quesada, Santiago Berrazueta, M. Hermoso-de-Mendoza
{"title":"A Hardware/Software Platform to Acquire Bioelectrical Signals. A Case Study: Characterizing Computer Access through Attention","authors":"A. Molina, I. Gómez, Jaime Guerrero, M. Monge, J. A. Castro-García, R. Quesada, Santiago Berrazueta, M. Hermoso-de-Mendoza","doi":"10.5220/0006412200760083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0006412200760083","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a hardware/software platform to acquire human body signals. In the field of physiological computing it is desirable to have a system that allows the synchronized acquisition of signals coming from different sources. Here is described how to unify the whole process of acquiring signals from both customized hardware and low cost commercial devices such as Neurosky’s mindwave. A case study using this platform is also shown: studying the feasibility of using sustained attention to access a computer. In order to do that brain activity was measured using Neurosky’s mindwave. The participants in this study were asked to keep their attention high/low for as long as possible during several trials. Experimentation was performed by 7 normally developed subjects and 3 people with cerebral palsy (CP). Our preliminary work shows that 60% of participants might be potential users of this technology. Eventually, modulating the attention to access a communication board needs a scanning period greater than 5.76s.","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126945045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Alcobia, Rui Costa, Luis Ferreira, Pedro Mendes
{"title":"Promoting Visual Biofeedback through a Medical Device for Physical Therapy and Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine","authors":"C. Alcobia, Rui Costa, Luis Ferreira, Pedro Mendes","doi":"10.5220/0004697002930298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5220/0004697002930298","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper synthesises the development of a medical device which promotes visual biofeedback for Physical Therapy and Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine. After the identification of a specific need, a solution extremely versatile with advantages for the patient and the health professional is presented. A brief reference to its technical development and its performance is presented, introducing the visual biofeedback interface and gathering a set of identified clinical applications. Finally, some possible further developments","PeriodicalId":326453,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127155216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}