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MindTactics: A Brain Computer Interface gaming platform
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MindTactics: A Brain Computer Interface gaming platform

K Oum, H Ayaz, P A Shewokis and P Diefenbach
2010 2nd International IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's Games Innovations Conference, pp 1-5
Dec 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEGIC.2010.5716901

Abstract

Protocols Optical Brain Monitoring Brain Computer Interface Game Research Optical imaging BCI Indexes Brain Gaming fNIR Brain computer interfaces Brain Games
During the last couple of decades, there has been an exponential improvement in neuroimaging technologies that allowed researchers noninvasive assessment of cognitive workload, short term memory, and spatial/navigational behaviors in humans. Through the use of new experimental paradigms and brain imaging devices, researchers have gained deeper insight into the neural correlates of emotion, cognition and motor control. Brain Computer Interface (BCI) systems utilize neuroimaging tools to detect brain activation evoked by a specific thinking process and convert it to a command. We have developed a game environment called "MindTactics" as a test platform for BCI devices to conceptualize experimental cognitive paradigms in ecologically valid environments as well as test BCI gameplay paradigms. Unlike traditional video games where the challenge to the user is the designed game mechanics, BCI based gameplay also involves mastering the use of the BCI device itself. The purpose of this project is to develop compelling BCI game design methods. MindTactics is capable of integrating data from multiple devices including the optical brain imaging based BCI developed at Drexel University, and it records behavioral log files for further analysis.

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