Sensorimotor Rhythm Brain-Computer Interface Switch to Operate Assistive Technology



Status:Completed
Conditions:Healthy Studies
Therapuetic Areas:Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:5/5/2014
Start Date:June 2010
End Date:June 2010
Contact:Mary Burton
Email:umdbi-recruit@umich.edu
Phone:(734) 936-7178

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
The purpose of this research is to develop tools to help people who are paralyzed. These
tools are called brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). BCIs would let a person use brain
signals to operate technology. The investigators want to make a BCI that can be used to
operate commercially available technologies for communication, environmental control or
computer access. The BCI would replace a switch to let people operate these technologies
without moving. However, the investigators need people to test the BCI so they can see how
well it can replace a switch. The investigators want to understand how well it can work so
they can make it useful for people who are paralyzed.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 or older

- Able to read text on a computer screen

- Able to understand and remember instructions concerning participation

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unable to give informed consent

- Unable to understand and follow instructions

- Have abnormal tone or uncontrolled movements in the head-and-neck that would
interfere with EEG recordings

- Known to have photosensitive epilepsy

- Open head lesions or sores
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University of Michigan Direct Brain Interface Project
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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