The effect of feedback presentation on motor imagery performance during BCI-teleoperation of a humanlike robot

Maryam Alimardani, Nishio Shuichi, Hiroshi Ishiguro

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Abstract

Users of a brain-computer interface (BCI) learn to co-adapt with the system through the feedback they receive. Particularly in case of motor imagery BCIs, feedback design can play an important role in the course of motor imagery training. In this paper we investigated the effect of biased visual feedback on performance and motor imagery skills of users during BCI control of a pair of humanlike robotic hands. Although the subject specific classifier, which was set up at the beginning of experiment, detected no significant change in the subjects' online performance, evaluation of brain activity patterns revealed that subjects' self-regulation of motor imagery features improved due to a positive bias of feedback. We discuss how this effect could be possibly due to the humanlike design of feedback and occurrence of body ownership illusion. Our findings suggest that in general training protocols for BCIs, realistic feedback design and subject's self-evaluation of performance can play an important role in the optimization of motor imagery skills.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication"2014 5th IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2014
EditorsR. Carloni, L. Masia, J.M. Sabater-Navarro, M. Ackermann, S. Agrawal, A. Ajoudani, P. Artemiadis, M. Bianchi, A.P. Lanari Bo, M. Casadio, K. Cleary, A. Deshpande, D. Formica, M. Fumagalli, N. Garcia-Aracil, S.B. Godfrey, I.S.M. Khalil, O. Lambercy, R.C.V. Loureiro, L. Mattos, V. Munoz, H.-S. Park, L.E. Rodriguez Cheu, R. Saltaren, A.A.G. Siqueira, V. Squeri, A.H.A. Stienen, N. Tsagarakis, H. Van der Kooij, B. Vanderborght, N. Vitiello, J. Zariffa, L. Zollo
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages403-408
ISBN (Electronic)9781479931262
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event5th IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2014 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Duration: 12 Aug 201415 Aug 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
ISSN (Print)2155-1774

Conference

Conference5th IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2014
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CitySao Paulo
Period12/08/1415/08/14

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