BCI for a brain state control in a dual-task paradigm

The brain resource is limited and it needs to be distributed among the different concurrent tasks. When the subject accomplishes the resource-demanding main task requiring sustained attention, the additional task leads to the reduction of resources allocated for the main task accomplishing. This add...

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Published inCybernetics and physics no. Volume 8, 2019, Number 4; pp. 262 - 266
Main Author Maksimenko, Vladimir
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.12.2019
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ISSN2223-7038
2226-4116
DOI10.35470/2226-4116-2019-8-4-262-266

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Summary:The brain resource is limited and it needs to be distributed among the different concurrent tasks. When the subject accomplishes the resource-demanding main task requiring sustained attention, the additional task leads to the reduction of resources allocated for the main task accomplishing. This additional task can be either important or caused by the distraction. Anyway, it causes a performance decrease in the main task. In this paper, we propose a brain-computer interface (BCI) to control the cognitive performance of the visual task accomplishing in the presence of the additional (mental arithmetic) task. We demonstrate how the additional task affects the performance of the main task accomplishing.
ISSN:2223-7038
2226-4116
DOI:10.35470/2226-4116-2019-8-4-262-266