The presented study explores the extent to which tactile-force stimulus
delivered to a hand holding a joystick can serve as a platform for a brain
computer interface (BCI). The four pressure directions are used to evoke
tactile brain potential responses, thus defining a tactile-force brain computer
interface (tfBCI). We present brain signal processing and classification
procedures leading to successful interfacing results. Experimental results with
seven subjects performing online BCI experiments provide a validation of the
hand location tfBCI paradigm, while the feasibility of the concept is
illuminated through remarkable information-transfer rates.Comment: 6 pages (in conference proceedings original version); 6 figures,
submitted to The 9th International Conference on Signal Image Technology &
Internet Based Systems, December 2-5, 2013, Kyoto, Japan; to be available at
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