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09-15 · Central Michigan University United States Papers Foundations & Methods

Adding fNIRS to EEG Fails to Improve Brain-Controlled Stimulation in 16-Person Trial

Combining EEG with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) did not make brain-controlled electrical stimulation more accurate in a blinded randomized trial of 16 healthy volunteers. The hybrid and EEG-only groups showed no statistically significant differences in real-time three-class recall, sense of agency, attention or physical comfort; median recall was 53.5% in the hybrid group and 57.3% with EEG alone. The researchers also released the full EEG-fNIRS dataset.

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07-24 · Central Michigan University +1 more United States Papers Foundations & Methods

Only 11 pediatric BCI trials worldwide, children may be underrepresented

A registry-based cross-sectional analysis found only 11 pediatric brain-computer interface (pBCI) clinical trials worldwide, spanning 7 countries. Eight evaluated non-implanted devices and 3 evaluated implanted systems. Non-implanted trials had a median enrollment of 29 participants and median duration of 56.0 days; implanted trials had a median enrollment of 8 and median duration of 365.3 days. Only 4 studies enrolled exclusively pediatric participants; the rest recruited both children and adults. The authors conclude that current pBCI research is limited in scope and that children may be inadequately prioritized.

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