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TheVisualComputer
April2011,Volume27,Issue4,pp299309
Date:05Feb2011

Fractaldimensionbasedneurofeedbackinseriousgames
Abstract
EEGbasedtechnologyiswidelyusedinseriousgamedesignsincemorewirelessheadsetsthatmeetconsumercriteriaforwearability,price,
portability,andeaseofusearecomingtothemarket.Originally,suchtechnologiesweremostlyusedindifferentmedicalapplications,Brain
ComputerInterfaces(BCI)andneurofeedbackgames.Thealgorithmsadoptedinsuchapplicationsaremainlybasedonpowerspectrum
analysis,whichmaynotbefullyrevealingthenonlinearcomplexityofthebrainactivities.Inthispaper,wefirstreviewneurofeedbackgames,
EEGprocessingmethods,andalgorithms,andthenproposeanewnonlinearfractaldimensionbasedapproachtoneurofeedbackimplementation
targetingEEGbasedseriousgamesdesign.Onlyonechannelisusedintheproposedconcentrationquantificationalgorithm.Thedeveloped
methodwascomparedwithothermethodsusedfortheconcentrationlevelrecognitioninneurofeedbackgames.Theresultanalysisdemonstrated
anefficiencyoftheproposedapproach.WedesignedandimplementednewEEGbased2Dand3Dneurofeedbackgamesthatmaketheprocess
ofbraintrainingmoreenjoyable.

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Title
Fractaldimensionbasedneurofeedbackinseriousgames
Journal
TheVisualComputer
Volume27,Issue4,pp299309
CoverDate
20110401
DOI
10.1007/s0037101105515
PrintISSN
01782789
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14322315
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Topics
ImageProcessingandComputerVision
ComputerGraphics
ArtificialIntelligence(incl.Robotics)
Keywords
EEG
HCI
BCI
Neurofeedback
Fractaldimension
Gamedesign
Medicalapplication
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Aerospace
Telecommunications
Automotive
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QiangWang(1)
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OlgaSourina(1)
MinhKhoaNguyen(1)
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1.InstituteforMediaInnovationandSchoolofElectrical&ElectronicEngineering,NanyangTechnologicalUniversity,
Singapore,637553,Singapore

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