EEG-based brain-computer interfaces for healthcare applications

Effects of ageing present all-too-often physical handicaps, which prevent older people from actively participating in social life, even when they still can live safely and independently in their own homes. Modern technologies could help elderly people or people with physical impairments if they provided special interfaces that worked independently of the person's limitations. One of the possibilities for those people to express their needs, wishes and feelings is so-called Brain-Computer Interface (BCI). This technology translates brain signals, usually acquired non-invasively using electroencephalogram (EEG), in computer commands without using the brain's normal output pathways of peripheral nerves and muscles. This book contains the selection of papers presented at EBCI workshop: EEG-based Brain-Computer Interfaces for Healthcare Applications, held during July 1-2, 2015 at the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve, Germany. The chapters of this book represent a large part of the presentations of this workshop. Some chapters contain enlarged versions of already published papers. The book contains in total eight chapters, which are grouped in two parts. Part 1 is devoted to regular papers, presented by experienced researchers; the chapters included in Part 2 cover students' submissions.