Effects of mental fatigue on 8-13Hz brain activity in people with spinal cord injury.

Wijesuriya, N; Tran, Y; Thuraisingham, RA; Nguyen, HT; Craig, A

Effects of mental fatigue on 8-13Hz brain activity in people with spinal cord injury.

Wijesuriya, N Tran, Y

Thuraisingham, RA Nguyen, HT

Craig, A

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, 2008, pp. 5716 - 5719
Issue Date:: 2008-12-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Wijesuriya, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Tran, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1741-4205	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thuraisingham, RA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nguyen, HT https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3373-8178	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Craig, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7647-7604	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, 2008, pp. 5716 - 5719	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1557-170X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12004
dc.description.abstract	Brain computer interfaces (BCIs) can be implemented into assistive technologies to provide 'hands-free' control for the severely disabled. BCIs utilise voluntary changes in one's brain activity as a control mechanism to control devices in the person's immediate environment. Performance of BCIs could be adversely affected by negative physiological conditions such as fatigue and altered electrophysiology commonly seen in spinal cord injury (SCI). This study examined the effects of mental fatigue from an increase in cognitive demand on the brain activity of those with SCI. Results show a trend of increased alpha (8-13Hz) activity in able-bodied controls after completing a set of cognitive tasks. Conversely, the SCI group showed a decrease in alpha activity due to mental fatigue. Results suggest that the brain activity of SCI persons are altered in its mechanism to adjust to mental fatigue. These altered brain conditions need to be addressed when using BCIs in clinical populations such as SCI. The findings have implications for the improvement of BCI technology.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Brain	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Spinal Cord Injuries	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Brain Mapping	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Mental Fatigue	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Cognition	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Evoked Potentials	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.title	Effects of mental fatigue on 8-13Hz brain activity in people with spinal cord injury.	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	0903 Biomedical Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Vancouver, Canada	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

Brain computer interfaces (BCIs) can be implemented into assistive technologies to provide 'hands-free' control for the severely disabled. BCIs utilise voluntary changes in one's brain activity as a control mechanism to control devices in the person's immediate environment. Performance of BCIs could be adversely affected by negative physiological conditions such as fatigue and altered electrophysiology commonly seen in spinal cord injury (SCI). This study examined the effects of mental fatigue from an increase in cognitive demand on the brain activity of those with SCI. Results show a trend of increased alpha (8-13Hz) activity in able-bodied controls after completing a set of cognitive tasks. Conversely, the SCI group showed a decrease in alpha activity due to mental fatigue. Results suggest that the brain activity of SCI persons are altered in its mechanism to adjust to mental fatigue. These altered brain conditions need to be addressed when using BCIs in clinical populations such as SCI. The findings have implications for the improvement of BCI technology.

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