The Influence of the Modulation Index on Frequency-Modulated Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials

Dreyer, Alexander M.; Heikkinen, Benjamin L. A.; Herrmann, Christoph S.

doi:10.3389/fnhum.2022.859519

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“…Other work showed that this is also feasible by combining frequencies at different stimulus attributes to obtain a multi-modal stimulus, i.e., the combination of the luminance flicker with color flicker [69,72] or with motion [30,80]. Also, frequency and amplitude modulation are shown to be feasible and could use the higher frequencies of the flicker-free band [26,32,65].…”

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Optimal Stimulus Properties for Steady-State Visually Evoked Potential Brain–Computer Interfaces: A Scoping Review

Reitelbach,

Oyibo

2024

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Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) based on steady-state visually evoked potentials (SSVEPs) have been well researched due to their easy system configuration, little or no user training and high information transfer rates. To elicit an SSVEP, a repetitive visual stimulus (RVS) is presented to the user. The properties of this RVS (e.g., frequency, luminance) have a significant influence on the BCI performance and user comfort. Several studies in this area in the last one-and-half decades have focused on evaluating different stimulus parameters (i.e., properties). However, there is little research on the synthesis of the existing studies, as the last review on the subject was published in 2010. Consequently, we conducted a scoping review of related studies on the influence of stimulus parameters on SSVEP response and user comfort, analyzed them and summarized the findings considering the physiological and neurological processes associated with BCI performance. In the review, we found that stimulus type, frequency, color contrast, luminance contrast and size/shape of the retinal image are the most important stimulus properties that influence SSVEP response. Regarding stimulus type, frequency and luminance, there is a trade-off between the best SSVEP response quality and visual comfort. Finally, since there is no unified measuring method for visual comfort and a lack of differentiation in the high-frequency band, we proposed a measuring method and a division of the band. In summary, the review highlights which stimulus properties are important to consider when designing SSVEP BCIs. It can be used as a reference point for future research in BCI, as it will help researchers to optimize the design of their SSVEP stimuli.

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