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Performance evaluation of a motor-imagery-based EEG-Brain computer interface using a combined cue with heterogeneous training data in BCI-Naive subjectsKeywords: EEG, Brain Computer Interface, Motor Imagery, Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Combined Cue Abstract: The experiment was carried out with 10 experienced subjects and 32 naive subjects on an EEG-BCI system. There were 3 experiments: The experienced homogeneous experiment, the naive homogeneous experiment and the naive heterogeneous experiment. Each experiment was compared in terms of the six audio-visual cue combinations and consisted of 50 trials. The EEG data was classified using the least square linear classifier in case of the naive subjects through the common spatial pattern filter. The accuracy was calculated using the training and test data set. The p-value of the accuracy was obtained through the statistical significance test.In the case in which a naive subject was trained by a heterogeneous combined cue and tested by a visual cue, the result was not only the highest accuracy (p < 0.05) but also stable performance in all experiments.We propose the use of this measuring methodology of a heterogeneous combined cue for training data and a visual cue for test data by the typical EEG-BCI algorithm on the EEG-BCI system to achieve effectiveness in terms of consistence, stability, cost, time, and resources management without the need for a trial and error process.Recently, BCI technology has progressed as state-of-the-art medical devices to control and communicate with applicable accessories such as artificial limbs, prosthetic and wheelchair using the signal of brain activity [1-3]. There have been numerous studies of brainwaves collected electrically from brain activity on the cortex related to the brain computer interface [4-6]. Other research has investigated the types of electrical brain activity that can be used to implement the EEG-BCI systems [7-9].The electroencephalographic (EEG) mu rhythm is an 8-13 Hz rhythm generated by the sensorimotor cortex that is most prominent when subjects are resting and is attenuated or abolished when subjects move or observe biological movements [10,11]. The μ-rhythm is capable of transforming by itself as opposed to the brai
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