Immediate effects of short-term meditation on sensorimotor rhythm-based brain-computer interface performance.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Meditation has been shown to enhance a user's ability to control a sensorimotor rhythm (SMR)-based brain-computer interface (BCI). For example, prior work have demonstrated that long-term meditation practices and an 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training have positive behavioral and neurophysiological effects on SMR-based BCI. However, the effects of short-term meditation practice on SMR-based BCI control are still unknown.

Methods

In this study, we investigated the immediate effects of a short, 20-minute meditation on SMR-based BCI control. Thirty-seven subjects performed several runs of one-dimensional cursor control tasks before and after two types of 20-minute interventions: a guided mindfulness meditation exercise and a recording of a nar

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9807599 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature