TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zhou, Sijie
A1  - Allison, Brendan Z.
A1  - Kübler, Andrea
A1  - Cichocki, Andrzej
A1  - Wang, Xingyu
A1  - Jin, Jing
T1  - Effects of Background Music on Objective and Subjective Performance Measures in an Auditory BCI
T2  - Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
N2  - Several studies have explored brain computer interface (BCI) systems based on auditory stimuli, which could help patients with visual impairments. Usability and user satisfaction are important considerations in any BCI. Although background music can influence emotion and performance in other task environments, and many users may wish to listen to music while using a BCI, auditory, and other BCIs are typically studied without background music. Some work has explored the possibility of using polyphonic music in auditory BCI systems. However, this approach requires users with good musical skills, and has not been explored in online experiments. Our hypothesis was that an auditory BCI with background music would be preferred by subjects over a similar BCI without background music, without any difference in BCI performance. We introduce a simple paradigm (which does not require musical skill) using percussion instrument sound stimuli and background music, and evaluated it in both offline and online experiments. The result showed that subjects preferred the auditory BCI with background music. Different performance measures did not reveal any significant performance effect when comparing background music vs. no background. Since the addition of background music does not impair BCI performance but is preferred by users, auditory (and perhaps other) BCIs should consider including it. Our study also indicates that auditory BCIs can be effective even if the auditory channel is simultaneously otherwise engaged.
KW  - brain computer interface
KW  - event-related potentials
KW  - auditory
KW  - music background
KW  - audio stimulus
Y1  - 2016
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/16510
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-165101
VL  - 10
IS  - 105
ER  -