Benefits and Limits of Multimodal Neuroimaging for Brain Computer Interfaces

Abstract

Recently there has been a surge of interest for combining data from various sources in neuroscience, and also in other scientific domains. In this article we examine some of the benefits as well as limitations that arrise, when various neuroimaging techniques are employed for Brain-Computer Interfacing. In particular we review how setup costs can be reduced for multimodal systems, the NIRS response delay minimized and furthermore show that NIRS can help in the robust detection of the idle state.