Review of “Brain‐Computer Interfaces, principles and practise”, edited by Jonathan R. Wolpaw and Elizabeth Winter Wolpaw

Abstract

The book consists of 25 chapters organized into four main parts (II to V), along with two introductory and conclusive parts. Each chapter includes an extensive list of bibliographic references, and an 8‐page index can be found at the end of the book. Its quite large dimensions make it a book to use as reference in the lab rather than to read during travel. A remarkable feature of this book is the wide scope of areas covered. Brain Computer Interfaces are an inherently interdisciplinary field of research, and this book makes a point of covering in relative depth each of the fields involved. Researchers from a specific field of expertise will naturally benefit the most from the material covering areas outside of their own specialty. The subtitle, “Principles and Practise” clearly indicates the double purpose of this book: 1. to present the scientific material necessary to understand the fundamental elements of a BCI system, its organization and its function; 2. to debate about the actual usage of Brain Computer Interfaces, especially with regard to a target population of disabled people.