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    • Neuroscience
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Auditory Neuroscience

    Background:

    • Auditory brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) offer a communication pathway for individuals with severe motor impairments.
    • Steady-state motion auditory evoked potentials (SSMAEP) are brain responses to auditory stimuli with spatial motion.
    • Enhancing SSMAEP-BCI performance is crucial for practical applications.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and evaluate novel two-target and three-target SSMAEP-BCI paradigms.
    • To investigate the use of low-frequency stimuli in a spatial audio environment for SSMAEP generation.
    • To improve the information transfer rate (ITR) and accuracy of auditory BCIs.

    Main Methods:

    • Designed a periodic auditory motion stimulation paradigm to evoke SSMAEP.
    • Implemented two-target (left/right) and three-target (front/left/right) SSMAEP-BCIs.
    • Utilized distinct low-frequency motion patterns (e.g., 1.6 Hz, 2 Hz, 2.4 Hz) for each spatial target.

    Main Results:

    • SSMAEP amplitudes were successfully modulated by auditory selective attention.
    • The two-target SSMAEP-BCI achieved a peak offline ITR of 7.70 bits/min and online accuracy of 82.83%.
    • The three-target SSMAEP-BCI demonstrated superior performance with a peak offline ITR of 12.04 bits/min and online accuracy of 80.45%.

    Conclusions:

    • The study confirms the feasibility of spatial low-frequency SSMAEP-BCIs.
    • The developed paradigms show enhanced performance, validating the novel approach.
    • This SSMAEP-BCI method presents a promising direction for improving auditory BCI applications in complex environments.