A SSVEP brain-computer interface with the hybrid stimuli of SSVEP and P300

Abstract

In this paper, to develop a hybrid brain-computer interface based on Steady State Visual Evoked Potential(SSVEP) and P300, we validate a SSVEP brain-computer interface (BCI) with the hybrid stimuli of SSVEP and P300, and analyze the effect of P300 visual stimuli on the classification accuracy of the SSVEP BCI. The hybrid stimuli include the SSVEP stimuli, which consist of twochessboardimagespresented on a LCD screen and flashing at particular frequencies, respectively, and the P300 stimuli, which include nine characters and locate between the SSVEP stimuli. We extract the fundamental frequencies and second harmonics of the frequencies of the SSVEP stimulifrom EEG data as features, andapply a Fisher's linear discriminant analysis to build the classifier. The experimental results from three subjects show that the SSVEP potentials can be elicited well under the hybrid stimuli of SSVEP and P300, and the P300 stimuli under the hybrid condition have no significant effect on the SSVEP BCI. This work laysa foundationfor developing a hybrid BCIbased on SSVEP and P300.