ABSTRACT
A brain-computer interface (BCI) provides a direct connection between the brain and an external device, such as a computer or any other system capable of receiving a signal. In June 1999, the First International Meeting on Brain-Computer Interface Technology took place at the Rensselaerville Institute (Albany, NY). The aims of this first meeting, which 50 researchers from 22 different research groups attended, were to review the state of the art of BCI research and to define a shared set of procedures, methods, and definitions. During this meeting, it was established that “a brain-computer interface is a communication system that does not depend on the brain’s normal output pathways of peripheral nerves and muscles” (Wolpaw et al. 2000). In a BCI, neuromuscular activity is not necessary for the production of the activity that is needed to convey the message (Pasqualotto et al. 2011a).
