@article {3093,
	title = {Trained modulation of sensorimotor rhythms can affect reaction time.},
	journal = {Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology},
	volume = {122},
	year = {2011},
	month = {09/2011},
	pages = {1820{\textendash}1826},
	abstract = {OBJECTIVE:
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology might be useful for rehabilitation of motor function. This speculation is based on the premise that modifying the EEG will modify behavior, a proposition for which there is limited empirical data. The present study examined the possibility that voluntary modulation of sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) can affect motor behavior in normal human subjects.
METHODS:
Six individuals performed a cued-reaction task with variable warning periods. A typical variable foreperiod effect was associated with SMR desynchronization. SMR features that correlated with reaction times were then used to control a two-target cursor movement BCI task. Following successful BCI training, an uncued reaction time task was embedded within the cursor movement task.
RESULTS:
Voluntarily increasing SMR beta rhythms was associated with longer reaction times than decreasing SMR beta rhythms.
CONCLUSIONS:
Voluntary modulation of EEG SMR can affect motor behavior.
SIGNIFICANCE:
These results encourage studies that integrate BCI training into rehabilitation protocols and examine its capacity to augment restoration of useful motor function.},
	keywords = {brain-computer interface, EEG, Reaction Time},
	issn = {1872-8952},
	doi = {10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.016},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21411366},
	author = {Chadwick B. Boulay and Sarnacki, W. A. and Jonathan Wolpaw and Dennis J. McFarland}
}
