Frequency recognition methods for dual-frequency SSVEP based brain-computer interface

Dual-frequency steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) was suggested to generate more stimuli using a few flickering frequencies for brain-computer interface. Dual-frequency SSVEP peaks at more than two frequencies-both main and harmonic frequencies. However multi-frequency recognition strategy has not been investigated for dual-frequency SSVEP. In this paper, three modified power spectral density analysis (PSDA) methods and two modified canonical correlation analysis (CCA) methods were tested for dual-frequency SSVEP classification. Three methods among the five methods used conventional features or classification techniques, and the other two methods used modified features for harmonic frequencies. As a result, CCA with novel features showed the best BCI performance. Also the use of harmonic frequencies improved BCI performance of dual-frequency SSVEP.

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