Effects of Long-Term Meditation Practices on Sensorimotor Rhythm Based BCI Learning
bioRxiv Preprint Server September 9, 2020 Xiyuan Jiang, Emily Lopez, James Stieger et al. 2 citations preprint
Meditators outperformed non-meditators in brain-computer interface (BCI) cursor control tasks using motor imagery. Experienced meditators showed better performance in both 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional tasks, and fewer meditators were unable to generate decodable EEG signals. Meditators also had higher sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) predictor values and were better able to produce decodable EEG signals for SMR-based BCI control, suggesting meditation training may improve BCI performance.