Brain–computer interface: trend, challenges, and threats

Brain Informatics

Review

Mercy Mbise¹  Abdi T. Abdalla²  James Michael²  Khadija Mkocha²  Moses Ismail²  Libe V. Massawe²  Baraka Maiseli²  Nassor Ally Nassor²  Samwel Kimambo² 

[1] Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;

关键词: Brain–computer interface;    Brain activity;    Machine learning;    Neurological disease;    Signal processing;    Augmented reality;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40708-023-00199-3

 received in 2023-01-05, accepted in 2023-07-01,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Brain–computer interface (BCI), an emerging technology that facilitates communication between brain and computer, has attracted a great deal of research in recent years. Researchers provide experimental results demonstrating that BCI can restore the capabilities of physically challenged people, hence improving the quality of their lives. BCI has revolutionized and positively impacted several industries, including entertainment and gaming, automation and control, education, neuromarketing, and neuroergonomics. Notwithstanding its broad range of applications, the global trend of BCI remains lightly discussed in the literature. Understanding the trend may inform researchers and practitioners on the direction of the field, and on where they should invest their efforts more. Noting this significance, we have analyzed 25,336 metadata of BCI publications from Scopus to determine advancement of the field. The analysis shows an exponential growth of BCI publications in China from 2019 onwards, exceeding those from the United States that started to decline during the same period. Implications and reasons for this trend are discussed. Furthermore, we have extensively discussed challenges and threats limiting exploitation of BCI capabilities. A typical BCI architecture is hypothesized to address two prominent BCI threats, privacy and security, as an attempt to make the technology commercially viable to the society.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2023

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