Brain mechanisms of imagery training and action observation

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Niels Birbaumer
• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
• Term: from 2008 to 2011
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 67560623

• Final Report Year: 2012

Final Report Abstract

Das Projekt demonstriert und belegt die Bedeutung proprioceptiver Information aus der Körperperipherie für das Erlernen von Hirnkontrolle für Gehirn-Computer-Interfaces (BCI) in Gesunden und schwerst gelähmten Patienten nach Schlaganfall. Es zeigt auf der Grundlage der beantragten und realisierten Untersuchungen auch, dass nicht-invasive BCI-Rehabilitation für Patienten nach Schlaganfall ohne verbliebener Bewegungsfähigkeit statistisch und klinisch effektiv ist.

Publications

• 2008. Hand movement direction decoded from MEG and EEG. Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 28. 2008 , Issue 4, pp. 1000-1008.
  Waldert, S., Preissl, H., Demandt, E., Braun, C., Birbaumer, N., Aertsen, A., Mehring, C.
  
• 2008. Think to move: a neuromagnetic brain-computer interface (BCI) system for chronic stroke. Stroke, Vol. 39. 2008, pp. 910-917.
  Buch, E., Weber, C., Cohen, L.G., Braun, C., Dimyan, M., Ard, T., Mellinger, J., Caria, A., Soekadar, S., Fourkas, A., Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2009. Hemodynamic brain-computer interfaces for communication and rehabilitation. Neural Networks, Vol. 22.2009, Issue 9, pp. 1320–1328.
  Sitaram, R., Caria, A., Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2009. Neurofeedback and Brain-Computer-Interface: clinical applications. International Review of Neurobiology, Vol. 86. 2009, Pp. 107–117.
  Birbaumer, N., Ramos Murguialday, A., Weber, C., Montoya, P.
  
• 2009. Offline identification of imagined speed of wrist movements in paralyzed ALS patients from single-trial EEG. Frontiers in Neuroscience, Sect. Neuroprosthetics, Vol. 3. 2009: 62.
  Gu, Y., Farina, D., Ramos Murguilday, A., Dremstrup, K., Montoya, P., Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2010. Brain-Computer Interfaces in Neurorehabilitation. In: B. Graimann et al. (Eds). Brain-Computer Interfaces. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010, pp. 155-169.
  Birbaumer, N., Sauseng, P.
  
• 2010. Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) in paralysis. In: H.-C. Günther/ A.A. Robiglio (eds), The European Image of God and Man. A Contribution to the Debate on Human Rights. Studies on the Interaction of Art, Thought and Power. Brill, Leiden-Boston, 2010, pp. 483-492.
  Birbaumer, N., Ramos Murguialday, A., Wildgruber, M., Cohen, L.
  
• 2010. Combination of Brain-Computer Interface Training and Goal-Directed Physical Therapy in Chronic Stroke: A case report. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Vol. 24. 2010, no. 7, pp. 674-679.
  Brötz, D., Braun, C., Weber, C., Soekadar, S., Caria, A., Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2010. Memory: Reconsolidation allows modification of motor memories. Current Biology, Vol. 20. 2010, Issue 17, pp. R709–R710.
  Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2010. Temporo-Spatial Dynamics of Event-Related EEG Beta Activity During the Initial Contingent Negative Variation. PLoSOne, Vol. 5, 2010, Issue 9: e12514.
  Fischer, T., Langner, R., Diers, K., Brocke, B., Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2010. Volitional control of anterior insula activity modulates the response to aversive stimuli. A real-time fMRI study. Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 68. 2010, Issue 5, pp. 425–432.
  Caria, A., Sitaram, R., Veit, R., Begliomini, C., Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2011. Brain-Computer-interface in stroke: a review of progress. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, Vol. 42. 2011, no. 4, pp. 245-252.
  Silvoni, S., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Cavinato, M., Volpato, C., Cisotto, G., Turolla, A., Piccione, F., Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2011. Brain-computer-interfaces in the rehabilitation of stroke and neurotrauma. In: Kenji Kansaku, Leonardo G. Cohen (eds), Systems Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Springer Verlag, Tokyo, 2011, pp. 3-18.
  Soekadar, S., Birbaumer, N., Cohen, L.G.
  
• 2011. Chronic stroke recovery after combined BCI training and physiotherapy. A case report. Psychophysiology, Vol. 48. 2011, Issue 4, pp. 578–582.
  Caria, A., Weber, C., Brötz, D., Ramos, A., Ticini, L.F., Gharabaghi, A., Braun, C., Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2011. ERD-based online brain-computer-interface (BCI) in the context of neurorehabilitation: optimizing BCI learning and performance. IEEE Transactions in Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 19.2011, Issue 5, pp. 542 – 549.
  Soekadar, S.R., Witkowski, M., Mellinger, J., Ramos, A., Birbaumer, N., Cohen, L.
  
• 2011. Rehabilitation after stroke using Brain-Computer-Interfaces and neurostimulation. In: F.H. Columbus (ed.), Somatosensory Cortex: Roles, Interventions and Traumas. Neurology - Laboratory and Clinical Research Developments, Nova Science Publ., New York, 2011, pp. 101-119.
  Soekadar, S., Caria, A., Ramos Murguialday, A., Birbaumer, N.
  
• 2012. Acquired control of ventral premotor cortex activity by feedback training: An exploratory real-time fRMI and TMS study. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Vol. 26. 2012, no. 3, pp. 256-265.
  Sitaram, R., Veit, R., Stevens, B., Caria, A., Gerloff, C., Birbaumer, N., Hummel, F.
  
• 2012. Parietofrontal integrity determines neural modulation associated with grasping imagery after stroke. Brain, Vol. 135. 2012, Issue 2, pp. 596-614.
  Buch, E.R., Shanechi, A.M., Fourkas, A.D., Weber, C., Birbaumer, N., Cohen, L.G.
  
• 2012. Proprioceptive feedback and brain computer interface (BCI) based neuroprostheses. PLoS ONE, Vol. 7.2012, Issue 10: e47048.
  Ramos-Murguialday, A., Schürholz, M., Caggiano, V., Wildgruber, M., Caria, A., Hammer, E.M., Halder, S., Birbaumer, N.