Abstract
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) is an exciting and emerging research area for researchers and scientists. It is a suitable combination of software and hardware to operate any device mentally. This review emphasizes the significant stages in the BCI domain, current problems, and state-of-the-art findings. This article also covers how current results can contribute to new knowledge about BCI, an overview of BCI from its early developments to recent advancements, BCI applications, challenges, and future directions. The authors pointed to unresolved issues and expressed how BCI is valuable for analyzing the human brain. Humans' dependence on machines has led humankind into a new future where BCI can play an essential role in improving this modern world.
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1 Introduction
Brain-computer interface (BCI) is an interesting topic for researchers, as evidenced by extensive research and study material. Interacting with any device or PC using brain signals is the central idea behind the BCI. The BCI encompasses a thought signal that drives hardware with software applications. According to this definition, BCI aims to capture the brain signal with the help of sensors, process the captured signal, extract features from these signals and then send that desired output to control any device. It's a relay between the brain and the device. The possibility of a BCI began in 1929 when Hans Berger [180] explained the electroencephalogram (EEG). He recorded the brain waves and identified the oscillations with every brain activity. Such brain waves are also known as Berger waves. In 1973, J.J.Vidal [295] tried to implement an EEG-based BCI, which recorded the evoked electrical activity of the brain using EEG. Farwell and Don Chin [89] used P300 to link the brain and the machine. U. Hoffman [126] also proposed a P300-based BCI to re-establish the link between the brain and the affected body part. According to J.P. Donoghue et al. [82], "a BCI in which the major goal is to provide an instruction signal from the cortex that may control any paralyzed body part or any actual device." According to J.R. Wolpaw et al. [312], "a BCI is a device that connects the brain to a non-physical channel of communication and command."
Humans' ability to communicate with each other is one of the fundamental principles of human civilization because they cannot fully understand others' perspectives without communication. The field of communication is very diverse, i.e., speech, conversation, visual communication, gesture, or writing. With the help of communication, one can share emotions, expectations, and creative thoughts among human beings. BCI is a boon for those where communication is not possible, i.e., locked-in syndrome, spinal cord injury, brain stroke, cerebral palsy, etc. Due to these disabilities, one cannot communicate with others while they are well aware of things around them [23, 127]. BCI provides basic communication abilities by interfacing the human brain and the device. The user generates various brain waves that are converted into commands for the device [215].
BCI was originally developed for biomedical applications to allow physically disabled users to move around, replace the disappeared motor functions and develop assistive devices for medical purposes. But after a long time, this technology has expanded and found its way into various non-medical applications. The extension of BCI is very vast in non-medical applications [86, 266] such as lie detection [171, 302], drowsiness detection [69, 101, 175], virtual reality [46, 50, 259, 276, 285], video games [161, 209], drivers fatigue detection [131, 191, 206, 304, 327], stress detection [329, 337], brain to brain interface [19, 110, 221, 249], driving humanoid robots [53, 278], wheelchair control [94], BCI mobile robot [34], emotion recognition [11, 133], biometrics [9, 240], upper limb rehabilitation after stroke [55, 97, 313] etc. In the last decade, many research and review articles have been published, as shown in Fig. 1. The number of published articles increased continuously, but a decline can be seen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To write a specialized review article on BCI, the authors referred to some important BCI review articles in Table 1. Wolpaw et al. [311] summarised the first international meeting on the developments of BCI. The article explained the BCI's basic developments and future possibilities, while the paper lags from the feature extraction and processing point of view. Hwang et al. [134] summarized EEG-based BCI articles from 2007 to 2011. The article discussed different BCI paradigms, classification algorithms, BCI applications, and feature types, but the future directions and current state of the art were missing. Ramadan et al. [247] discussed EEG control signals and their classifications excellently. The authors described BCI very well from the software and hardware perspective, but the signal processing and application parts were not appropriately explained. Ahn et al. [4] provided various performance-based motor imagery BCI studies. The article explained how physiological factors affect the performance of a BCI and how BCI reliability can be improved to deal with these fluctuations. The feature extraction and the application-based approaches were not adequately considered. Nicolas et al. [217] proposed an excellent review article considering every aspect of BCI.
Abdulkader et al. [1] discussed the fundamental aspects and covered a broad spectrum of EEG-based BCI. The article also discussed BCI applications, essential usability issues, and solutions. However, the articles reviewed were fewer. Choi et al. [60] proposed an excellent article on hybrid BCIs. A systematic methodology has been adopted for the classification of hybrid BCIs. The article focused extensively on the task and measurement characteristics of hybrid BCIs. Ameri et al. [14] also discussed hybrid BCIs and their multiple combinations, benefits, and drawbacks. Papanastasiou et al. [229] described how BCI devices impacted the subject's attention skills and working memory. BCI-based applications enhance persons' cognitive skills with proper training and rehabilitation. The article also discussed the rehabilitation of neuro-developmental diseases for multiple population groups and provided future instructions for application-based BCIs. Van et al. [87] characterized the brain connectivity and functions in 1200 healthy subjects using multiple imaging modalities. Saha et al. [261] explained the BCI challenges and applications excellently. Chaudhari et al. [54] explained the BCI contributions to communication and rehabilitation. Lotte et al. reviewed [185] different EEG-based BCI classification algorithms from 2007 to 2017. The article also provided the guidelines for selecting the appropriate machine learning technique, and their pros and cons, while the evaluation performance matrix was missing. Abiri et al. [2] proposed a comprehensive review of EEG-based brain-computer interface paradigms. Different EEG external stimulation paradigms have been explained in this article. Banville and Falk [30] reviewed various non-invasive data acquisition modalities, i.e., EEG, functional translational Doppler (fTCD), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), and hybrid BCIs based on these techniques. The authors summarised the fifty-five BCI studies from 2008 to 2014. EEG control signals, experimental protocols, and signal processing methods with future directions were explained well in this article. Rezika et al. [254] reviewed different BCI spelling models, their categorization, and the current system's limitations in a specific manner. Rashid et al. [250] proposed a very informative article including every aspect of BCI, i.e., essential components, control signals, data acquisition methods, data processing, feature extraction, and classification methods with popular BCI applications. Zhang et al. [331] proposed an excellent BCI article that explained various aspects of BCI and the deep learning approaches used in BCI. Islam et al. [141] reviewed different feature extraction techniques used in emotion recognition and provided observations and recommendations for future research. The article excellently explained the usability of deep learning and shallow learning techniques. Zhang et al. [330] proposed an article on the applications of transfer learning in the BCI. The article focused on all non-invasive methods, EEG signals, experimental design protocols, signal processing methods, and future directions of EEG-based BCI research. However, the experimental results between BCI applications for EEG modulation were missing.
After a deep investigation, the authors found that most of the published articles were application-specific. Some BCI-related information was missing or not accurately described, including methodology descriptions, recent advancements, future research directions, etc. The authors focused on a review article that provides the basic BCI information and effectively covers the application, recent advancements, and challenges of the BCI. The basic structure of this study is shown in Fig. 2. The authors also compared some recently published BCI reviews with this article, as shown in Table 2. Covering all the BCI aspects in a single article is really challenging. The authors are already working on one more BCI article based on BCI feature extraction and processing techniques.
The inclusion criteria for the articles were that they covered various aspects of BCI, including applications, recent advancements, challenges, and future directions. As described in Fig. 3, the PRISMA method has been adopted to search these articles.
This review article will be helpful to the research community for the following points:
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Introductory information about BCI and its components will be helpful for novice researchers.
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The article provides knowledge about the Software/tools and BCI Applications, providing insights and interest for researchers in this field.
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The article contains the recent advancements and challenges of the BCI that will be helpful for the developers and expert-level researchers to think of solutions to these challenges.
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The discussion and future possibilities will be helpful in developing new thinking and possibilities in this field.
The paper is organized as follows. The second section of the article contains BCI components, i.e., the signal acquisition, why the EEG is better than other signal acquisition techniques, and the comparison between the EEG and other data acquisition modalities. This section also contains pre-processing, feature extraction, and classification. Different BCI software and the BCI applications are described in the third section. The fourth section contains the BCI's recent advancements. Section five explains the challenges in BCI. The sixth and seventh sections are the discussion, conclusion, and future scope.
2 BCI Components
The brain-computer interface is an effective and powerful tool for user system communication without muscle intervention [130]. Every BCI system consists of these essential components; signal acquisition, pre-processing, feature extraction, classification, and applications [121]. Figure 4 illustrates a typical BCI system that indicates the different stages of the BCI. In the signal acquisition stage, brain activity is captured by different types of sensors and different data acquisition modalities (EEG/fMRI/NIRS/MEG) [234]. This captured raw signal has various artifacts removed in the pre-processing stage [85]. Then in the feature extraction stage, a few relevant signal values are extracted, called features [24]. These extracted features are then classified using different techniques in the classification stage [277].
2.1 Signal Acquisition
The two major parts of the human brain are the cerebral cortex and subcortical regions. Subcortical regions are essential to control various activities such as body temperature, heart rate, reflexes, learning, respiration, etc. The cerebral cortex or cerebrum is responsible to controls sensory and motor functions and various activities like language refinement, planning, thinking, pattern identification, etc.
The cerebral cortex is divided into two hemispheres, each of which is divided into four lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital, as shown in Fig. 5. The frontal lobe is associated with planning, thinking, problem-solving and emotional control. The parietal lobe is associated with Sleeping, manipulation, awareness, and perception [250]. Memory, emotion generation, and language processing are associated with the temporal lobes. The occipital lobe is responsible for all visual activities.
The nervous system is another essential human body system. It is divided into two parts: the central and peripheral systems. The central nervous system comprises the spinal cord and the brain. The autonomic nervous system is part of the peripheral nervous system. It is responsible for regulating digestion, hormone secretion, and breathing. Acquiring the raw signal is a crucial step for a typical BCI system. Different types of electrodes have been used for signal acquisition, as shown in Table 3. Some of them are injected inside the scalp by the surgery, and others are placed on the scalp. These electrodes are application-specific and selected based on their availability and ergonomics. Based on the signal acquisition techniques, BCIs are divided into two types: either invasive (surgical) [16, 292] or non-invasive (nonsurgical) [62, 336]. Neurosurgery introduced microelectrodes into the brain [264]. A high-quality signal can be picked up with this technique, but there is a possibility of tissue damage during such surgery that could result in signal loss. A disadvantage of such an electrode is that it is impossible to pick up signals from any part of the brain other than the implantation site [336]. The brain signals can be picked up by the scalp in non-invasive BCI [172, 301]. The signal quality is not as effective as with the invasive BCI, but it is preferred since surgery is avoided. Numerous non-invasive devices are available today and can easily be used for signal acquisition without any special training or medical supervision. Emotive, Open BCI and National Instruments are some companies that provide easy-to-use electrodes and electrode caps [115, 183]. The semi-invasive is another type of BCI where the electrodes are placed on the exposed part of the brain. The strip or grid electrodes cover a vast cortex space (up to 256 electrodes), enabling many cognitive studies [52]. In [247, 250], different EEG electrode has been discussed.
2.1.1 EEG instead of other signal acquisition techniques
EEG is a non-invasive technique. Using EEG, we can extract signals from the brain and use them for further pre-processing. In the EEG, we can quantify the electrical signal generated by the physio-electrical activity of the brain. The EEG waveform varies with the position of the electrodes. It is a complex pattern compared to Electrocardiography (ECG). EEG is an inexpensive, affordable, safe, and readily available technology [116, 163]. There are two classes of EEG electrodes, one is active, and the other is passive. The active electrodes have an amplifier circuitry, but the passive electrode necessitates an external amplifier circuit to amplify the diagnosed brain signal [198]. The saline solution minimizes the impedance between the body and the electrode interface. This gel dries over time, so we adopt the dry electrodes instead [177, 203]. Advantages of using EEG are a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a high resolution, and a rapid response (0.5-130 ms) [100]. Different standards are available globally for using EEG electrodes. As shown in Fig. 6, the 10–20 system is one of the configurations accepted globally for data acquisition [44, 331]. The system relies on the connection between the electrode location and the cerebral cortex's underlying area. The numerals 10 and 20 indicate that the distance between adjacent electrodes is 10% or 20% of the skull's total front-back or right-left distance, respectively. The lobe on either side is represented by a letter, while a number represents the hemisphere location. The frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes are denoted by F, P, O, and T in this system. The electrode placements of the right hemispheres are indicated by the even digits 2,4,6,8. The electrode placements in the left hemisphere are represented by odd numbers 1,3,5,7. Table 4 shows different EEG bands with different frequency ranges, amplitudes and characteristics [196, 212, 334].
Except EEG, Electrocorticography (ECoG) is a semi-invasive technology where electrodes are placed inside the skull to improve spatial resolution [244]. This technique cannot be adopted outside the hospital room [315]. The non-invasive Magnetoencephalography (MEG) uses the brain’s magnetic field to record the brain’s neural activity [201, 263]. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) refers to the metabolic process. It is used to test how our organs and tissues work [138]. It is also a non-invasive technique, but the operating cost is high, and portability is another issue with this technique [29]. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is based on the principle that there is a variation in the oxygen content in the blood to receive the signals from active brain regions [37, 274]. Table 5 shows various signal acquisition techniques' advantages and drawbacks.
2.2 Pre-Processing
Pre-processing is required to extract the noise from the recorded EEG signal. The analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion, amplification, and filtering are performed in the pre-processing stage [36, 143]. When we record the electrical neural activity of the brain, some electrical and muscular activities can also be recorded. These undesired signals are known as artifacts [265]. The removal of artifacts is necessary before further signal processing [291]. Endogenous and exogenous are the two broad categories of artifacts. Electromyography (EMG) is the artifact usually due to muscle activity such as muscle contractions. In addition, cardiac activity also introduces a rhythmic disturbance into the brain waves. Some undesired signals are generated by blinking and other eye movements and develop a low-frequency pattern with the brain signal. These all are endogenous artifacts [147]. Exogenous artifacts may be due to the 50/60 Hz mains disturbance from AC sources [142]. After identification, artifact removal is the next step [139, 219]. The brain signals can be removed from the EMG and ECG signals [166, 310]. The EEG signal is usually between 0.2 and 40 Hz. So we can apply filters to eliminate artifacts above and below this range, such as discrete Fourier transform (DFT), finite impulse response (FIR filters), and infinite impulse response filters (IIR). Some standard methods for removing artifacts are linear filtering, principal component analysis [22], independent component analysis [262], etc. A good pre-processing increases signal quality, which results in better feature extraction and classification performance.
2.3 Feature Extraction
The activity of finding secret facts and the behavior of the captured signal is called feature extraction [145]. The behavior of a signal set can be represented by its characteristics [128, 186, 326]. Various techniques are now available for the feature extraction process, viz. principal component analysis, independent component analysis, autoregressive (AR) modeling [328], genetic algorithm [273], and sequential selection [106]. The principal component analysis is preferred to extract the activities and obtain the signal information [320]. AR modeling and genetic algorithms are used for pattern recognition and feature extraction in patients with epilepsy [3, 6, 25, 78]. Table 6 shows the different feature extraction techniques and their applications.
In time-domain analysis, the signal amplitudes vary with time. When extracting features in the time domain, we take a specific time window of the signal and extract characteristic properties. Statistical data properties can remove the most valuable elements from the signal [293]. In addition, various application-oriented techniques such as AR, LPC, and KB modeling are also available. The signal characteristics depend on the signal's present and past values in AR and LPC models. The advantages of these techniques are signal compression, noise reduction, resolution enhancements, biometric modeling, EOG, EMG analysis, cancer cell analysis, speech recognition, coding, etc.
ERS and ERD are the types of Event-Related Potential (ERP). When the signal power increases in a specific EEG band, it is called ERS. The ERD indicates a decrease in signal power in the same way. Different brain activities are recorded in various frequency bands like delta, alpha, or gamma. These variations in the activities are recorded and referred to as the ERS and ERD patterns. Evoked potentials are the electrical responses in a specific pattern recorded from a particular part of the nervous system, such as the brain [84, 169, 188]. In steady-state evoked potentials (SSEPs), the person receives a periodic stimulus, i.e., an image flicker, a sound wave, or vibration. After receiving such a stimulus, our brain reacts accordingly. These SSEP signals can be steady-state visual potentials (SSVEP), auditory SSEP, or somatosensory SSEP. SSVEPs are the oscillations of the brain response in the visual cortex by repetitive visual stimuli. There are many studies in which the successful outcome of BCI was integrated with SSVEP or VEP [51]. SSVEP is used when the user’s eye movements are perfect; it does not apply to uncontrolled eye and neck movements [193].
P300 also belongs to the ERP types [90]. In P300, the person is exposed to a surprising task that fluctuates in the EEG pattern after every 300 ms. It deals with the processing of memory variation and allows its users to spell 26 letters and numbers (0 to 9) on a computer screen [155]. The rhythms associated with motor actions are sensorimotor (beta = 12–30 Hz) and sensory signals. The subject can control the amplitude of such signals. If the signal frequency is below 1 Hz, it belongs to slow cortical potentials (SCP) [124]. These are very sluggish variations that can end within a few milliseconds to seconds.
The time-domain representation is often used in BCIs. Due to very low amplitudes (mv), detecting neural activity is sometimes challenging and provides only temporal information. All of these difficulties can be eliminated by frequency domain analysis. The Fourier transform (FT) is a dominant and joint transform used to analyze biomedical signals. With the help of FT, the EEG waveforms are displayed in the frequency domain. The Fourier transformation tells us which frequencies are present in the signal and their proportion. The Fourier transformation can be used in both continuous and discrete signals; the neural signal is represented in the frequency domain to characterize its properties [233]. A band power characteristic representation is averaging of instance values over a specific frequency class. The band performance function illustrated the performance details in each specified frequency band. The power spectrum is often applied to ascertain brain operations [83]. It explains the distribution of the power of EEG curves over a specific frequency range. Combined time–frequency domain analysis is the combined method of extracting features in both times and the frequency domain. The neurotic waveforms contain the attributes of both the time and frequency domains. Both temporal and spectral variations can be analyzed using this technique. FFT is used to determine the signal power at any time and explore the signal [8]. Wavelet transformation is also helpful for quickly analyzing the brain’s spectral patterns [13]. The various wavelets were effectively implemented for the execution of the BCI mechanism, such as Morlet wavelets [66], Daubechies wavelets [66], Mexican hat wavelets [232], etc.
2.4 Classification
It is essential to convert the feature into the required command and get the desired action by an effective classifier. Various classification algorithms are available to extract the desired feature. Broadly the classifiers can be divided into two categories, linear and nonlinear. A direct relationship exists between the network's input and output patterns in linear classifiers. Linear discriminant analysis LDA [317] and support vector machine SVM [309] are the two types of such classifiers. Fisher formulated the LDA method in 1936. It is an elementary classifier with reasonable reliability and low mathematical requirements [296]. Usually, a two-class classifier can be expanded into multiple classes. Bayesian linear discriminant analysis (BLDA) and Fisher linear discriminant analysis (FLDA) are the improved LDA versions [202]. The non-linear classifiers are used when there is no association between input and output patterns. Examples of such classifiers are artificial neural networks (ANN) [192], k-nearest neighbor classifiers [178], and SVMs [316]. ANN is a very flexible multiclass classifier that classifies the input signal by the training process. Developing a training algorithm is essential to the ANN; Multilayer perceptron (MLP) is frequently used to solve various classification-related problems.
3 BCI Tools and BCI Applications
BCI tools are the general-purpose systems used for BCI research. These tools are used to collect data, Process raw data, extract unwanted signals, and monitor different brain parts depending on the specific application. Some of these tools are available online for free, while others are paid. EEGLAB is a toolbox in MATLAB for handling EEG and other electrophysiological signals. After loading the data into the EEGLAB Toolbox, various data operations such as pre-processing, removal of artifacts, time/frequency analysis, Independent Component Analysis (ICA), plotting the data functions for visualization, data scrolling, event, and channel location handling can be performed. It’s a free, multi-purpose toolbox developed by the Swartz Center of Computational Neuroscience (SCCN) at the Wadsworth Centre in 2000. Another tool called BCI2000 contains four components, i.e., Source, signal translation, client application, and operator component. The signal detection is carried out in the source component. The received signal is processed in the signal processing component. The client application part provides a feedback signal to the person. It runs on Windows, Linux, and OS X and is written in C + + . Several filters such as Fourier Transform, Random Filter, Spatial Filter, Normalizer, and simple low pass filters are compatible with BCI2000. Open Vibe is another software platform for BCI. It supports various data acquisition systems and includes many signal processing algorithms. It is an openly accessible software package for planning and experimenting with BCI. Real-time signal processing of the brain signal is one of the functions of Open Vibe. It can be used for signal acquisition, filtering, processing, and projecting brain signals in real-time. It is unpaid software that is compatible with Windows and Linux operating systems. It offers real-time biofeedback and diagnostics. Open Vibe can use a wide range of hardware EEG devices. It has various capabilities, such as signal processing algorithms, machine learning functions, and a better graphical user interface. TOBI is a Common Implementation Platform (CPI) developed for BCI in 2008. TiA, TiB, and TiC are the interfaces in TOBI. TiA sends different signals, TiB is responsible for transmitting signal properties, and TiC is accountable for recognizing classes and labels in BCI. Besides these tools, we have various other widely used tools like BCILAB (an open-source MATLAB tool for BCI), BCI + + , OPEN BCI, etc.
As shown in Fig. 7, BCI is used in various fields i.e. medicine [272], games and entertainment [195], advertising [231], education [269], robotic control [257], self-regulation and meditation [283], smart homes [47] and safety [207]. BCI can prevent, detect and diagnose various diseases. AD Instruments, Advanced Brain Monitoring, ANT Neuro, BEE Medic, Biopac Systems Inc, Biosemi, Blackrock Microsystems, Brain Homecare, Brain Products, Brain Rhythms Inc, Brain Gate, Brain Master Technologies Inc, Brain Science Technology are some of the international companies that are active in the BCI research. Table 7 shows some important application-related findings of BCI in recent years.
4 BCI Recent Advancements
Human psychology is an exciting topic for researchers and medical professionals. Lim et al. [179] proposed a comparative study that differentiates the concentration and immersion state of the human brain. Thirty-two college students participated in this study, and the Absolute Power Analysis shows the difference between the two states. The concept can be used in future studies with more number of candidates. In many countries, the death toll in car accidents increases every day due to driver’s drowsiness. Nguyen et al. [216] proposed a method to detect drowsiness while driving using EEG and NIRF (near-infrared signals). The author measured the subject’s vital body parameters in wakefulness and drowsiness conditions and found that the oxygen concentration and power densities differed. The classification accuracy can be increased in the future with actual driving tasks. It will be good if the automobile industry adopts such innovative approaches to prevent road crashes due to sluggishness. Further, Gao et al. [104] also proposed an EEG-based system to detect driver fatigue while driving. The performance of this proposed method was compared to eight competing methods, where this method provides better classification accuracy than the others. From a future perspective, the method can be more reliable using deep learning approaches. One step ahead, a classification model for the neurological operations of successful stopping and failed stopping trials in the reaction of the right hand was developed by Chikara et al. [58]. It has been observed that the quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA) has an accuracy of 94.94%. Catrambone et al. [49] proposed an EEG-based classification method to predict mechanically transient, non-transitive and device-arbitrated upper limb movements. The authors found a remarkable difference in the accuracy of the male and female data in predicting movement. The authors also achieved an accuracy of 78.55% in distinguishing the movements above when using EEG data extracted only from the female subjects. This EEG model of gender difference can also predict gender in other activities. Qu et al. [243] proposed a study in which the sensitive bands of EEG data were analyzed due to different physiological brain loads. ICA has been proposed for data processing. A comparison of the power spectral density was carried out. The SVM classifier shows that the beta band is more sensitive than other bands under different brain loads. Other classification methods can be adopted in the future to get better accuracy.
Today stress has become one of the main complications in our society, affecting a person’s mental and cognitive abilities. Mental stress can cause serious problems such as depression, high blood pressure, abnormal sugar levels, anxiety, etc. At the same time, in some extreme cases, a nervous system breakdown can also occur due to unnecessary mental stress. Baik et al. [28] investigated how heart rate variability (HRV) affects the association between frontal and partial inequality and depression. The authors found that HRV balanced the association between depression and parietal alpha symmetry in the case of major depressive disorder (MDD) patients. Medical professionals can use this innovative approach in the future. Ofner et al. [222] examined arm and hand variations in patients with paraplegia. Innovative approaches to the epileptic brain are also increased in the last decades. Fan et al. [88] analyzed different abnormal patterns of epileptic seizures via temporal synchronization of EEG signals. The authors examined Spatio-temporal synchronization patterns by graph theory. This approach can also be helpful for real-time anomaly detection and its treatment. Open hand, palmar grip, and other hand variations were examined, and the study shows that the various signals originate from the central motor area. This innovation is helpful for patients and aged persons having paraplegia. Ahn et al. [5] proposed a wearable stress management device; heart rate variations [HRV] and electroencephalogram [EEG] is used to measure stress in daily life. One step ahead, Goodday et al. [109] suggested understanding the stress and predicting its importance using a digital platform. The authors also discussed the growth and availability of various digital platforms that require appropriate devices and mobile phone applications. In the future, researchers can examine the affordable and readily available techniques that are helpful to society. Waelde et al. [300] explain how chronic pain in children is affected by multiple mindfulness meditation sessions. Gupta et al. [118] investigated how the short-term musical stimulus affects the cognitive abilities of the human brain. The study shows how Indian classical music changes EEG performances and functional activity and may be adopted for stress release in the future. The authors also developed a model that explained how music improves cognitive abilities and brain performance.
With the help of EEG signals, human facial expressions can easily be related to our psychological states. Numerous approaches are available for feature extraction and classification, such as Fourier transformation, wavelet transformation, power spectral density (PSD), and common spatial patterns. To be able to deal better with the enormous size of two-dimensional EEG data, various algorithmic programs for machine learning are also available, such as Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), K-Nearest Neighbour (KNN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), FUZZY Logic, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Interface System (ANFIS). Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is one of the most important deep learning methods because of its advanced feature extraction capability. Zeng et al. [325] suggested an improved framework called SincNet-R for emotional categorization and identification from the EEG signal. Xu et al. [314] also proposed a multilayer CNN for categorizing EEG waveforms. Environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, and air pressure can influence people’s cognitive abilities. Zhu et al. [335] suggested a test-based cognitive study that demonstrated the variations of EEG signals during the experimental activity for different physical parameters. Svetlov et al. [280] demonstrated the effects of Muse EEG tape-based neurofeedback devices on mindfulness-based relaxation activities. Zabielska et al. [324] examined the sensorimotor rhythm desynchronization during motor imagery tasks. The authors also explained how the power in alpha and beta bands has decreased with the difficulty of both actual and unreal movements. Rahimi et al. [245] investigated the various states of consciousness and attention. The authors explained the significant differences between different states of consciousness and awareness. Rodriguez et al. [258] examined the cross-frequency relationship for different mental states (rest, meditation, and arithmetic). The experiment was performed on 43 experienced meditators using a 19-channel EEG data acquisition system. The findings illustrated that the alpha-theta cross-frequency relationship occurred maximally during the arithmetic condition and minimally during the state of mental void (meditation). Gao et al. [103] investigated the effects of the binaural beats on neural oscillations and cognitive functions.
Sleep quality is one of the essential vital parameters for a person’s health. Poor sleep disrupts our day-to-day tasks and causes insomnia. Ko et al. [167] proposed an aromatherapy-based study that shows the increment in delta waves and a decrement in alpha waves during aromatherapy. The experiment was conducted on nine healthy and young participants with no sleep problems. Kim et al. [164] proposed a new EEG-based method for performance evaluation. Thirty-six subjects were tested as either excellent or bad performers. The study results suggested that the microstate reflected cognitive task performance. Vecsei et al. [294] experimented with the effect of radiofrequency exposure on EEG- based cognitive tasks. Test performance was checked before and after the recording. The results indicated a noticeable decrease in EEG-alpha performance during the radiofrequency exposure. Kalantari et al. [153] compared physiological parameters during a cognitive test in virtual and real environments. Head acceleration and galvanic skin response (GRS) variations are lower in the case of a virtual environment. Former et al. [99] predicted human behavior and performance for the rewards. The study showed that the participants put more cognitive effort when receiving prizes. Reiser et al. [251] recorded mobile EEG during cognitive and motor tasks. The authors performed a cognitive task in real-world situations and observed a relationship between workload and performance. Borghini et al. [41] proposed a study that was carried out on 37 professional air traffic controllers, and the results showed that the specific brain features could be characterized and differentiated accordingly. Jia et al. [146] experimented with different ways of thinking, such as the generation of an idea, evolution of an idea, and controlled creative thinking. The EEG microstate-based methodology was used to analyze the EEG data. The authors found that the alpha performance decreased significantly in the three conditions of the experiment. The results also showed that the idea of evolution requires less concentration than the other two conditions. Widge et al. [308] proposed deep brain stimulation (DBS) -based method for treating major depressive disorder (MDD) and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Cognitive control is impaired in both MDD and OCD conditions, and DBS improves the subjects’ efficacy in a cognitive task.
P3 is an essential event-related potential adopted to identify cognitive activity and utilized in clinical diagnosis. Li et al. [176] found a linkage between P3 and resting-state brain activity. In addition, the long-range interactions between the frontal and occipital brain regions were functionally relevant to P3 parameters. Apicella et al. [17] proposed a method for EEG-based distraction detection during a motor rehabilitation task. The experiment was carried out on 17 healthy volunteers. Various feature extraction techniques such as time domain, frequency domain, and multiple classifiers were used in this study. A k-nearest neighbor classifier achieved an accuracy of 92.8%. Guyon et al. proposed [119] a method to identify the variability between the different vital parameters during stress. The authors used a muse band-based rapid relaxation device to identify how stress changes critical body parameters. Arsalan et al. [21] proposed a study that classified exposure during public speaking. Forty participants were involved in this study. Their physical parameters such as galvanic resistance of the skin, blood volume flow, EEG, and heart rate were determined before and after the public speaking test. Romero et al. [260] proposed a low-cost EEG-based BCI for lower-limb motor recovery in post-stroke patients. The test was performed on eight health and two post-stroke patients. Results showed that the post-stroke patients attained 41.67% and 91.67% accuracy during the task. Park et al. [230] experimented with some tasks (active, passive, and motor imagery) during spinal and grasping movements and found that the patterns differ for two different movements. Wei et al. [306] proposed a method of hierarchical clustering to find the inter-and intra-subjective variability in the EEG dataset. The data were collected in a driving task and validated the feasibility of the EEG-based models for fatigue detection. The results were helpful for plug-and-play drowsiness detection. Alkeide et al. [10] proposed an event-driven BCI method for the Peabody-Image Vocabulary Test (PPVT-IV). The authors applied this approach to subjects with normal development and cerebral disorders. The results suggested that people could benefit from this BCI-assisted approach.
Rezazadeh et al. [253] proposed a hybrid multi-class fNIRS-EEG-BCI model for imaginary speech. Eleven subjects performed different tasks repeatedly. The authors attained an average classification accuracy of 70.45%, considerably more than previous results. The results indicated that a hybrid EEG and fNIRS-based model increased the classification accuracy of BCIs for imagined speech. Corsi et al. [70] proposed a fusion method that combines attributes of simultaneously recorded electroencephalographic (EEG) and magnetoencephalographic (MEG) signals to enhance the performances of motor imagery-based brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Fifteen subjects found a considerable enhancement in the classification accuracy compared to the standard single-modality methods. Islam et al. [140] proposed a deep machine learning approach to detect emotions. Firstly the EEG data was converted into images and then given to the CNN to recognize the emotions. It is a unique and recent approach that may be helpful for future BCI users. Table 8 shows some recent proposed works in the field of BCI.
5 BCI Challenges
Over the past decade, plenty of work has been done in the field of BCI. The appearance of non-invasive BCI devices based on an EEG signal expanded the great possibilities for future technologies. Still, there are various challenges. We know that invasive type electrodes can be installed accurately and require a specialist to reduce the error rate. The brain is a complex structure, so the brain signal contains nonlinearity and noise. As a result of this non-linear behavior of brain signals, various non-linear methods are also used with available linear ones. Researchers and developers are working to resolve this nonlinearity problem. A non-stationary signal is challenging to capture compared to a stationary one because the signal constantly changes during recording. Noise, fatigue, concentration, movement artifacts, and blinking of the eyes are significant factors that cause a non-stationary signal. The placement of electrodes in the scalp is also a factor. If the electrode placement is incorrect, it also causes a transient and noisy signal [181]. Some ambient noise and electromagnetic effects due to power line interferences are also considered as artifacts [59]. Different BCI devices have been developed depending on the applications. The issue with such devices is that they are developed globally, and the standardization of all devices is very difficult. BCI research groups have followed some common standards worldwide, such as data acquisition and EEG electrode placement. Aside from such developments, there is still a lack of standardization in BCI communities worldwide. One of the main issues with the recorded EEG signal is its high dimensionality. The main reason for this high dimensionality is recording the data from multiple channels. Various feature extraction techniques have been developed to reduce the dimensions, i.e., time domain, frequency domain, and combined time–frequency domain.
Various signal processing techniques have been developed to extract features from the acquired signals. Hybrid BCIs using more than one signal, i.e., SSVEP/ERP and SSVEP/MI, offer more robust and accurate functions [236]. Today researchers are trying to explore the new EEG paradigms. The information transfer rate (ITR) is another crucial issue as we have a limited number of bits available per second. We can get a quick response and save time with high ITR BCIs [321]. The target identification accuracy and the target identification time are the factors that affect the ITR. If we shorten the target recognition time and increase the recognition accuracy, the ITR can also be improved. If we want to adopt something new, our brain needs training. Training the user is a significant challenge in BCI. It’s a time-consuming process. The applicants must understand how they are compatible with the system and control it with a response signal [135]. The user must be trained to incorporate and respond after the feedback signal. The training sets can be small or large, depending on the system's usability.
The design of BCIs for everyday use is also important instead of laboratory-based BCIs. Today, very few easy-to-use and plug-and-play BCIs are available [7, 157]. For the real-life applications of BCI, the costs must be minimized. Inexpensive hardware and software development is also an issue [208]. Ethical clearance and security are also associated with the advancement of a BCI [120]. However, some institutes and research organizations have an ethics committee to resolve such issues. Security is also an issue with the BCI systems [67]. The user’s private information needs to be protected. Table 9 included some important articles on BCI challenges.
6 Discussion
The authors discussed the paper's findings from the application and challenges perspective.
6.1 Based on the applications
The closed-loop BCI having neurofeedback assistance helps the persons involved in self-regulation and can control specific brain rhythms such as alpha waves to control their brain activities [26]. Findings also revealed that BCI neurofeedback-based training induced the plasticity of the brain and helped to repair and control the output of the nervous system [108, 256]. Plasticity induced by training aids therapy-based motor rehabilitation [225, 282]. BCI training re-excited the relevant neural substrate to re-establish lost control for neuroprosthetics and hence improve human functioning skills [80, 81]. There are two approaches to constructing a rehabilitative BCI. In the first approach, the injured part can be attached with a neural prosthesis, and in the second, we must re-stimulate the damaged synaptic networks [226, 248, 303, 307]. Differentiating a task-generated and resting activity is crucial for regulating the stimulation modality in rehabilitative BCI. The extent of neuroplasticity depends on person-to-person individual training sessions [38, 173]. External magnetic or electric field stimulus also affects the brain during rehabilitation. The brain's white matter induced neuroplasticity when the motor imagery stimulus was applied to the stroke patients. Different rehabilitative approaches, neuroplasticity-based treatments, and training-induced techniques are the future of BCI. Brain stroke [79, 95, 107, 149], spinal cord injuries [132, 160, 223, 288], cerebral palsy [57, 137, 239], amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [270], etc., can be treated more effectively in future using BCI. We have found that BCI provides an extended degree of freedom for physically disabled users [102, 182]
The sensor design also depends on the SNR, resolution, ergonomics, low cost, etc. Electrochemical transistor-based electrodes have a better signal quality and wireless communication with faster data transfer. Neurosensory can be built in various ways, including electrical, optical, chemical, and biological [112, 165]. Both dry and wet sensors have their own set of restrictions and advantages. Dry EEG electrodes are more convenient, although they have a poorer signal-to-noise ratio than wet electrodes [96, 194]. The wet electrodes have conductive gel and require proper skin preparation to reduce skin–electrode impedance, which might be inconvenient for users [123]. Further research suggests that dry electrodes with wireless devices could provide similar signal quality to wet electrodes. A quasi-dry electrode has been developed with the benefits of both dry and wet electrodes and is also compatible with Ag/ AgCl electrodes [210]. A stretchable connector-based auricle electrode has been developed to boost portability and is helpful for long-term recordings [220]. The transistor-based approach amplified the collected signals, resulting in a substantially superior SNR than traditional ECoG [162]. Carbon coating can decrease electrode resistance to improve signal quality [61, 159]. Thanks to exceptional progress in nanotechnology, the nanowire FET and P–N junction-based devices can sense and record deep brain activities [170, 187, 318]. Gaining neural impulses directly from the brain surface is possible by a new organic electrochemical transistor-based sensor [27]. Nowadays, the electrodes are developed with less invasiveness. The electrodes can be inserted in arteries/veins within the brain architecture utilizing computer-guided catheter angiography. The risk of craniotomy will be significantly reduced because of this technology. Calcium imaging and improved microscopes with chronically implanted lenses are two imaging approaches that could be used to investigate cell signaling [98, 111]. A new wireless-based ultrasonic device allows EEG and EMG recordings on the mm scale [268].
Future computers may be expected to have emotional and perceptual capacities such as making judgments [238]. Based on physiological and behavioral characteristics, computers may be able to discern and interpret underlying affective states [332]. BCI has the potential to be used to examine affective states, broadening its psychological applications [15, 18]. Affective state, video games, and virtual environments are some of the latest BCI trends [242, 297]. Some other researchers also demonstrated how the different players could collaboratively participate in a video game that requires a cooperative decision [267]. BCI offers more immersive experiences in arts, music, and neurofeedback using virtual reality techniques [241]. VR-BCI can help with neuroeconomics by measuring cognitive workload and motor rehabilitation [287]. BCI-based wheelchair and mobile robot control have demonstrated their importance in the robotic industry [76, 284]. In various studies, immersive VR is a better neurofeedback option than a computer screen [151, 189, 275, 298]. Brain to Brain interface (BBI) is another perspective of the BCI developments [110, 148, 228]. Two human brains are involved in the BBI interfacing. The transmitter's cognitive objectives have been decoded and converted into commands/instructions to the receiver's brain in the BBI interfacing [235]. Astronauts' usefulness, efficiency, and safety could benefit from a BCI-driven system. This technology can also be used to control humanoid robots in hazardous environments, such as sending a robot into a coal mine or space to perform a potentially dangerous task for humans [204, 281]. BCI can be used in space to track astronauts' working capacity and control an exoskeleton. Working becomes dull and uncomfortable when gravity is absent. The BCI application evolution is shown in Fig. 8.
6.2 Based on the challenges
BCI performance can be affected by motivation and encouragement [31]. Various physiological factors such as attention, memory, load, fatigue, age, gender, lifestyle, and places influence a person's brain dynamics [73, 154, 156]. A sensitive or emotional subject will have different performance or brain waves than a passionate subject during the same task. Robustness is also a requirement for an efficient BCI system. An ideal BCI system must be robust to a subject's physiological or essential characteristics [105]. Head anatomy should also be considered a factor for the BCI performance. Physiological predictors such as spectral entropy and power spectral densities can be compared to discover some insights [286]. Case-specific investigations are also trending nowadays for the rehabilitation of stroke survivors [246]. An individual-designed BCI is helpful for rehabilitative interventions [252]. BCI literacy is another issue faced by BCI researchers. During any task, 15 to 30% of the people cannot produce enough robust EEG signals that may be useful for a BCI system. Some researchers proposed methods to reduce BCI illiteracy, and some techniques have been proposed based on the adaptive machine learning approaches [33]. Event-related potentials, steady-state visual evoked potentials, auditory evoked potentials, steady-state somatosensory evoked potentials, and motor imagery are all proposed to detect some brain activities. Still, most of them are application-specific and cannot use for every application. ERP and SSVERP are target specific and need a correct vision of the subject [199, 211]. These techniques cannot be used for a visually impaired person. In such cases, an auditory evoked potential can be used. While the ITR is maximum in SSVEP, visual fatigue is the problem with this method because the subjects have to be continuously focused on the computer screen [56]. To overcome this, some researchers proposed MI-based BCI. But the MI-based BCI is slow and thus not used for video games and virtual reality environments [174]. Thus a hybrid BCI is the option to overcome these issues, e.g., SSVEP/ERP and SSVEP/MI offer more robust features [68, 152, 319]. There are four essential criteria to design an ideal BCI modality: low cost, transportable, low maintenance, and nonsurgical. We have several techniques to acquire the signal efficiently, but none of the single modalities is always preferred [205, 214]. Both invasive and noninvasive methods have their advantages and drawbacks. For example, EEG provides poor spectral resolutions but more acceptable temporal resolutions. Some activities that depend on blood oxygen can be captured by fMRI [190, 322]. Integrating EEG with fMRI is a better option in various applications.
Regardless of scientific breakthroughs in the field of BCI, some other important factors such as privacy protection, data confidentiality, safety, ethics, and socioeconomic issues must be considered while using BCI. Due to communication difficulties and a lack of alternatives, it is difficult for a BCI researcher to obtain ethical consent or permission from a BCI-wearing patient [144]. Various invasive techniques have physiological and neurological side effects. Nowadays, bleeding and infection cases are very few, but they may occur. That’s why it is necessary to maintain such electrodes very well [42]. Due to the direct interfacing with the brain, BCI devices can affect the user's behavior, nature, emotion, memory, personality, and thinking [150]. That’s why the guidelines are essential for advanced neuroimaging techniques. Changing a person's cognitive capabilities creates a difficult ethical challenge because it's unclear whether the cognitive alterations are reversible and effective [213]. BCI provides an extended degree of freedom, but these risk factors can reduce the benefits of this technology. It is vital to pass legislation that allows the legal use of BCI while also protecting the privacy and confidentiality of stored data. A combination of machine learning and signal processing techniques has been shown in recent research to play a crucial role in translating any signal from the brain to the computer. To keep in mind such important aspects of BCI, the European Union has initiated BCI projects with its partner schools. Table 10 illustrates various BCI issues and recommendations.
7 Conclusions and Future Scope
BCI has undergone explosive growth over the last 20–30 years resulting in the advancements, innovations, and improvements of non-invasive BCI. Because of its direct communication with the brain, BCI is one of the fascinating areas of research. This review provides information about the origin of BCI technology, its growth and applications, the hardware and software used, and its suitability. BCI's recent advancements and challenges discussed in this review can assist future BCI developments. The market shares of the BCI companies increased from 2014 to 2020, which is also a positive sign for BCI developers. Wearable, affordable, less invasive sensor design and brain-to-brain information transfer are some trending topics for the BCI community. For the better future of BCI, the researchers and developers have to:
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Focus on BCI investigations based on physiological, neurological, and technological factors.
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Focus on the commercialization of BCIs, case-specific investigations, and hybrid BCIs.
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Focus on the ethical and safety issues for the BCI users.
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Focus on designing affordable, non-invasive, portable, and easy-to-maintain data acquisition devices.
Data availability
Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.
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Yadav, H., Maini, S. Electroencephalogram based brain-computer interface: Applications, challenges, and opportunities. Multimed Tools Appl 82, 47003–47047 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-15653-x
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