TY - JOUR
T1 - Brain Computer Interfaces for Improving the Quality of Life of Older Adults and Elderly Patients
AU - Belkacem, Abdelkader Nasreddine
AU - Jamil, Nuraini
AU - Palmer, Jason A.
AU - Ouhbi, Sofia
AU - Chen, Chao
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding. AB acknowledges support from the United Arab Emirates University (Start-up grant G00003270 “31T130”).
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Belkacem, Jamil, Palmer, Ouhbi and Chen.
PY - 2020/6/30
Y1 - 2020/6/30
N2 - All people experience aging, and the related physical and health changes, including changes in memory and brain function. These changes may become debilitating leading to an increase in dependence as people get older. Many external aids and tools have been developed to allow older adults and elderly patients to continue to live normal and comfortable lives. This mini-review describes some of the recent studies on cognitive decline and motor control impairment with the goal of advancing non-invasive brain computer interface (BCI) technologies to improve health and wellness of older adults and elderly patients. First, we describe the state of the art in cognitive prosthetics for psychiatric diseases. Then, we describe the state of the art of possible assistive BCI applications for controlling an exoskeleton, a wheelchair and smart home for elderly people with motor control impairments. The basic age-related brain and body changes, the effects of age on cognitive and motor abilities, and several BCI paradigms with typical tasks and outcomes are thoroughly described. We also discuss likely future trends and technologies to assist healthy older adults and elderly patients using innovative BCI applications with minimal technical oversight.
AB - All people experience aging, and the related physical and health changes, including changes in memory and brain function. These changes may become debilitating leading to an increase in dependence as people get older. Many external aids and tools have been developed to allow older adults and elderly patients to continue to live normal and comfortable lives. This mini-review describes some of the recent studies on cognitive decline and motor control impairment with the goal of advancing non-invasive brain computer interface (BCI) technologies to improve health and wellness of older adults and elderly patients. First, we describe the state of the art in cognitive prosthetics for psychiatric diseases. Then, we describe the state of the art of possible assistive BCI applications for controlling an exoskeleton, a wheelchair and smart home for elderly people with motor control impairments. The basic age-related brain and body changes, the effects of age on cognitive and motor abilities, and several BCI paradigms with typical tasks and outcomes are thoroughly described. We also discuss likely future trends and technologies to assist healthy older adults and elderly patients using innovative BCI applications with minimal technical oversight.
KW - EEG
KW - brain computer interface
KW - cognitive aging
KW - elderly patients
KW - motor impairment
KW - older adults
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U2 - 10.3389/fnins.2020.00692
DO - 10.3389/fnins.2020.00692
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85087861922
SN - 1662-4548
VL - 14
JO - Frontiers in Neuroscience
JF - Frontiers in Neuroscience
M1 - 692
ER -