Research Article

Age-Specific Mechanisms in an SSVEP-Based BCI Scenario: Evidences from Spontaneous Rhythms and Neuronal Oscillators

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of research participants and dominant resting EEG frequency (averaged peak frequency; standard deviation in brackets) on selected locations.

Age group (years) n Gender ratio (m/f) Dominant resting EEG frequency (DRF) (⌀ Hz)
PO3 PO4

Group 1: ⌀ 6.73 11 5/6 8.60 (0.69) 8.60 (1.42) 8.62 (1.24) 8.70 (1.35)
Group 2: ⌀ 8.08 12 3/9
Group 3: ⌀ 9.86 14 11/3 9.24 (0.97) 9.25 (0.99) 9.23 (1.08) 9.27 (0.97)
Group 4: ⌀ 22.36 14 1/13 11.30 (1.03)*** 10.88 (0.70)** 10.68 (1.11)** 10.80 (0.96)**

Significance marks: **P < .01 and ***P < .001 denote the levels of significance between group 4 and all other age groups. due to a record failure the corresponding data is not evaluable.