3rd party software options for reward/inhibit functionality
Hi. I'm new to this community and was looking for an overview of the software that is available with easy integration to BCI hardware, specifically along the lines of user-friendly reward/inhibit functionality and audio/visual games. I searched the forum and only came up with BrainBay, which looks like it has a lot of functionality and something I plan to look into, but I imagined there must be a host of software developers (open source or commercial) taking advantage of this low cost, robust hardware to provide tools a step up from research-grade -- I just havent found it. I understand why BCI's focus is on the hardware and development environment, but I also noticed the Software section of the Forum there is no section related to 3rd party software, which might be handy if such does exist perhaps with a pinned post with a list of updated options (?). Anyway, any links, tips, or referrals would be greatly appreciated!
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Matt, hi.
Here is the list you were looking for on the Docs site,
https://docs.openbci.com/docs/06Software/SoftwareLanding
Here is a tutorial on BrainBay,
https://sites.google.com/site/biofeedbackpages/brainbay-openbci
If you are doing neurofeedback, BrainBay and BioEra are the best apps. BrainBay is free, BioEra is inexpensive, and when using the dongle version, can move to any computer and interface with many different types of hardware.
http://www.bioera.net/index.shtml
Some of the other apps listed at the first link are more geared to BCI Brain Computer Interfacing for 'control' of external devices. So less adaptable to neurofeedback applications.
Regards, William
Thanks William. Yes, sorry I had seen that and should have mentioned it (though I hadn't noticed BioEra first time, thanks!). I just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing anything that's more of a simple stand-alone app with training games of any sophistication for non-developers like clinicians, where the user just has to select the input channels, but sounds like I'm not. Seems like a great and easy niche for someone to fill that could boost openbci hardware demand and development funds!
Pete Van Deusen will soon have his protocol suite running with BioEra. Expected to be announced within the next couple months.
https://brain-trainer.com/
@wjcroft Glad you are able to help @drmatt!
Have any academic papers been written on the topic that he can refer to?
Attached the ISNR bibliography. ISNR is a leading organization that publishes clinical and research results on neurofeedback. They also have annual conferences.
I've used Pete Van Deusen's protocols in the past, they have been available for many years on the Bioexplorer platform. (OpenBCI is not supported on Bioexplorer.) Pete is porting them to BioEra because it is a better platform and supports more types of devices.
Regards, William