Attention Monitoring And Enhancement By Neurofeedback Training

Lim, Yee Li (2016) Attention Monitoring And Enhancement By Neurofeedback Training. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Neurofeedback or EEG biofeedback is a new therapy in applied psychophysiology field. It has been investigated for use with a multitude of brain disorders such as epilepsy, hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder, tinnitus or attention related problems. As the attention is the basic cognitive ability of a person to perform any task or to develop a skill, the timely monitoring of this ability is important when his/her performance enhancement is concerned. Therefore, the primary purpose of project is to develop the so-called attention monitoring system based on Auditory Late Responses (ALRs). The attention level is objectively quantified by using the Wavelet Phase Stability (WPS) measure. To visualize the quantified attention level, different amount of flowers is used to represent this attention level and feedback to the subject by displaying it on the computer screen. The project was implemented using the MATLAB software. In total, ten subjects who are free from hearing problem were participated in the study. Results have shown that the shortest time taken for a subject to accomplish the desired sequence in the training protocol was six minutes with twelve training sessions. The developed neurofeedback system is not only able to quantify the attention level but can also serve as a training to regulate subject’s attention in a series of training protocol. It is concluded that the developed neurofeedback system has a great potential to be used to improve the brain’s performance in selective attention.

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