Toward Non-invasive BCI-Based Movement Decoding

Although motor imagery was used for the first BCI-controlled neuroprosthetic applications, it has turned out that it is a limited experimental strategy when it comes to control of more than two degrees of freedom. More natural ways for controlling the hand and ultimately the whole arm function have been identified in using attempted movement and even the attempt to move the whole arm. First evidence on the feasibility of these new BCI principles for neuroprosthesis control is discussed in this chapter.