EmotivBCI
  • EmotivBCI
  • Getting started
    • System requirements
    • Installing and Updating
    • Logging in
    • Create an account
    • Forgot password
    • Access account
    • Logging out
    • Offline use
  • Setting up your EEG device
    • Connecting your headset
      • USB Dongle Connection
      • Bluetooth Connection
      • Connecting EPOC Flex
    • Disconnecting your headset
    • Fitting your headset
    • Contact quality map
      • Contact Quality (CQ) vs. EEG Quality (EQ)
    • EEG quality indicator
    • Battery indicator
    • EPOC+ and EPOC X configurations
  • Demographic data collection
  • Menu and navigation
  • Training profiles
    • Your training profiles
    • Creating a training profile
    • Changing training profile
    • Editing training profile name
    • Deleting training profile
    • Guest mode
    • Readonly training profile
    • Convert readonly training profile
  • Mental Commands
    • Overview
    • Training neutral
    • Training your first command
    • Accept or reject training
    • Training feedback
    • Command level
    • Brain Space Diagram
    • Adding new commands
    • Deleting commands
    • Deactivating commands
    • Training modes
    • Live mode
    • Adjusting sensitivity
    • Tips and Tricks
  • Facial Expressions
    • Overview
    • Training facial expressions
    • Training neutral
    • Training your first expression
    • Expression level
    • Adding new expressions
    • Delete expression
    • Live mode
    • Adjusting sensitivity
    • Use default detections
  • Performance Metrics
    • Overview
    • Definitions
    • Frequency rate
    • Turn streams on/off
    • Toggle all streams on/off
  • Motion sensors
    • Overview
    • Definitions
    • Frequency rate and resolution
    • Turn streams on/off
    • Toggle all streams on/off
  • OSC
    • Example connection with MaxMSP
  • Release notes
    • v2.0
    • v2.1
    • v2.2.1
    • v2.3
    • v2.4.1
    • v2.5
    • v2.6
    • v2.6.1
    • v2.6.2
    • v2.6.3
    • v2.7
    • v2.7.1
    • v3.0.0
    • v3.1.0
    • v3.2.0
    • v3.6.5
    • v3.6.8
    • v3.7.0
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  1. Performance Metrics

Definitions

Performance Metrics include 6 metrics:

  • Focus is a measure of fixed attention to one specific task. Focus measures the depth of attention as well as the frequency that attention switches between tasks. A high level of task switching is an indication of poor focus and distraction.

  • Engagement is experienced as alertness and the conscious direction of attention towards task-relevant stimuli. It measures the level of immersion in the moment and is a mixture of attention and concentration and contrasts with boredom. Engagement is characterized by increased physiological arousal and beta waves along with attenuated alpha waves. The greater the attention, focus and workload, the greater the output score reported by the detection.

  • Interest is the degree of attraction or aversion to the current stimuli, environment or activity and is commonly referred to as Valence. Low interest scores indicate a strong aversion to the task, high interest indicates a strong affinity with the task while mid-range scores indicate you neither like nor dislike the activity.

  • Excitement is an awareness or feeling of physiological arousal with a positive value. It is characterized by activation in the sympathetic nervous system which results in a range of physiological responses including pupil dilation, eye widening, sweat gland stimulation, heart rate and muscle tension increases, blood diversion, and digestive inhibition. In general, the greater the increase in physiological arousal the greater the output score for the detection. The Excitement detection is tuned to provide output scores that reflect short-term changes in excitement over time periods as short as several seconds.

  • Stress is a measure of comfort with the current challenge. High stress can result from an inability to complete a difficult task, feeling overwhelmed and fearing negative consequences for failing to satisfy the task requirements. Generally a low to moderate level of stress can improve productivity, whereas a higher level tends to be destructive and can have long term consequences for health and wellbeing.

  • Relaxation is a measure of an ability to switch off and and recover from intense concentration. Trained meditators can score extremely high relaxation scores.

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