The musical mind: a brain computer interface approach

Commercial non-invasive BCI (Brain Computer Interface) devices are currently applied in several research fields, thank to the low cost of these EEG-based systems and also to the portability of the equipment. The latter feature makes BCI devices particularly suited for entertainment applications, especially due to the possibility to detect the mental state of the users. Emotions and entertainment are evidently strongly related, as the influence of music in human emotional states. On one side, BCI devices represent a challenge in gaming motion control, on the other, they have been successfully applied in music production and composition. In our previous work we focused on conscious production of music notes with the aim of developing an entertainment application prototype. In this work we trace the state-of-the art of research and discuss possible applications of the preliminary obtained results.