title: A novel method for concentration evaluation of reading behaviors with electrical activity recorded on the scalp.
abstract: In this paper, a concentration evaluation of reading behaviors with electrical signal detection on the head is presented. The electrode signal is extracted by brain-computer-interface (BCI) to monitor the user's degree of concentration, where the user is reminded by sound to concentrate, or teaching staffs are reminded to help users improve reading habits, in order to facilitate the user's ability to concentrate. The digital signal processing methods, such as the Kalman Filter, Fast Fourier Transform, the Hamming window, the average value of the total energy of a frame, correlation coefficient, and novel judgment algorithm are used to obtain the corresponding parameters of concentration evaluation. Users can correct their manner of reading with reminders. The repeated test results may be expected to lie with a probability of 95%. Such model training results in better learning effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Automatic Control Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: lincs@fcu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Chern-Sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Master's Program of Biomedical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Chen
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: Ph.D. Program in Electrical and Communications Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Intergrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jung-Chih
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Automatic Control Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Pin-Yi
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Automatic Control Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsing-Cheng
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D062207:Brain-Computer Interfaces / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011932:Reading; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Concentration evaluation; Electrical signal detection; Learning effect