Real-time neurofeedback is effective in reducing diversion of attention from a motor task in healthy individuals and patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Objective. The performance of brain-computer interface (BCI) systems is influenced by the user's mental state, such as attention diversion. In this study, we propose a novel online BCI system able to adapt with variations in the users' attention during real-time movement execution. Approach. Electroencephalography signals were recorded from healthy participants and patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis while attention to the target task (a...