Comparative analysis of brain EEG signals generated from the right and left hand while writing

Neha Sardesai; S. E. Jamali Mahabadi; Qinglei Meng; Fow-Sen Choa

doi:10.1117/12.2223772

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13 May 2016 Comparative analysis of brain EEG signals generated from the right and left hand while writing

Neha Sardesai, S. E. Jamali Mahabadi, Qinglei Meng, Fow-Sen Choa

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Proceedings Volume 9863, Smart Biomedical and Physiological Sensor Technology XIII; 98630S (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223772
Event: SPIE Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging, 2016, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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This paper provides a comparative analysis of right handed people and left handed people when they write with both their hands. Two left handed and one right handed subject were asked to write their respective names on a paper using both, their left and right handed, and their brain signals were measured using EEG. Similarly, they were asked to perform simple mathematical calculations using both their hand. The data collected from the EEG from writing with both hands is compared. It is observed that though it is expected that the right brain only would contribute to left handed writing and vice versa, it is not so. When a right handed person writes with his/her left hand, the initial instinct is to go for writing with the right hand. Hence, both parts of the brain are active when a subject writes with the other hand. However, when the activity is repeated, the brain learns to expect to write with the other hand as the activity is repeated and then only the expected part of the brain is active.

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Neha Sardesai, S. E. Jamali Mahabadi, Qinglei Meng, and Fow-Sen Choa "Comparative analysis of brain EEG signals generated from the right and left hand while writing", Proc. SPIE 9863, Smart Biomedical and Physiological Sensor Technology XIII, 98630S (13 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223772

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