Introduction
Eye blink:
Rapid and forceful closing of the eyelid.
An essential function of the eye, helps spread tears across and remove irritants from the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva.
Produces a change in the brains electrical potential.
Measurable by EEG.
EEG (Electroencephalography):
electrophysiological monitoring method to record electrical activity of the brain.
Muse:
Brain sensing headband. Non-invasive, harmless,
versatile, cheap and easy-to-use EEG system.
Motivation
Monitoring eye blinks using EEG brainwaves: Blink detection, data extraction
Automated, fast, non invasive, cheap and easy to use
Hard to detect: Transient character, different output for different EEG devices, difference in signals for different people
Goals
Identifying blinks from recorded EEG sessions
Analyzing and extracting relevant data for future use (medical, etc.)
Comparing different methods for blink identification
