Resonance

A Brain-Computer Interface Assemblage of EEG, Sound, and Therapeutic Clowns for the Detection of Consciousness

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ID10265809
AuthorsStefanie Blain-Morae (0000-0001-7837-6700, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, engineer, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3G 1Y5. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Natalia Incio Serra (Natalia Incio Serra, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3G 1Y5. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Charlotte Maschke (0000-0002-6105-8471, Charlotte Maschke, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3G 1Y5. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Jamie Webber (Jamie Webber, Montreal, QC, Canada. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Melissa L Holland (0000-0002-8349-7168, Lown Institute, corresponding author), Melissa Holland (Melissa Holland, Dr. Clown Foundation, Montreal, QC, Canada. Email: [email protected].), Tamar Tembeck (0000-0002-7634-1667, Tamar Tembeck, Montreal, QC, Canada. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Florian Grond (0000-0001-9945-8318, Florian Grond, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3G 1Y5. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Joseph J Schlesinger (0000-0003-3978-2647, Vanderbilt University, corresponding author), Joseph Schlesinger (Joseph Schlesinger, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, 37212. Email: [email protected].), Francis Bernard (0000-0001-9121-2882, Francis Bernard, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Florence Vinit (0009-0009-4590-8219, Florence Vinit, Universite de Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume57
Issue4
Pages422-427
Publication date2024-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeonardo (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282
PublisherMIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/leon_a_02547
OpenAlexW4399369136
LanguageEN
References cited17

A growing number of individuals live with medical conditions and injuries that render them minimally communicative. Assessing their level of consciousness and awareness is a major challenge that has profound implications for care decisions and their relationships. Resonance: a novel brain-computer interface assemblage, is designed to detect and augment expressions of consciousness in minimally communicative individuals. Resonance consists of (1) high-density EEG features that vary with states of consciousness; (2) sound; and (3) therapeutic clowns. Seven EEG features of consciousness are calculated in real time and mapped to sonic output. Therapeutic clowns use multisensory improvisational play to interact with these sonified brain features to create interpersonal connections with minimally communicative individuals. Resonance has the potential to reveal real-time variations in an individual’s level of consciousness, which may create an entirely new form of interpersonal interaction with minimally communicative persons

Acoustics · Archaeology · Art · Assemblage (archaeology) · Brain–computer interface · Cognitive science · Consciousness · Electroencephalography · Interface (matter) · Operating system · Physics · Sound (geography) · Computer Science · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · History · Neuroscience · Psychology

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