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where N is the number of possible targets
(number of visual stimuli in this study), A
is the probability that the target was accurately classified (accuracy here), and T is
the duration of the trial in minutes.
Task Completion Time (seconds): Task
completion time measures the time
duration needed to perform one trial.

condition out of 6 conditions (3 collaboration modes # 2 luminance contrasts)
when finished after the experiment.
E. Data Acquisition and
Signal Processing

P = lim 1
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8 x^ t h2 dt (4)
-T
T

where x (t) is the amplitude of the EEG signal and T is the duration of one cycle [46].
3) User Evaluations
User Preference: Participants were asked
to choose their favorite experiment

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2) Signal Processing
Many methods have been used in the
SSVEP signal classification, such as Harmonic Sum Decision (HSD) [16], [48],
Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA)
[30], Linear Discriminant Analysis [49],
and Minimum Energy Combination
[31]. HSD was chosen in the current
study for its efficiency and simplicity.
Data processing included two phases:
preprocessing and classification. In the
preprocessing phase, raw EEG data was
filtered and transformed into the frequency domain. In the classification
phase, the brain signal was classified and

1) Data Acquisition
SSVEP brain waves were recorded using
an EEG cap embedded with 16 channels
(Fz, C3, Cz, C4, CPz, P7, P3, Pz, P4, P8, PO3,
POz, PO4, O1, Oz, and O2) based on the
modified 10-20 system of the International Federation [47]. Brain signals from
channel O1 and O2 were used as control
signal. Figure 3 showed the electrode
montage used in the study. Recordings
were referenced to the left mastoid and
grounded to location AFz [42].
SSVEP brain waves were amplified
with a g.USBamp amplifier (g.tec

2) Brain Activity
Spectral Power (mv 2 ): Spectral Power is
defined as,
	

Medical Engineering). Data collection,
online signal processing and offline data
analysis were conducted using LabVIEW-based software developed by BCI
Lab at North Carolina State University.

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