Haptic fMRI: Reliability and performance of electromagnetic haptic interfaces for motion and force neuroimaging experiments

Menon, Samir; Zhu, Jack; Goyal, Deeksha; Khatib, Oussama

doi:10.1109/embc.2017.8037716

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“…Haptic, or tactile, feedback is an increasingly common modality for interacting with computer systems given its potential to increase learning [1,2], particularly in virtual reality clinical contexts [3], to provide analogs of real-world experiences [4], and to provide physiologically reactive stimulation [5]. For all of these reasons, haptic feedback systems have been implemented for mechanistic studies using neuroimaging [6][7][8][9], particularly including devices that include vibrotactile stimulation [9][10][11][12][13]. Neurofeedback, in which individuals learn to manipulate brain function, has specifically been shown to benefit from such vibrotactile haptic feedback [14][15][16][17]; biofeedback studies more generally have also shown the benefits of this vibratory modality [18].…”

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Low Cost MR Compatible Haptic Stimulation with Application to fMRI Neurofeedback

Young

Prause²,

Lazzaro

et al. 2020

Brain Sciences

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The most common feedback displays in the fMRI environment are visual, e.g., in which participants try to increase or decrease the level of a thermometer. However, haptic feedback is increasingly valued in computer interaction tasks, particularly for real-time fMRI feedback. fMRI-neurofeedback is a clinical intervention that has not yet taken advantage of this trend. Here we describe a low-cost, user-friendly, MR-compatible system that can provide graded haptic vibrotactile stimulation in an initial application to fMRI neurofeedback. We also present a feasibility demonstration showing that we could successfully set up the system and obtain data in the context of a neurofeedback paradigm. We conclude that vibrotactile stimulation using this low-cost system is a viable method of feedback presentation, and encourage neurofeedback researchers to incorporate this type of feedback into their studies.

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