Listening to the Brain in Real Time-- The Chengdu Brainwave Music

Electroencephalogram (EEG) provides a window for the activity of the human brain.As a novel form of the brain-computer interface (BCI),the online/offline EEG data may be interpreted through its auditory representation which can be considered as a specific tool in EEG monitoring and analysis.In this work,after a comprehensive comparison of the various designs of brainwave music generations,a waveform event mapping system for music display in real time-the Chengdu Brainwave Music (CBM) is proposed,which is a special on-line BCI system.In CBM,the user datagram protocol (UDP) is adopted to transport EEG data from the recorder to a music generator.The CBM could possibly be used as an audio feedback tool in BCI,or a monitoring tool in clinic EEG,and a subject specified music therapy method.