Review Article

Categorisation of Mobile EEG: A Researcher’s Perspective

Table 1

Mobile EEG studies.

StudyYearEEG systemEquipment mounting positionParticipant activity

Askamp and van Putten [18]2014MobitaWaist-mountedEpileptic outpatients, stair climbing
Aspinall  et al. [1]2015EPOCHead-mounted, wireless link to back-mounted laptopOutside walking
Bulea  et al. [19]2014actiCHampBack-mounted (according to figure in paper)Treadmill walking
Castermans  et al. [4]2011ANTPresumed off-body but not statedTreadmill walking
Davies and Gavin [20]2007ActiveTwoOff-bodySeated watching & listening
Debener  et al. [9]2012Oldenburg HybridHead-mounted, wireless link to back-mounted laptopIndoor and outdoor walking
Debener  et al. [21]2015SMARTINGHead-mounted, wireless link to smart deviceSeated indoors
De Vos  et al. [15]2014Oldenburg HybridHead-mounted, wireless link to PCSeated screen speller task
Doppelmayr   et al. [22]2012VarioportWaist-mountedSlow walking
Duvinage  et al. [16]2013EPOC & ANTPresumed off-body but not statedTreadmill walking
Ehinger  et al. [10]2014asalabOff-bodyConstrained walking with trolley
Fitzgerald  et al. [23]2013ProfusionWaist-mountedEpileptic outpatients sleep monitoring
Gargiulo  et al. [24]2008PensoPresumed waist-mounted but not statedSeated, eyes open & closed, button pressing
Gramann  et al. [7]2010ActiveTwoOff-bodyTreadmill walking
Gwin  et al. [25]2010ActiveTwoOff-bodyRunning on treadmill
Jungnickel and Gramann [26]2016BrainAmpRucksack-mounted, wireless link to PCStanding and pointing
Klonovs  et al. [27]2013EPOCHead-mounted, wireless link to PCNot made clear. Presume seated driving
Li  et al. [28]2014Not specifiedOff-bodyHuman centrifuge
Lin  et al. [29]2014CognionicsHead-mounted, wireless link to PCSSVEP whilst treadmill walking
Liu  et al. [30]2013MindWaveHead-mounted, wireless link to PCSeated driving
Lotte  et al. [5]2009Polymate AP216Back-mounted EEG device and laptopCorridor walking
Maidhof  et al. [31]2014ActiveTwoOff-bodyKeyboard playing
Robertson and Marino [32]2015B-AlertHead-mounted, wireless link to PCExercise cycling
Stopczynski  et al. [33]2014EPOCHead-mounted, wireless link to smart deviceSeated imagined finger tapping
Wagner  et al. [34]2012BrainAmpOff-bodyRobotic-assisted treadmill walking
Wang  et al. [35]2014NuAmpHead-mounted, wireless link to PCVR-simulated driving whilst seated
Wascher  et al. [2]2014BrainAmpBack-mountedIndoor physical box sorting task
Wong  et al. [36]2014MindWaveHead-mounted, wireless link to PCScreen-based shape tracing while seated
Zander  et al. [37]2017V-AmpOff-bodySeated driving
Zink  et al. [38]2016SMARTINGHead-mounted, wireless link to back-mounted laptopCycling