Brain-Computer Interface for Cyberpsychology: Components, Methods, and Applications

2.1. Literature Search Strategies

To provide an overall picture of the application of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) in the field of cyber behavior and learning, existing literatures were searched extensively from multiple bibliographic databases, namely Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Knowledge, and ScienceDirect. Because BCI is also known as Brain-Machine Interface or Mind-Machine Interface, all of these aliases were covered in the keyword list. Moreover, we included names of some consumer BCI devices, e.g. NeruoSky and Emotiv, to explicitly search for ever-expanding applications using these low-cost systems. Cyber behavior involves research on how the use of new technologies affects human behavior, and in particular, the emerging computer-based activities such as e-learning, online social communication, and online games. In order to explore the applications of BCIs to various subfields of cyber behavior, we searched the databases by combining BCI with other related keywords, including e-learning, online gaming, online communication, etc.