EEG to tACS learning experiment

This page exists to allow the People of the Internet to influence, alter, hone, polish, and otherwise affect the experiment being organized via [this website]http://www.neuroplustech.com/TM01/TM01_experiment_page.htm. Since we're not done with [the hardware]http://www.neuroplustech.com/TM01/tACS_design_log.htm, there will be at least six weeks before anything is set in stone, and effort will be expended to include the suggestions posted here.

--rough experimental procedure--

Users will be supplied with a tACS device and software to interface with it from a computer. They will apply sponge electrodes and retaining straps to their heads and launch the software after connecting the tACS device to their computer via USB cable. The user will perform multiple maze-navigation tasks, navigating using the arrows on the keyboard. Initially, the user will be “led” through the maze by a circular avatar representing the (pre-recorded) movements of the person whose EEG signal they may be receiving as signal input. Then the user will be sent through the maze unguided. This will be repeated for 10 different mazes. The software will internally randomize the order of sham stimulation, random noise stimulation, and EEG signal stimulation to enable blinding. The software will generate a data file containing the user’s movements through the maze, keyboard inputs, and type of stimulation being administered. These data files will be uploaded to a public-facing database for collective analysis.