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Brain Signals as a New Biometric Authentication Method Using Brain-Computer Interface

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Biometric authentication; Brain-computer interface; EEG signal

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Human biometric techniques are presented as another type of security authentication to cover the problems of password authentication. Brainwave is another human biometric, which recently is one of the popular subjects for scientists and researchers. Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a method of communication based on neural activity’s communication created by the brain.

Introduction

In the past, people used to have a suitcase to keep their important documents like keys, money, bank account booklets, letters, photos, etc. which they could lock the suitcase to keep them secure. Today, people can keep all of that information in their personal computers, mobile devices, social networks, and the cloud storages, which in this case, information security and data protection play a crucial role in them. Security and accurate authentication methods have become a top priority within information security, which is...

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Yousefi, F., Kolivand, H. (2019). Brain Signals as a New Biometric Authentication Method Using Brain-Computer Interface. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_370-1

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