| AM | actual movement |
| BCI | brain computer interface |
| EEG | electroencephalogram |
| EMD | empirical mode decomposition |
| HLT | Hand laterality test |
| HT | Hilbert transform |
| HHT | Hilbert Huang transform |
| HS | Hilbert spectrum |
| IF | instantaneous frequency |
| IMF | intrinsic mode function |
| MF | marginal frequency |
| MI | motor imagery |
| PCC | Pearson’s correlation coefficient |
| RF | residue functions |
| RTE | refereed total energy |
| TF | time-frequency |