A method for controlling a device, the method including the steps of, in a processing system: receiving a signal associated with a thought pattern (100), the signal being received from a single electroencephalogram (EEG) channel, the EEG channel having sensed any one or a combination of a visual cortex, a parietal cortex, or the area in between the visual cortex and the parietal cortex, and generating a control signal based on the determined thought pattern (120), the control signal being configured to initiate control of the device.
