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Neural decoding is an important method in cognitive neuroscience that aims to decode brain representations from recorded neural activity using a multivariate machine learning model. The THINGS initiative provides a large EEG dataset of 46…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Laurits Dixen , Stefan Heinrich , Paolo Burelli

The release of large datasets and developments in AI have led to dramatic improvements in decoding methods that reconstruct seen images from human brain activity. We evaluate the prospect of further improving recent decoding methods by…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-12-14 Reese Kneeland , Jordyn Ojeda , Ghislain St-Yves , Thomas Naselaris

The integration of deep learning and neuroscience has been advancing rapidly, which has led to improvements in the analysis of brain activity and the understanding of deep learning models from a neuroscientific perspective. The…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-06-21 Yu Takagi , Shinji Nishimoto

Reconstructing video from brain signals is an important brain decoding task. Existing brain decoding frameworks are primarily built on a subject-dependent paradigm, which requires large amounts of brain data for each subject. However, the…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Xuan-Hao Liu , Yan-Kai Liu , Tianyi Zhou , Bao-Liang Lu , Wei-Long Zheng

Extensive literature has drawn comparisons between recordings of biological neurons in the brain and deep neural networks. This comparative analysis aims to advance and interpret deep neural networks and enhance our understanding of…

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Existing approaches to modeling associations between visual stimuli and brain responses are facing difficulties in handling between-subject variance and model generalization. Inspired by the recent progress in modeling speech-brain…

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Hemispheric strokes impair motor control in contralateral body parts, necessitating effective rehabilitation strategies. Motor Imagery-based Brain-Computer Interfaces (MI-BCIs) promote neuroplasticity, aiding the recovery of motor…

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In this work, we explore the decoding of mental imagery from subjects using their fMRI measurements. In order to achieve this decoding, we first created a mapping between a subject's fMRI signals elicited by the videos the subjects watched.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-02 Arman Afrasiyabi , Erica Busch , Rahul Singh , Dhananjay Bhaskar , Laurent Caplette , Nicholas Turk-Browne , Smita Krishnaswamy

Investigating the mapping between visual stimuli and neural responses in the visual cortex contributes to a deeper understanding of biological visual processing mechanisms. Most existing studies characterize this mapping by training models…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Xing Gao , Dazhong Rong , Qinming He

Decoding language from the human brain remains a grand challenge for Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs). Current approaches typically rely on unimodal brain representations, neglecting the brain's inherently multimodal processing. Inspired by…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Chunyu Ye , Yunhao Zhang , Jingyuan Sun , Chong Li , Chengqing Zong , Shaonan Wang

Decoding visual stimuli from neural population activity is crucial for understanding the brain and for applications in brain-machine interfaces. However, such biological data is often scarce, particularly in primates or humans, where…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Jan Sobotka , Luca Baroni , Ján Antolík

We propose an end-to-end deep neural encoder-decoder model to encode and decode brain activity in response to naturalistic stimuli using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. Leveraging temporally correlated input from…

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Inferring the functional specificity of brain regions from functional Magnetic Resonance Images (fMRI) data is a challenging statistical problem. While the General Linear Model (GLM) remains the standard approach for brain mapping,…

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Decoding sensory experiences from neural activity to reconstruct human-perceived visual stimuli and semantic content remains a challenge in neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Despite notable progress in current brain decoding models,…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-10-13 Feihan Feng , Jingxin Nie

Despite rapid advances in machine learning tools, the majority of neural decoding approaches still use traditional methods. Modern machine learning tools, which are versatile and easy to use, have the potential to significantly improve…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2020-07-06 Joshua I. Glaser , Ari S. Benjamin , Raeed H. Chowdhury , Matthew G. Perich , Lee E. Miller , Konrad P. Kording

Decoding non-invasive brain recordings is pivotal for advancing our understanding of human cognition but faces challenges due to individual differences and complex neural signal representations. Traditional methods often require customized…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Guobin Shen , Dongcheng Zhao , Xiang He , Linghao Feng , Yiting Dong , Jihang Wang , Qian Zhang , Yi Zeng

Previous studies have shown that it is possible to map brain activation data of subjects viewing images onto the feature representation space of not only vision models (modality-specific decoding) but also language models (cross-modal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Mitja Nikolaus , Milad Mozafari , Nicholas Asher , Leila Reddy , Rufin VanRullen

Decoding approaches are widely used in neuroscience and machine learning to compare stimulus representations across neural systems, such as different brain regions, organisms, and deep learning models. Popular methods include decoding…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-05-08 Johannes Bertram , Luciano Dyballa , T. Anderson Keller , Savik Kinger , Steven W. Zucker

Visual neural decoding aims to extract and interpret original visual experiences directly from human brain activity. Recent studies have demonstrated the feasibility of decoding visual semantic categories from electroencephalography (EEG)…

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