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This paper presents a novel approach towards creating a foundational model for aligning neural data and visual stimuli across multimodal representationsof brain activity by leveraging contrastive learning. We used electroencephalography…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Matteo Ferrante , Tommaso Boccato , Grigorii Rashkov , Nicola Toschi

Background: Building visual encoding models to accurately predict visual responses is a central challenge for current vision-based brain-machine interface techniques. To achieve high prediction accuracy on neural signals, visual encoding…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-26 Chi Zhang , Kai Qiao , Linyuan Wang , Li Tong , Guoen Hu , Ruyuan Zhang , Bin Yan

While significant advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have catalyzed progress across various domains, its full potential in understanding visual perception remains underexplored. We propose an artificial neural network dubbed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-27 Ruixing Liang , Xiangyu Zhang , Qiong Li , Lai Wei , Hexin Liu , Avisha Kumar , Kelley M. Kempski Leadingham , Joshua Punnoose , Leibny Paola Garcia , Amir Manbachi

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)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Hongzhou Chen , Lianghua He , Yihang Liu , Longzhen Yang , Shaohua Shang , MengChu Zhou

Previous brain decoding research primarily involves single-subject studies, reconstructing stimuli via fMRI activity from the same subject. Our study aims to introduce a generalization technique for cross-subject brain decoding, facilitated…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-09-06 Matteo Ferrante , Tommaso Boccato , Nicola Toschi

This literature review will discuss the use of deep learning methods for image reconstruction using fMRI data. More specifically, the quality of image reconstruction will be determined by the choice in decoding and reconstruction…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Madison Van Horn

This paper studies the brave new idea for Multimedia community, and proposes a novel framework to convert dreams into coherent video narratives using fMRI data. Essentially, dreams have intrigued humanity for centuries, offering glimpses…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Yanwei Fu , Jianxiong Gao , Baofeng Yang , Jianfeng Feng

Brain decoding techniques are essential for understanding the neurocognitive system. Although numerous methods have been introduced in this field, accurately aligning complex external stimuli with brain activities remains a formidable…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2024-07-16 Heng Huang , Lin Zhao , Zihao Wu , Xiaowei Yu , Jing Zhang , Xintao Hu , Dajiang Zhu , Tianming Liu

We release NSD-Imagery, a benchmark dataset of human fMRI activity paired with mental images, to complement the existing Natural Scenes Dataset (NSD), a large-scale dataset of fMRI activity paired with seen images that enabled unprecedented…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Reese Kneeland , Paul S. Scotti , Ghislain St-Yves , Jesse Breedlove , Kendrick Kay , Thomas Naselaris

Generative AI has recently propelled the decoding of images from brain activity. How do these approaches scale with the amount and type of neural recordings? Here, we systematically compare image decoding from four types of non-invasive…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-29 Hubert Banville , Yohann Benchetrit , Stéphane d'Ascoli , Jérémy Rapin , Jean-Rémi King

Visual encoding and decoding models act as gateways to understanding the neural mechanisms underlying human visual perception. Typically, visual encoding models that predict brain activity from stimuli and decoding models that reproduce…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Weijian Mai , Mu Nan , Yu Zhu , Jiahang Cao , Rui Zhang , Yuqin Dai , Chunfeng Song , Andrew F. Luo , Jiamin Wu

Recently, visual encoding and decoding based on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have realized many achievements with the rapid development of deep network computation. Despite the hierarchically similar representations of deep…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-03-20 Kai Qiao , Jian Chen , Linyuan Wang , Chi Zhang , Lei Zeng , Li Tong , Bin Yan

Decoding visual stimuli from neural activity is essential for understanding the human brain. While fMRI methods have successfully reconstructed static images, fMRI-to-video reconstruction faces challenges due to the need for capturing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-17 Haonan Wang , Qixiang Zhang , Lehan Wang , Xuanqi Huang , Xiaomeng Li

Reconstructing visual stimuli from human brain activity (e.g., fMRI) bridges neuroscience and computer vision by decoding neural representations. However, existing methods often overlook critical brain structure-function relationships,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Sijin Yu , Zijiao Chen , Wenxuan Wu , Shengxian Chen , Zhongliang Liu , Jingxin Nie , Xiaofen Xing , Xiangmin Xu , Xin Zhang

The purpose of this work is to investigate the soundness and utility of a neural network-based approach as a framework for exploring the impact of image enhancement techniques on visual cortex activation. In a preliminary study, we prepare…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Valentyn Piskovskyi , Riccardo Chimisso , Sabrina Patania , Tom Foulsham , Giuseppe Vizzari , Dimitri Ognibene

Decoding brain imaging data are gaining popularity, with applications in brain-computer interfaces and the study of neural representations. Decoding is typicallysubject-specific and does not generalise well over subjects, due to high…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Richard Csaky , Mats Van Es , Oiwi Parker Jones , Mark Woolrich

Neural coding is one of the central questions in systems neuroscience for understanding how the brain processes stimulus from the environment, moreover, it is also a cornerstone for designing algorithms of brain-machine interface, where…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2020-01-29 Yichen Zhang , Shanshan Jia , Yajing Zheng , Zhaofei Yu , Yonghong Tian , Siwei Ma , Tiejun Huang , Jian K. Liu

Reconstructing perceived images from human brain activity monitored by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is hard, especially for natural images. Existing methods often result in blurry and unintelligible reconstructions with low…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Mali Halac , Murat Isik , Hasan Ayaz , Anup Das

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

Decoding visual experiences from brain activity is a significant challenge. Existing fMRI-to-video methods often focus on semantic content while overlooking spatial and motion information. However, these aspects are all essential and are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Chong Li , Jingyang Huo , Weikang Gong , Yanwei Fu , Xiangyang Xue , Jianfeng Feng