Improving generalization of CNN-based motor-imagery EEG decoders via dynamic convolutions
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have recently demonstrated impressive results in electroencephalogram (EEG) decoding for several Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) paradigms, including Motor-Imagery (MI). However, neurophysiological processes underpinning EEG signals vary across subjects causing covariate shifts in data distributions and hence hindering the generalization of deep models across subjects. In this paper, we aim to address the challenge of inter-subject variability in MI. To this end, we employ causal reasoning to characterize all possible distribution shifts in the MI task and propose a dynamic convolution framework to account for shifts caused by the inter-subject variability. Using publicly available MI datasets, we demonstrate improved generalization performance (up to 5%) across subjects in various MI tasks for four well-established deep architectures.
Date Issued
2023-04-06
Date Acceptance
2023-03-28
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2023, 31, pp.1997-2005
ISSN
1534-4320
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Start Page
1997
End Page
2005
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Volume
31
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. For more information, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License URL
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2023.3265304
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-04-06