arXiv AI

A Hybrid Gaze-Motor Imagery BCI Framework for Effective Decision Communication

The study presents a hybrid brain‑computer interface that combines eye‑tracking and motor‑imagery (MI) to improve decision communication. By using visual fixation to stabilize neural responses, the authors developed an asynchronous paradigm that first selects a command via eye‑tracking and then confirms it with MI, reducing the number of operational steps. Experiments with 15 participants showed that this hybrid approach achieves up to 100% accuracy and outperforms conventional MI, even with limited EEG channels.

arXiv AI
Sep 18

A Multi-Objective Optimisation Framework for Corticomuscular EEG-EMG Pair Selection in Hybrid BCI

The paper presents a data‑driven framework that selects optimal EEG‑EMG channel pairs for hybrid brain‑computer interfaces by formulating the problem as a constrained bi‑objective optimisation. It maximises both the spatial relevance of EEG channels to motor cortex areas and the corticomuscular coupling strength, solved with NSGA‑II. Applied to motor‑imagery data from eight stroke patients, the method achieved an average classification accuracy of 89.6%, indicating improved capture of physiologically meaningful interactions.

By Dekka Muni Kumar, Yogesh Kumar Meena
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 17

BCIJelly: An integrated ecosystem for brain-computer interface research

arXiv:2608. 13576v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Brain-computer interface (BCI) research relies on multistage computational pipelines, yet progress remains constrained by fragmented data formats, heterogeneous decoder implementations and hardware-specific deployment toolchains, and researchers lack an integrated workflow.

By Liyuan Han, Xinrui Yang, Tianyu Zheng, Qizhi Yang, Yitao Qin, Liang Chen, Qinglai Wei, Binjie Hong, Xinhe Zhang, Rui Xiong, Yong Gu, Mu-ming Poo, Bo Xu, Chengyu Li, Tielin Zhang
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 14

FRIST: FMRI Representation Informed Shared-space Training Improves EEG-only Individual-Finger BCI Decoding

The paper introduces FRIST, a two‑stage EEG decoding framework that uses fMRI data to learn spectral projections and class geometry, then refines EEG predictions. In experiments with 12 participants, FRIST improves finger‑level motor decoding accuracy across both movement execution and motor imagery tasks, outperforming EEG‑only baselines and generalizing across different EEG backbones. The method demonstrates that fMRI’s spatial resolution can enhance noninvasive EEG‑based BCI performance.

By Jintao Zhang, Yidan Ding, Joshua Kosnoff, Maxim Karrenbach, Hanwen Wang, Bin He
arXiv AI
Aug 11

EgoBrain: Synergizing Minds and Eyes For Human Action Understanding

arXiv:2506. 01353v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The integration of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), in particular electroencephalography (EEG), with artificial intelligence (AI) has shown tremendous promise in decoding human cognition and behavior from neural signals.

By Nie Lin, Yansen Wang, Dongqi Han, Weibang Jiang, Jingyuan Li, Ryosuke Furuta, Yoichi Sato, Dongsheng Li