Emotion Classification from Electroencephalographic Signals Using Machine Learning

Background: Emotions significantly influence decision-making, social interactions, and medical outcomes. Leveraging emotion recognition through Electroencephalography (EEG) signals offers potential advancements in personalized medicine, adaptive technologies, and mental health diagnostics. This stud...

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Main Authors: Jesus Arturo Mendivil Sauceda, Bogart Yail Marquez, José Jaime Esqueda Elizondo
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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José Jaime Esqueda Elizondo
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description Background: Emotions significantly influence decision-making, social interactions, and medical outcomes. Leveraging emotion recognition through Electroencephalography (EEG) signals offers potential advancements in personalized medicine, adaptive technologies, and mental health diagnostics. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of three neural network architectures—ShallowFBCSPNet, Deep4Net, and EEGNetv4—for emotion classification using the SEED-V dataset. Methods: The SEED-V dataset comprises EEG recordings from 16 individuals exposed to 15 emotion-eliciting video clips per session, targeting happiness, sadness, disgust, neutrality, and fear. EEG data were preprocessed with a bandpass filter, segmented by emotional episodes, and split into training (80%) and testing (20%) sets. Three neural networks were trained and evaluated to classify emotions from the EEG signals. Results: ShallowFBCSPNet achieved the highest accuracy at 39.13%, followed by Deep4Net (38.26%) and EEGNetv4 (25.22%). However, significant misclassification issues were observed, such as EEGNetv4 predicting all instances as “Disgust” or “Neutral” depending on the configuration. Compared to state-of-the-art methods, such as ResNet18 combined with differential entropy, which achieved 95.61% accuracy on the same dataset, the tested models demonstrated substantial limitations. Conclusions: Our results highlight the challenges of generalizing across emotional states using raw EEG signals, emphasizing the need for advanced preprocessing and feature-extraction techniques. Despite these limitations, this study provides valuable insights into the potential and constraints of neural networks for EEG-based emotion recognition, paving the way for future advancements in the field.
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spelling doaj-art-48d4aba33e224daaa3f772e33057d4622025-08-20T02:53:38ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252024-11-011412121110.3390/brainsci14121211Emotion Classification from Electroencephalographic Signals Using Machine LearningJesus Arturo Mendivil Sauceda0Bogart Yail Marquez1José Jaime Esqueda Elizondo2Tecnológico Nacional de México, Campus Tijuana. Calz del Tecnológico 12950, Tomas Aquino, Tijuana 22414, MexicoTecnológico Nacional de México, Campus Tijuana. Calz del Tecnológico 12950, Tomas Aquino, Tijuana 22414, MexicoFacultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Calzada Universidad 14418, Parque Industrial Internacional, Tijuana 22390, MexicoBackground: Emotions significantly influence decision-making, social interactions, and medical outcomes. Leveraging emotion recognition through Electroencephalography (EEG) signals offers potential advancements in personalized medicine, adaptive technologies, and mental health diagnostics. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of three neural network architectures—ShallowFBCSPNet, Deep4Net, and EEGNetv4—for emotion classification using the SEED-V dataset. Methods: The SEED-V dataset comprises EEG recordings from 16 individuals exposed to 15 emotion-eliciting video clips per session, targeting happiness, sadness, disgust, neutrality, and fear. EEG data were preprocessed with a bandpass filter, segmented by emotional episodes, and split into training (80%) and testing (20%) sets. Three neural networks were trained and evaluated to classify emotions from the EEG signals. Results: ShallowFBCSPNet achieved the highest accuracy at 39.13%, followed by Deep4Net (38.26%) and EEGNetv4 (25.22%). However, significant misclassification issues were observed, such as EEGNetv4 predicting all instances as “Disgust” or “Neutral” depending on the configuration. Compared to state-of-the-art methods, such as ResNet18 combined with differential entropy, which achieved 95.61% accuracy on the same dataset, the tested models demonstrated substantial limitations. Conclusions: Our results highlight the challenges of generalizing across emotional states using raw EEG signals, emphasizing the need for advanced preprocessing and feature-extraction techniques. Despite these limitations, this study provides valuable insights into the potential and constraints of neural networks for EEG-based emotion recognition, paving the way for future advancements in the field.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/14/12/1211machine learningartificial intelligenceEEGemotion recognitionneural networksdeep learning
spellingShingle Jesus Arturo Mendivil Sauceda
Bogart Yail Marquez
José Jaime Esqueda Elizondo
Emotion Classification from Electroencephalographic Signals Using Machine Learning
Brain Sciences
machine learning
artificial intelligence
EEG
emotion recognition
neural networks
deep learning
title Emotion Classification from Electroencephalographic Signals Using Machine Learning
title_full Emotion Classification from Electroencephalographic Signals Using Machine Learning
title_fullStr Emotion Classification from Electroencephalographic Signals Using Machine Learning
title_full_unstemmed Emotion Classification from Electroencephalographic Signals Using Machine Learning
title_short Emotion Classification from Electroencephalographic Signals Using Machine Learning
title_sort emotion classification from electroencephalographic signals using machine learning
topic machine learning
artificial intelligence
EEG
emotion recognition
neural networks
deep learning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/14/12/1211
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