Upper limb movements can be decoded from the time-domain of low-frequency EEG.

How neural correlates of movements are represented in the human brain is of ongoing interest and has been researched with invasive and non-invasive methods. In this study, we analyzed the encoding of single upper limb movements in the time-domain of low-frequency electroencephalography (EEG) signals...

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Main Authors: Patrick Ofner, Andreas Schwarz, Joana Pereira, Gernot R Müller-Putz
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182578&type=printable
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description How neural correlates of movements are represented in the human brain is of ongoing interest and has been researched with invasive and non-invasive methods. In this study, we analyzed the encoding of single upper limb movements in the time-domain of low-frequency electroencephalography (EEG) signals. Fifteen healthy subjects executed and imagined six different sustained upper limb movements. We classified these six movements and a rest class and obtained significant average classification accuracies of 55% (movement vs movement) and 87% (movement vs rest) for executed movements, and 27% and 73%, respectively, for imagined movements. Furthermore, we analyzed the classifier patterns in the source space and located the brain areas conveying discriminative movement information. The classifier patterns indicate that mainly premotor areas, primary motor cortex, somatosensory cortex and posterior parietal cortex convey discriminative movement information. The decoding of single upper limb movements is specially interesting in the context of a more natural non-invasive control of e.g., a motor neuroprosthesis or a robotic arm in highly motor disabled persons.
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spelling doaj-art-da297b5a4dfd4f49bd6a73b4a4f963a32025-08-20T03:04:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01128e018257810.1371/journal.pone.0182578Upper limb movements can be decoded from the time-domain of low-frequency EEG.Patrick OfnerAndreas SchwarzJoana PereiraGernot R Müller-PutzHow neural correlates of movements are represented in the human brain is of ongoing interest and has been researched with invasive and non-invasive methods. In this study, we analyzed the encoding of single upper limb movements in the time-domain of low-frequency electroencephalography (EEG) signals. Fifteen healthy subjects executed and imagined six different sustained upper limb movements. We classified these six movements and a rest class and obtained significant average classification accuracies of 55% (movement vs movement) and 87% (movement vs rest) for executed movements, and 27% and 73%, respectively, for imagined movements. Furthermore, we analyzed the classifier patterns in the source space and located the brain areas conveying discriminative movement information. The classifier patterns indicate that mainly premotor areas, primary motor cortex, somatosensory cortex and posterior parietal cortex convey discriminative movement information. The decoding of single upper limb movements is specially interesting in the context of a more natural non-invasive control of e.g., a motor neuroprosthesis or a robotic arm in highly motor disabled persons.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182578&type=printable
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Upper limb movements can be decoded from the time-domain of low-frequency EEG.
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title Upper limb movements can be decoded from the time-domain of low-frequency EEG.
title_full Upper limb movements can be decoded from the time-domain of low-frequency EEG.
title_fullStr Upper limb movements can be decoded from the time-domain of low-frequency EEG.
title_full_unstemmed Upper limb movements can be decoded from the time-domain of low-frequency EEG.
title_short Upper limb movements can be decoded from the time-domain of low-frequency EEG.
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