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    • Neuroscience
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Human-Computer Interaction

    Background:

    • Decoding human cortical activity is crucial for advanced prosthetics and assistive technologies.
    • Previous research has explored movement decoding, but decoding specific gestures with high accuracy remains challenging.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the feasibility of decoding American Sign Language (ASL) gestures from the human sensorimotor cortex using 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI).
    • To assess the accuracy of gesture decoding and identify optimal brain regions and parameters for classification.

    Main Methods:

    • Twelve healthy volunteers performed four ASL hand gestures.
    • Data acquired using 7T fMRI with rapid and slow event-related designs.
    • A pattern-correlation classifier was employed to decode single-trial gesture patterns.

    Main Results:

    • Four ASL hand gestures were classified with an average accuracy of 63%, significantly above the 25% chance level.
    • The hand region of the sensorimotor cortex showed the highest activity and was optimal for classification.
    • Classification accuracy positively correlated with the consistency of gesture execution.

    Conclusions:

    • Decoding hand gestures from the sensorimotor cortex using 7T fMRI is highly accurate when gestures are performed consistently.
    • Neuronal representations of hand gestures are robust and reproducible.
    • The findings suggest the hand region of the sensorimotor cortex is a viable target for decoding sign language gestures for brain-computer interfaces.