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Mitra Taghizadeh-Sarabi¹, Mohammad Reza Daliri, Kavous Salehzadeh Niksirat

¹Virtual Center, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Computer Science
Biomedical Engineering

Background:

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) rely on decoding electroencephalographic (EEG) signals for object recognition.
Accurate classification of single-trial EEG data is essential for advancing BCI applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To classify single-trial EEG signals into 12 object categories.
To evaluate different feature extraction and selection methods for improved EEG signal decoding.

Main Methods:

EEG data from 10 subjects were processed, including artifact removal, feature extraction using Daubechies4, Haar, and Symlet2 wavelets, and feature selection via T test, entropy, and Bhattacharyya distance.
A one-against-one Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier was employed, with parameters optimized using training and validation sets.
Classification accuracy was the primary performance metric.

Main Results:

The study achieved approximately 80% classification accuracy for animal and stationery categories.
The Symlet2 wavelet and T test criterion demonstrated superior performance in feature extraction and selection, respectively.
The optimized SVM classifier effectively distinguished between the 12 object categories.

Conclusions:

Task-oriented EEG signal classification for object recognition is feasible with high accuracy.
Wavelet-based feature extraction and statistical feature selection are effective for EEG decoding in BCIs.
The findings contribute to the development of more sophisticated and accurate brain-computer interfaces.