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  • Functional Data Analysis
  • Neuroscience

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  • Longitudinally observed functional data are prevalent in biomedical research.
  • Bayesian longitudinal functional principal component analysis (B-LFPCA) decomposes complex signals but lacks functional uncertainty quantification.
  • Traditional methods rely on point-wise summaries, ignoring the functional nature of estimated components.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce central posterior envelopes (CPEs) for robust uncertainty quantification of B-LFPCA components.
  • Develop data-driven visualization tools for functional data analysis.
  • Enhance interpretability of low-dimensional summaries from longitudinal functional data.

Main Methods:

  • Utilize functional depth ordering (modified band depth, modified volume depth) of posterior samples.
  • Apply CPEs to estimate mean function and marginal longitudinal/functional eigenfunctions.
  • Leverage Bayesian longitudinal functional principal component analysis (B-LFPCA) framework.

Main Results:

  • CPEs provide data-driven, functional uncertainty quantification for B-LFPCA components.
  • Analysis of Event Related Potentials (ERPs) revealed novel longitudinal learning trends in autistic and neurotypical children.
  • Simulations confirm the effectiveness of CPEs under varying data variability.

Conclusions:

  • CPEs offer a significant advancement in visualizing and quantifying uncertainty in functional data analysis.
  • The method provides novel insights into longitudinal learning patterns in neurodevelopmental studies.
  • CPEs are effective tools for exploring complex longitudinal functional data in biomedical research.