基于邻域空间模式的运动相关电位特征提取方法

为解决脑-机接口(BCI)研究中所采集的脑电图(EEG)信号数据分布复杂和训练样本不足的问题,文中提出了一种新的特征提取方法--邻域空间模式(NSP)算法,用于提取BCI想象肢体运动分类算法中使用的重要分类特征--运动相关电位(MRPs).NSP算法不需要对样本的数据分布进行假设,主要利用样本的邻域关系和类别信息寻找最佳投影方向,使得映射后邻域内异类样本距离之和与同类样本距离之和的比值最大化.采用BCI竞赛2003和2001的其中两组数据进行实验,结果表明NSP算法能更有效地提取MRPs特征.     

基于Tsallis熵和近似熵的认知事件相关电位动态复杂度分析

提供了两种分析认知事件相关电位（ERP）复杂度动态变化的估计算法——时变Tsallis熵（ETsEn）和时变近似熵（EApEn），并将其应用于分析Stroop任务中ERP的动态复杂度．实验发现：BTsEn比EApEn能更好地反映不同刺激类型的ERP复杂度差异；EApEn比ETsEn能更准确地体现ERP复杂度随时间变化的规律．额区、中央区和顶区的ERP的ETsEn和EApEn在刺激前、刺激处理过程中、刺激处理后均有显著差异，即在刺激前熵较大且无明显变化，刺激处理过程中熵显著减小，刺激处理完成后熵恢复至刺激前状态，其变化的时序与行为数据基本一致。结果证明了时变的Tsallis熵和近似熵对动态复杂度从不同方面度量的有效性，为客观度量ERP的复杂度提供了新方法．     

记忆面孔, 男女有别: 关于面孔再认性别差异的行为与ERP研究

采用行为实验及事件相关电位技术, 通过学习-测验范式考察面孔再认中的性别差异,结果发现: (ⅰ) 女性面孔更容易被记住, 且女性很可能比男性更擅长记忆面孔. (ⅱ) 旧面孔诱发的N170 波幅更大, 表明该脑电成分可受到面孔熟悉度的调制. (ⅲ) 女性面孔诱发的N170 波幅更大, 而男性面孔引发的P2 波幅更大; 前者可能与女性面孔可变化的特征较多、需要更大的心理负载有关; 后者可能与男性面孔可变化的特征较少、再认难度较大, 从而需要更深的加工有关. (ⅳ) 新旧面孔诱发女性被试的P1 波幅存在差异, 但男性被试身上不存在此现象, 提示女性的脑活动可能比男性更早地受面孔的熟悉度所调制. 此外, 女性被试对于新旧面孔还表现出P2, N250 波幅的差异, 且女性被试新旧效应涉及的头皮范围比男性更广, 这些都为女性较好的面孔再认能力提供了电生理证据.     

Neural correlates of short-term perceptual learning in orientation discrimination indexed by event-related potentials

The current work investigated the neural correlates of visual perceptual learning in grating orientation discrimination by recording event-related potentials (ERPs) from human adults. Subjects were trained with a discrimination task of grating orientation in three consecutive training sessions within 2 h. While reaction times (RTs) were shortened gradually across training sessions, the N1 was decreased and the P2 was increased over the parietal and occipital areas. A broadly distributed P3 was increased along with more practices. In addition, the time course of learning reflected in the P2 and P3 amplitudes was in line with the changes of reaction times and exhibited a stable level during later training. The impli- cations of these results to the neural mechanisms subserving perceptual learning were discussed.     

Feature combination for classifying single-trial ECoG during motor imagery of different sessions

The input signals of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) may be either scalp electroencephalogram (EEG) or electrocorticogram (ECoG) recorded from subdural electrodes. To make BCIs practical, the classifiers for discriminating different brain states must have the ability of session-to-session transfer. This paper proposes an algorithm for classifying single-trial ECoG during motor imagery of different sessions. Three features, derived from two physiological phenomena, movement-related potentials (MRP) and event-related desynchronization (ERD), and extracted by common spatial subspace decomposition (CSSD) and waveform mean, are combined to perform classification tasks. The specific signal processing methods utilized are described in detail. The algorithm was successfully applied to Data Set I of BCI Competition III, and achieved a classification accuracy of 91% on test set.     

An ERP study for the degrees of the difficulty in visual search

The present study mainly probed the relationships between ERP components and the degrees of difficulty in visual search. Three experimental and one controlled conditions were randomly selected. Results showed that the P1, N1, and P2 amplitudes and latencies had no significant differences among the three experimental and one controlled conditions, and the ERP waveforms of low perceptual load of visual search were different from that of high perceptual load. These results might indicate that the latencies and amplitudes of initial P1, N1 and P2 in high and low perceptual load conditions were almost the same. The ERP waveforms of parallel search were very different from that of serial search, and the ERP waveforms of serial search were very similar. The P3 amplitudes increased as the degrees of the difficulty in visual search decreased.     

Executive inhibition in mental arithmetic

Event-related potentials (ERPs) were measured to investigate the executive inhibitory processes in mental arithmetic. Subjects had to compute arithmetic expressions visually presented in four chunks. ERP analyses were conducted for the second chunk comparing the “NoCalculate” to the “Calculate” conditions. In the Calculate condition subjects could compute intermediate results. In the NoCalculate condition subjects had to withhold the computation. The results showed a negative effect (N380) over frontocentral regions at about 380 ms, probably reflecting the calculation inhibition demand in the NoCalculate condition. In addition, the dN380 (NoCalculate-Calculate difference) was more pronounced in the right hemisphere, which is consistent with the findings of previous fMRI and PET studies that the right prefrontal cortex is closely associated with response inhibition. The results support the generalization of the frontocentral N2 as a neurobehavioral tool for investigating inhibitory executive control.     

An ERP study for the degrees of the difficulty in visual search

The present study mainly probed the relationships between ERP components and the degrees of difficulty in visual search. Three experimental and one controlled conditions were randomly selected. Results showed that the P1, N1, and P2 amplitudes and latencies had no significant differences among the three experimental and one controlled conditions, and the ERP waveforms of low perceptual load of visual search were different from that of high perceptual load. These results might indicate that the latencies and amplitudes of initial P1, N1 and P2 in high and low perceptual load conditions were almost the same. The ERP waveforms of parallel search were very different from that of serial search, and the ERP waveforms of serial search were very similar. The P3 amplitudes increased as the degrees of the difficulty in visual search decreased.     

对抗性亚类项群运动员体能训练的比较研究

运用比较学方法,就格斗性对抗、隔网对抗、同场对抗项运动员的体能训练进行了对比研究,探讨了对抗类不同项群运动员的体能训练特征。