Bayesian hypothesis testing for pattern discrimination in brain decoding

• Published in: Pattern recognition Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 2075 - 2084
• Main Authors: Olivetti, Emanuele, Veeramachaneni, Sriharsha, Nowakowska, Ewa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Bayesian analysis; Brain; Brain decoding; Classification; Classifiers; Decoding; Generalization error; Hypothesis testing; Interpretability and validation; Links; Mathematical models; Stimuli; Hypothesis testing; Generalization error; Interpretability and validation; Brain decoding

Research in cognitive neuroscience and in brain–computer interfaces (BCI) is frequently concerned with finding evidence that a given brain area processes, or encodes, given stimuli. Experiments based on neuroimaging techniques consist of a stimulation protocol presented to a subject while his or her...