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ArticleScientific reports2025

Advancing BCI with a transformer-based model for motor imagery classification.

Wangdan Liao, Hongyun Liu, Weidong Wang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 authors.

Wangdan LiaoSchool of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Hongyun LiuMedical Innovation Research Division, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China.
Weidong WangSchool of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China. wangwd301@126.com.

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China 2020AAA0105800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) harness electroencephalographic signals for direct neural control of devices, offering significant benefits for individuals with motor impairments. Traditional machine learning methods for EEG-based motor imagery (MI) classification encounter challenges such as manual feature extraction and susceptibility to noise. This paper introduces EEGEncoder, a deep learning framework that employs modified transformers and Temporal Convolutional Networks (TCNs) to surmount these limitations. We propose a novel fusion architecture, named Dual-Stream Temporal-Spatial Block (DSTS), to capture temporal and spatial features, improving the accuracy of Motor Imagery classification task. Additionally, we use multiple parallel structures to enhance the model's performance. When tested on the BCI Competition IV-2a dataset, our proposed model achieved an average accuracy of 86.46% for subject dependent and average 74.48% for subject independent.

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Brain-Computer InterfacesElectroencephalographyImaginationAlgorithmsDeep LearningHumansMachine LearningNeural Networks, ComputerClassificationElectroencephalography (EEG)Motor imagery (MI)Temporal Convolutional Networks (TCNs)Transformer

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PMID40603471
PMCPMC12223151

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