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Activity Number: 481 - Nonparametric Methods in Functional Data Analysis
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 6, 2020 : 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Sponsor: Section on Nonparametric Statistics
Abstract #310939
Title: Prediction of Working Memory Ability Based on EEG by Functional Data Analysis
Author(s): Yuanyuan Zhang* and Chienkai Wang and Fangfang Wu and Kun Huang and Lijian Yang and Linhong Ji
Companies: Tsinghua University and Tsinghua University and Tsinghua University and Tsinghua University and Tsinghua University and Tsinghua University
Keywords: B-spline Basis; Functional Principal Component Analysis (FPCA); N-back; LASSO; Working Memory
Abstract:

There is always a demand for fast and accurate algorithms for EEG signal processing. Owing to the high sample rate, EEG signals usually come with a large number of sample points, making it difficult to predict the working memory ability in cognitive research with EEG. Following well-designed experiments, the functional linear model provides a simple framework for regressions involving EEG signal predictors. The use of a data-driven basis in a linear structure naturally extends the standard linear regression model. The proposed approach utilizes B-spline approximation of functional principal components that greatly facilitates implementation. There does not seem to be any existing methods of predicting working memory ability from N-back task tests via EEG signals; the data-driven functional linear regression method proposed in this work is, to the best of our knowledge, the first of its kind. The data analytics suggest that a multiple functional linear regression model for the predictive relationship between working memory ability and frontal activity of the brain is both feasible and accurate via EEG signal processing.


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