Identifying relevant EEG channels for subject-independent emotion recognition using attention network layers
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Abstract
Background Electrical activity recorded with electroencephalography (EEG) enables the development of predictive models for emotion recognition. These models can be built using two approaches: subject-dependent and subject-independent. Although subject-independent models offer greater practical utility compared to subject-dependent models, they face challenges due to the significant variability of EEG signals between individuals. Objective One potential solution to enhance subject-independent approaches is to identify EEG channels that are consistently relevant across different individuals for predicting emotion. With the growing use of deep learning in emotion recognition, incorporating attention mechanisms can help uncover these shared predictive patterns. Methods This study explores this method by applying attention mechanism layers to identify EEG channels that are relevant for predicting emotions in three independent datasets (SEED, SEED-IV, and SEED-V). Results The model achieved average accuracies of 79.3% (CI: 76.0-82.5%), 69.5% (95% CI: 64.2-74.8%) and 60.7% (95% CI: 52.3-69.2%) on these datasets, revealing that EEG channels located along the head circumference, including Fp 1 , Fp 2 , F 7 , F 8 , T 7 , T 8 , P 7 , P 8 , O 1 , and O 2 , are the most crucial for emotion prediction. Conclusion These results emphasize the importance of capturing relevant electrical activity from these EEG channels, thereby facilitating the prediction of emotions evoked by audiovisual stimuli in subject-independent approaches.
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