arXiv:2511.13733eess.SPcs.LG2025-11NeurIPS被引 7

通过脑拓扑层次结构,让脑电模型更懂空间与时间动态。

THD-BAR: Topology Hierarchical Derived Brain Autoregressive Modeling for EEG Generic Representations

  • 构建脑电通道的多尺度空间层级,重构自回归预测为跨尺度时序预测。
  • 在17个数据集预训练、10个下游任务验证中持续领先现有方法。
  • 适合做通用脑电表示学习的研究者,尤其关注空间结构建模的场景。

大规模预训练模型在学习通用脑电(EEG)表征方面具有巨大潜力。然而,现有方法尤其是自回归(AR)框架,主要依赖多通道脑电信号的简单时间序列排列,难以捕捉脑电信号固有的丰富生理特性。此外,其以时间为中心的建模方式也限制了对大脑活动动态空间拓扑的有效表示。为解决这些问题并充分挖掘大规模脑电模型的潜力,本文提出一种新型拓扑层次导出的脑自回归建模(THD-BAR)方法,用于脑电通用表征学习。其核心创新在于引入脑拓扑层次(BTH),为脑电通道建立多尺度空间顺序。该层次结构将自回归学习重新定义为“下一尺度-时间预测”问题,有效捕捉时空动态。基于BTH,设计了拓扑层次向量量化变分自编码器(THVQ-VAE)实现多尺度标记化,并开发了具备专用掩码策略的增强型脑自回归(BAR)模块用于预测。在17个数据集上进行大规模预训练,并在涵盖5类任务的10个下游数据集上严格验证,结果表明THD-BAR持续优于现有方法,凸显其卓越的泛化能力和建模性能。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Large-scale pre-trained models hold significant potential for learning universal EEG representations. However, most existing methods, particularly autoregressive (AR) frameworks, primarily rely on straightforward temporal sequencing of multi-channel EEG data, which fails to capture the rich physiological characteristics inherent to EEG signals. Moreover, their time-centered modeling approach also limits the effective representation of the dynamic spatial topology of brain activity. To address these challenges and fully exploit the potential of large-scale EEG models, we propose a novel Topology Hierarchical Derived Brain Autoregressive Modeling (THD-BAR) for EEG generic representations. The core innovation of THD-BAR lies in the introduction of the Brain Topology Hierarchy (BTH), which establishes a multi-scale spatial order for EEG channels. This hierarchical structure enables a redefinition of autoregressive learning as a "next-scale-time prediction" problem, effectively capturing both spatial and temporal dynamics. Based on BTH, we design a Topology-Hierarchical Vector Quantized-Variational Autoencoder (THVQ-VAE) for multi-scale tokenization and develop an enhanced Brain Autoregressive (BAR) module with specialized masking strategies for prediction. Through extensive large-scale pre-training on 17 datasets, followed by rigorous validation on 10 downstream datasets spanning 5 distinct tasks, THD-BAR consistently outperforms existing methods. These results highlight the superior generalization and modeling capabilities of our proposed approach.

脑电自回归空间拓扑表征学习

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