Brain Computer Interfaces for Motor Control and Motor Learning

A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosignal Processing".

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Dear Colleagues,

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) represent a fascinating intersection of neuroscience and engineering. By directly decoding brain signals, BCIs offer the potential to revolutionize how we interact with technology and the world around us. There are several applications of BCIs in neuroprosthetics, communication, gaming and entertainment, neurorehabilitation, and augmented cognition. While there are interesting applications, there are also several challenges, including signal noise and variability, real-time processing, and last but not least, ethical considerations. The future of BCIs lies in improving BCI performance in the long term, using AI and ML methodologies in BCIs, expanding BCI applications, and developing wireless invasive and noninvasive BCIs that are reliable and safe to use.

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Keywords

  • brain-computer interface (BCI)
  • motor control
  • motor learning
  • AI and ML in BCIs
  • neuroprosthetics
  • neurorehabilitation

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MCTGNet: A Multi-Scale Convolution and Hybrid Attention Network for Robust Motor Imagery EEG Decoding
by Huangtao Zhan, Xinhui Li, Xun Song, Zhao Lv and Ping Li
Bioengineering 2025, 12(7), 775; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering12070775 - 17 Jul 2025
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Motor imagery (MI) EEG decoding is a key application in brain–computer interface (BCI) research. In cross-session scenarios, the generalization and robustness of decoding models are particularly challenging due to the complex nonlinear dynamics of MI-EEG signals in both temporal and frequency domains, as [...] Read more.
Motor imagery (MI) EEG decoding is a key application in brain–computer interface (BCI) research. In cross-session scenarios, the generalization and robustness of decoding models are particularly challenging due to the complex nonlinear dynamics of MI-EEG signals in both temporal and frequency domains, as well as distributional shifts across different recording sessions. While multi-scale feature extraction is a promising approach for generalized and robust MI decoding, conventional classifiers (e.g., multilayer perceptrons) struggle to perform accurate classification when confronted with high-order, nonstationary feature distributions, which have become a major bottleneck for improving decoding performance. To address this issue, we propose an end-to-end decoding framework, MCTGNet, whose core idea is to formulate the classification process as a high-order function approximation task that jointly models both task labels and feature structures. By introducing a group rational Kolmogorov–Arnold Network (GR-KAN), the system enhances generalization and robustness under cross-session conditions. Experiments on the BCI Competition IV 2a and 2b datasets demonstrate that MCTGNet achieves average classification accuracies of 88.93% and 91.42%, respectively, outperforming state-of-the-art methods by 3.32% and 1.83%. Full article
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