Neural Decoding

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Neural decoding infers what a person perceives, intends, or does from signals such as EEG, MEG, fMRI, ECoG, and neural spikes, supporting neuroscience and brain-computer interfaces. Common approaches include CNNs, Transformers and state-space models, alongside contrastive alignment, generative reconstruction, self-supervised pretraining, and adaptation across subjects or recording sessions; tasks range from speech and image decoding to movement and auditory attention. Researchers evaluate these methods on settings such as the Natural Scenes Dataset, motor-imagery and auditory-attention benchmarks, and speech-decoding datasets, while quantum error-correction decoders use neural networks to infer errors from syndrome measurements. A central challenge is making results reliable beyond the training subject, session, or dataset while controlling for shortcuts, limited data, and real-time latency.

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  1. Decoding Functional Networks for Visual Categories via GNNs

    Mar 30, 2026Shira Karmi, Galia Avidan, Tammy Riklin RavivVisual NeurosciencefMRI-Based Visual Decoding

    The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · The School of Brain Sciences and Cognition, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · Psychology Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

  2. Copilot-Assisted Second-Thought Framework for Brain-to-Robot Hand Motion Decoding

    Mar 29, 2026Yizhe Li, Shixiao Wang, Jian K. LiuEEG DecodingBrain-Computer Interfaces

    University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom · University of Birmingham

  3. CA-TCN: A Causal-Anticausal Temporal Convolutional Network for Direct Auditory Attention Decoding

    Mar 27, 2026Iñigo García-Ugarte, Rubén Eguinoa, Ricardo San Martín +2Neural DecodingTemporal Convolutional Networks

    Department of Science, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), 31006 Pamplona, Spain · BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain · Department of Statistics, Computer Sciences and Mathematics, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), 31006 Pamplona, Spain +2

  4. Statistical Learning for Latent Embedding Alignment with Application to Brain Encoding and Decoding

    Mar 22, 2026Shuoxun Xu, Zhanhao Yan, Lexin LiLatent Space AlignmentNeural Decoding

    University of California at Berkeley

  5. ALIGN: Adversarial Learning for Generalizable Speech Neuroprosthesis

    Mar 18, 2026Zhanqi Zhang, Shun Li, Bernardo L. Sabatini +2Brain-Computer InterfacesNeural Decoding

    Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Halıcıo˘glu Data Science Institute, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

  6. SENSE: Efficient EEG-to-Text via Privacy-Preserving Semantic Retrieval

    Mar 17, 2026Akshaj Murhekar, Christina Liu, Abhijit Mishra +2EEG-to-Text DecodingEEG Decoding

    The University of Texas at Austin School of Information Austin, Texas, USA · Institute of Applied Computer Science Łódź University of Technology Poland

  7. LightBeam: An Accurate and Memory-Efficient CTC Decoder for Speech Neuroprostheses

    Mar 14, 2026Ebrahim Feghhi, Junlin Hu, Nima Hadidi +1Connectionist Temporal ClassificationBrain-Computer Interfaces

    Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles · Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California Los Angeles · Department of Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles

  8. Towards unified brain-to-text decoding across speech production and perception

    Mar 13, 2026Zhizhang Yuan, Yang Yang, Gaorui Zhang +7Brain-to-Speech DecodingNeural Decoding

    Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. · Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

  9. Decoding the decoder: Contextual sequence-to-sequence modeling for intracortical speech decoding

    Mar 10, 2026Michal Olak, Tommaso Boccato, Matteo FerranteSequence-to-Sequence ModelsNeural Decoding

    Tether Evo

  10. Duala: Dual-Level Alignment of Subjects and Stimuli for Cross-Subject fMRI Decoding

    Mar 8, 2026Shumeng Li, Jintao Guo, Jian Zhang +3fMRI-Based Visual DecodingNeural Decoding

    State Key Laboratory of Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University · Institute of Brain-Machine Interface, Nanjing University

  11. The Spatial and Temporal Resolution of Motor Intention in Multi-Target Prediction

    Mar 5, 2026Marie Dominique Schmidt, Ioannis IossifidisNeural DecodingSurface Electromyography

    Robotics and BCI Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Ruhr West University of Applied Science Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany · Institute for Neural Computation Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

  12. BrainWhisperer: Leveraging Large-Scale ASR Models for Neural Speech Decoding

    Mar 4, 2026Tommaso Boccato, Michal Olak, Matteo FerranteBrain-to-Speech DecodingBrain-Computer Interfaces

    Tether Evo

  13. MEBM-Speech: Multi-scale Enhanced BrainMagic for Robust MEG Speech Detection

    Feb 27, 2026Li Songyi, Zheng Linze, Liang Jinghua +1Neural DecodingSpeech Processing

    Speech and Hearing Research Center, School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China 100871 · Center for BioMed-X Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China 100871

  14. MEBM-Phoneme: Multi-scale Enhanced BrainMagic for End-to-End MEG Phoneme Classification

    Feb 27, 2026Liang Jinghua, Zhang Zifeng, Li Songyi +1Neural DecodingMagnetoencephalography

    Speech and Hearing Research Center, School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China 100871 · Center for BioMed-X Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China 100871

  15. SHINE: Sequential Hierarchical Integration Network for EEG and MEG

    Feb 27, 2026Xiran Xu, Yujie Yan, Songyi Li +4ElectroencephalographyNeural Processes

    Speech and Hearing Research Center, School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Peking University, China · National Key Laboratory of General Artificial Intelligence, China · Center for BioMed-X Research, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, China

  16. Scattering Transform for Auditory Attention Decoding

    Feb 26, 2026René Pallenberg, Fabrice Katzberg, Alfred Mertins +1Wavelet Scattering TransformsEEG Decoding

    Institute for Signal Processing, University of Luebeck, 23562 Luebeck, Germany · Department for Vision and Machine Learning, FPI Food Processing Innovation GmbH & Co. KG, 23556 Luebeck, Germany · German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), AI for Assistive Health Technologies, 23562 Luebeck, Germany

  17. SPD Learn: A Geometric Deep Learning Python Library for Neural Decoding Through Trivialization

    Feb 26, 2026Bruno Aristimunha, Ce Ju, Antoine Collas +5Geometric Representation LearningNeural Decoding

    A&O, LISN, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Inria TAU/NERV, France · Yneuro, France · University of San Diego, EUA +6

  18. Relating the Neural Representations of Vocalized, Mimed, and Imagined Speech

    Feb 26, 2026Maryam Maghsoudi, Rupesh Chillale, Shihab A. ShammaEEG DecodingNeural Decoding

    University of Maryland - College Park, United States

  19. DECODE: Dual-Enhanced Conditioned Diffusion for EEG Forecasting

    Feb 25, 2026Mehran Shabanpour, Sadaf Khademi, Konstantinos N Plataniotis +1EEG Signal GenerationTime Series Forecasting

    Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), Concordia University, Canada. · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

  20. SemVideo: Reconstructs What You Watch from Brain Activity via Hierarchical Semantic Guidance

    Feb 25, 2026Minghan Yang, Lan Yang, Ke Li +3fMRI-Based Visual DecodingNeural Decoding

    Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · University of Surrey

  21. One Brain, Omni Modalities: Towards Unified Non-Invasive Brain Decoding with Large Language Models

    Feb 25, 2026Changli Tang, Shurui Li, Junliang Wang +8Neural DecodingMultimodal Fusion

    Tsinghua University · Shanghai AI Laboratory · ShanghaiTech University

  22. ConformalHDC: Uncertainty-Aware Hyperdimensional Computing with Application to Neural Decoding

    Feb 24, 2026Ziyi Liang, Hamed Poursiami, Zhishun Yang +5Hyperdimensional ComputingNeuromorphic Computing

    Department of Statistics, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA · Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA +2

  23. Neuro-Symbolic Decoding of Neural Activity

    Feb 22, 2026Yanchen Wang, Joy Hsu, Ehsan Adeli +1Neural DecodingfMRI-Based Visual Decoding

    Columbia University · Stanford University

  24. MEG-to-MEG Transfer Learning and Cross-Task Speech/Silence Detection with Limited Data

    Feb 20, 2026Xabier de Zuazo, Vincenzo Verbeni, Eva Navas +3Neural DecodingTransfer Learning

    HiTZ Center, University of the Basque Country – UPV/EHU, Spain · Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language – BCBL, Spain · Laboratory of Functional Anatomy, Faculty of Human Motor Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium +3

  25. Machine Learning-Based Classification of Jhana Advanced Concentrative Absorption Meditation Using 7 Tesla Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Feb 13, 2026Puneet Kumar, Winson F. Z. Yang, Alakhsimar Singh +2Functional Magnetic Resonance ImagingNeural Decoding

    School of AI and Data Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar 140001, India · Meditation Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA · Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA +2

  26. Neural Minimum Weight Perfect Matching for Quantum Error Codes

    Jan 1, 2026Yotam Peled, David Zenati, Eliya NachmaniNeural DecodingQuantum Error Correction

    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.

  27. NeuroSketch: A Practical Design Recipe for Neural Decoding

    Dec 10, 2025Gaorui Zhang, Zhizhang Yuan, Jialan Yang +4Brain-Computer InterfacesNeural Decoding

    College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University · Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology

  28. Geometry-Aware Deep Congruence Networks for Manifold Learning in Cross-Subject Motor Imagery

    Nov 24, 2025Sanjeev Manivannan, Chandra Shekar LakshminarayanCross-Subject EEG DecodingMI Classification

    Department of Biotechnology · Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

  29. Hi-DREAM: Brain-Inspired Hierarchical Diffusion for fMRI-to-Image Reconstruction via ROI Encoder and VisuAl Mapping

    Nov 14, 2025Guowei Zhang, Yun Zhao, Kai Sun +4Visual NeuroscienceConditional Image Generation

    Dept of Data Science and AI, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia · Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia · School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

  30. Qubit-centric Transformer for Surface Code Decoding

    Oct 13, 2025Seong-Joon Park, Hee-Youl Kwak, Yongjune KimNeural DecodingQuantum Error Correction

    Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Suwon 16677, South Korea · Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, South Korea · Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, South Korea +1