The Effect of Acute Stress on the Interpretability and Generalization of Schizophrenia Predictive Machine Learning Models

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Autori principali: Vos, Gideon, Ebrahimpour, Maryam, van Eijk, Liza, Sarnyai, Zoltan, Azghadi, Mostafa Rahimi
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author Vos, Gideon
Ebrahimpour, Maryam
van Eijk, Liza
Sarnyai, Zoltan
Azghadi, Mostafa Rahimi
author_facet Vos, Gideon
Ebrahimpour, Maryam
van Eijk, Liza
Sarnyai, Zoltan
Azghadi, Mostafa Rahimi
contents Introduction Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder, and early diagnosis is key to improving outcomes. Its complexity makes predicting onset and progression challenging. EEG has emerged as a valuable tool for studying schizophrenia, with machine learning increasingly applied for diagnosis. This paper assesses the accuracy of ML models for predicting schizophrenia and examines the impact of stress during EEG recording on model performance. We integrate acute stress prediction into the analysis, showing that overlapping conditions like stress during recording can negatively affect model accuracy. Methods Four XGBoost models were built: one for stress prediction, two to classify schizophrenia (at rest and task), and a model to predict schizophrenia for both conditions. XAI techniques were applied to analyze results. Experiments tested the generalization of schizophrenia models using their datasets' healthy controls and independent health-screened controls. The stress model identified high-stress subjects, who were excluded from further analysis. A novel method was used to adjust EEG frequency band power to remove stress artifacts, improving predictive model performance. Results Our results show that acute stress vary across EEG sessions, affecting model performance and accuracy. Generalization improved once these varying stress levels were considered and compensated for during model training. Our findings highlight the importance of thorough health screening and management of the patient's condition during the process. Stress induced during or by the EEG recording can adversely affect model generalization. This may require further preprocessing of data by treating stress as an additional physiological artifact. Our proposed approach to compensate for stress artifacts in EEG data used for training models showed a significant improvement in predictive performance.
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spellingShingle The Effect of Acute Stress on the Interpretability and Generalization of Schizophrenia Predictive Machine Learning Models
Vos, Gideon
Ebrahimpour, Maryam
van Eijk, Liza
Sarnyai, Zoltan
Azghadi, Mostafa Rahimi
Signal Processing
Machine Learning
Neurons and Cognition
Introduction Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder, and early diagnosis is key to improving outcomes. Its complexity makes predicting onset and progression challenging. EEG has emerged as a valuable tool for studying schizophrenia, with machine learning increasingly applied for diagnosis. This paper assesses the accuracy of ML models for predicting schizophrenia and examines the impact of stress during EEG recording on model performance. We integrate acute stress prediction into the analysis, showing that overlapping conditions like stress during recording can negatively affect model accuracy. Methods Four XGBoost models were built: one for stress prediction, two to classify schizophrenia (at rest and task), and a model to predict schizophrenia for both conditions. XAI techniques were applied to analyze results. Experiments tested the generalization of schizophrenia models using their datasets' healthy controls and independent health-screened controls. The stress model identified high-stress subjects, who were excluded from further analysis. A novel method was used to adjust EEG frequency band power to remove stress artifacts, improving predictive model performance. Results Our results show that acute stress vary across EEG sessions, affecting model performance and accuracy. Generalization improved once these varying stress levels were considered and compensated for during model training. Our findings highlight the importance of thorough health screening and management of the patient's condition during the process. Stress induced during or by the EEG recording can adversely affect model generalization. This may require further preprocessing of data by treating stress as an additional physiological artifact. Our proposed approach to compensate for stress artifacts in EEG data used for training models showed a significant improvement in predictive performance.
title The Effect of Acute Stress on the Interpretability and Generalization of Schizophrenia Predictive Machine Learning Models
topic Signal Processing
Machine Learning
Neurons and Cognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19739