The ISLab Solution to the Algonauts Challenge 2025: A Multimodal Deep Learning Approach to Brain Response Prediction

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Main Authors: Corsico, Andrea, Rigamonti, Giorgia, Zini, Simone, Celona, Luigi, Napoletano, Paolo
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Published: 2025
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author Corsico, Andrea
Rigamonti, Giorgia
Zini, Simone
Celona, Luigi
Napoletano, Paolo
author_facet Corsico, Andrea
Rigamonti, Giorgia
Zini, Simone
Celona, Luigi
Napoletano, Paolo
contents In this work, we present a network-specific approach for predicting brain responses to complex multimodal movies, leveraging the Yeo 7-network parcellation of the Schaefer atlas. Rather than treating the brain as a homogeneous system, we grouped the seven functional networks into four clusters and trained separate multi-subject, multi-layer perceptron (MLP) models for each. This architecture supports cluster-specific optimization and adaptive memory modeling, allowing each model to adjust temporal dynamics and modality weighting based on the functional role of its target network. Our results demonstrate that this clustered strategy significantly enhances prediction accuracy across the 1,000 cortical regions of the Schaefer atlas. The final model achieved an eighth-place ranking in the Algonauts Project 2025 Challenge, with out-of-distribution (OOD) correlation scores nearly double those of the baseline model used in the selection phase. Code is available at https://github.com/Corsi01/algo2025.
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spellingShingle The ISLab Solution to the Algonauts Challenge 2025: A Multimodal Deep Learning Approach to Brain Response Prediction
Corsico, Andrea
Rigamonti, Giorgia
Zini, Simone
Celona, Luigi
Napoletano, Paolo
Neurons and Cognition
Artificial Intelligence
In this work, we present a network-specific approach for predicting brain responses to complex multimodal movies, leveraging the Yeo 7-network parcellation of the Schaefer atlas. Rather than treating the brain as a homogeneous system, we grouped the seven functional networks into four clusters and trained separate multi-subject, multi-layer perceptron (MLP) models for each. This architecture supports cluster-specific optimization and adaptive memory modeling, allowing each model to adjust temporal dynamics and modality weighting based on the functional role of its target network. Our results demonstrate that this clustered strategy significantly enhances prediction accuracy across the 1,000 cortical regions of the Schaefer atlas. The final model achieved an eighth-place ranking in the Algonauts Project 2025 Challenge, with out-of-distribution (OOD) correlation scores nearly double those of the baseline model used in the selection phase. Code is available at https://github.com/Corsi01/algo2025.
title The ISLab Solution to the Algonauts Challenge 2025: A Multimodal Deep Learning Approach to Brain Response Prediction
topic Neurons and Cognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06499