HEAR: An EEG Foundation Model with Heterogeneous Electrode Adaptive Representation
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| author | Chen, Zhige Qin, Chengxuan You, Wenlong Liu, Rui Chu, Congying Yang, Rui Tan, Kay Chen Wu, Jibin |
| author_facet | Chen, Zhige Qin, Chengxuan You, Wenlong Liu, Rui Chu, Congying Yang, Rui Tan, Kay Chen Wu, Jibin |
| contents | Electroencephalography (EEG) is an essential technique for neuroscience research and brain-computer interface (BCI) applications. Recently, large-scale EEG foundation models have been developed, exhibiting robust generalization capabilities across diverse tasks and subjects. However, the heterogeneity of EEG devices not only hinders the widespread adoption of these models but also poses significant challenges to their further scaling and development. In this paper, we introduce HEAR, the first EEG foundation model explicitly designed to support heterogeneous EEG devices, accommodating varying electrode layouts and electrode counts. HEAR employs a learnable, coordinate-based spatial embedding to map electrodes with diverse layouts and varying counts into a unified representational space. This unified spatial representation is then processed by a novel spatially-guided transformer, which effectively captures spatiotemporal dependencies across electrodes. To support the development of HEAR, we construct a large-scale EEG dataset comprising 8,782 hours of data collected from over 150 distinct electrode layouts with up to 1,132 electrodes. Experimental results demonstrate that HEAR substantially outperforms existing EEG foundation models in supporting heterogeneous EEG devices and generalizing across diverse cognitive tasks and subjects. |
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| spellingShingle | HEAR: An EEG Foundation Model with Heterogeneous Electrode Adaptive Representation Chen, Zhige Qin, Chengxuan You, Wenlong Liu, Rui Chu, Congying Yang, Rui Tan, Kay Chen Wu, Jibin Signal Processing Electroencephalography (EEG) is an essential technique for neuroscience research and brain-computer interface (BCI) applications. Recently, large-scale EEG foundation models have been developed, exhibiting robust generalization capabilities across diverse tasks and subjects. However, the heterogeneity of EEG devices not only hinders the widespread adoption of these models but also poses significant challenges to their further scaling and development. In this paper, we introduce HEAR, the first EEG foundation model explicitly designed to support heterogeneous EEG devices, accommodating varying electrode layouts and electrode counts. HEAR employs a learnable, coordinate-based spatial embedding to map electrodes with diverse layouts and varying counts into a unified representational space. This unified spatial representation is then processed by a novel spatially-guided transformer, which effectively captures spatiotemporal dependencies across electrodes. To support the development of HEAR, we construct a large-scale EEG dataset comprising 8,782 hours of data collected from over 150 distinct electrode layouts with up to 1,132 electrodes. Experimental results demonstrate that HEAR substantially outperforms existing EEG foundation models in supporting heterogeneous EEG devices and generalizing across diverse cognitive tasks and subjects. |
| title | HEAR: An EEG Foundation Model with Heterogeneous Electrode Adaptive Representation |
| topic | Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12515 |