An overview of the emotional brain-computer interface

Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive review of current research advances in emotional brain-computer interfaces. We introduce an approach to classifying emotions and highlight the two main datasets used for emotion recognition (DEAP and SEED). Subsequently, an extensive analysis of existing emotion recognition methods, both traditional and deep neural network methods, is presented. Finally, we explore the potential benefits of using transfer learning techniques to improve the performance of emotion recognition methods. Various deep neural network models exhibit redundant neural units and complexity, while facing challenges such as reduced computational power and reaction speed, increased storage requirements, and hardware dependency. The authors propose to integrate learned neural network pruning algorithms to simplify complex models, minimise hardware resource requirements without compromising accuracy, and improve operational capabilities with improved discriminants.