Impacts

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications, invention disclosures, and patents produced through BRAIN Center research across member institutions.

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“Walking Into a New Era of Soft Exoskeletons for Children With Cerebral Palsy”

Aguilar-Herrera, Aime J.; Sarkar, Shantanu; Altaweel, Lara; Willson, Paige A.; Feng, Jeff; Chen, Zheng; Francisco, Gerard E.; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.; et al.

IEEE Electron Devices Magazine, v.3, 2025View

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“Continuous and Discrete Decoding of Overt Speech with Scalp Electroencephalography (EEG)”

Craik, Alexander; Dial, Heather; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.

Journal of Neural Engineering, v.22, 2025View

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“The State of Clinical Trials of Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces”

Patrick-Krueger, K. Michelle; Burkhart, Ian; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.

Nature Reviews Bioengineering, v.3, 2025View

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“The State of Science Convergence in Implantable Brain-Computer Interface Clinical Trials”

Patrick-Krueger, K. Michelle; Pavlidis, Ioannis; Contreras-Vidal, J. L.

Journal of Neural Engineering, v.22, 2025View

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“At-Home Stroke Neurorehabilitation: Early Findings with the NeuroExo BCI System”

González-España, Juan José; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Lianne; Pacheco-Ramírez, Maxine Annel; Feng, Jeff; Nedley, Kathryn; Chang, Shuo-Hsiu; Francisco, Gerard E.; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.

Sensors, v.25, 2025View

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“Mobile Brain-Body Imaging and Visual Data of Theatrical Actors During Rehearsal and Performance”

Hendry, Manuel Flurin; Cruz-Garza, Jesus G.; Delgado-Jiménez, Esther A.; Lima-Carmona, Yoshua E.; Aguilar-Herrera, Aime J.; Ramírez-Moreno, Mauricio A.; Ravindran, Akshay Sujatha; Paek, Andrew Y.; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.; et al.

Scientific Data, v.12, 2025View

Journal

UMBC

“Deep Fusion of Neurophysiological and Facial Features for Enhanced Emotion Detection”

Safavi, Farshad; Venkannagari, Vikas Reddy; Parikh, Dev; Vinjamuri, Ramana Kumar

IEEE Access, v.13, 2025View

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UMBC

“Facial Expression Recognition with an Efficient Mix Transformer for Affective Human-Robot Interaction”

Safavi, Farshad; Patel, Kulin; Vinjamuri, Ramana

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 2025View

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UMBC

“A Framework for Empirical Fourier Decomposition-Based Gesture Classification for Stroke Rehabilitation”

Chen, Ke; Wang, Honggang; Catlin, Andrew; Satyanarayana, Ashwin; Vinjamuri, Ramana; Kadiyala, Sai Praveen

IEEE Internet of Things Journal, v.12, 2025View

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UMBC

“Editorial: NeuroDesign in Human-Robot Interaction: The Making of Engaging HRI Technology Your Brain Can't Resist”

Wang, Ker-Jiun; Vinjamuri, Ramana; Alimardani, Maryam; Kumar Reddy, Tharun; Mao, Zhi-Hong

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, v.12, 2025View

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UMBC

“Reconstructing Hand Gestures with Synergies Extracted from Dance Movements”

Olikkal, Parthan; Dollo, Chris; Ajendla, Akshara; Clemmensen, Ann Sofie; Vinjamuri, Ramana

Scientific Reports, v.15, 2025View

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UMBC

“Decoding and Generating Synergy-Based Hand Movements Using Electroencephalography During Motor Execution and Motor Imagery”

Pei, Dingyi; Vinjamuri, Ramana

Biomedical Engineering Advances, 2025Not available

Journal

UMBC

“Functional Evaluation of a Real-Time EMG Controlled Prosthetic Hand”

Kalita, Amlan Jyoti; Chanu, Maibam Pooya; Kakoty, Nayan M.; Vinjamuri, Ramana Kumar; Borah, Satyajit

Wearable Technologies, v.6, 2025View

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UMBC

“Decoding Motor Execution and Motor Imagery from EEG with Deep Learning and Source Localization”

Kaviri, Sina Makhdoomi; Vinjamuri, Ramana

Biomedical Engineering Advances, 2025Not available

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“Mobile Brain Imaging in Butoh Dancers: From Rehearsals to Public Performance”

Theofanopoulou, Constantina; Paez, Sadye; Huber, Derek; Todd, Eric; Ramírez-Moreno, Mauricio A.; Khaleghian, Badie; Barceló, Leah; Gand, Vangeline; Contreras-Vidal, José L.

BMC Neuroscience, v.25, 2024View

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“Brain-Machine Interface Based on Deep Learning to Control Asynchronously a Lower-Limb Robotic Exoskeleton”

Ferrero, Laura; Soriano-Segura, Paula; Navarro, Jacobo; Jones, Oscar; Ortiz, Mario; Iáñez, Eduardo; Azorín, José M.; Contreras-Vidal, José L.

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, v.21, 2024View

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“Cross-Task Differences in Frontocentral Cortical Activations for Dynamic Balance in Neurotypical Adults”

Magruder, Robert D.; Kukkar, Komal K.; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.; Parikh, Pranav J.

Sensors, v.24, 2024View

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“Neural Dynamics of Creative Movements During the Rehearsal and Performance of LiveWire”

Pacheco-Ramírez, Maxine Annel; Ramírez-Moreno, Mauricio A.; Kukkar, Komal; Rao, Nishant; Huber, Derek; Brandt, Anthony K.; Noble, Andy; Noble, Dionne; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.; et al.

Scientific Data, v.11, 2024View

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“The Social and Neural Bases of Creative Movement: Workshop Overview”

Shamma, Shihab; Contreras-Vidal, Jose; Fritz, Jonathan; Lim, Soo-Siang; Tuller, Betty; Edwards, Emmeline; Iyengar, Sunil

BMC Neuroscience, v.25, 2024View

Journal

ASU

“Subthalamic Nucleus DBS Sub-harmonic Oscillatory Activity Reflect Presence or Absence of DBS Responsiveness”

Greger, Bradley; Olson, Markey; Felsen, Sydney; Zavala, Baltazar; Sudeesh, Sankardas; Shill, Holly; Ponce, Francisco; Aslam, Sana

Neurology, v.102, 2024View

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ASU

“Correlation Enhanced Distribution Adaptation for Prediction of Fall Risk”

Guo, Ziqi; Wu, Teresa; Lockhart, Thurmon E.; Soangra, Rahul; Yoon, Hyunsoo

Scientific Reports, v.14, 2024View

Conference

UMBC

“Deep Multimodal Emotion Recognition: Fusion of Facial Features and Neurophysiological Signals”

Safavi, Farshad; Venkannagari, Vikas Reddy; Vinjamuri, Ramana Kumar

IEEE Body Sensor Networks (BSN), 2024View

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UMBC

“Accurate Body Pose Matching for Individuals with Stroke using Siamese Networks”

Gokhman, Ruslan; Sawdayi, Talya; Khan, Rana; Satyanarayana, Ashwin; Vinjamuri, Ramana; Kadiyala, Sai Praveen

IEEE CHASE, 2024View

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UMBC

“Generative AI-Based Difficulty Level Design of Serious Games for Stroke Rehabilitation”

Chen, Ke; Vinjamuri, Ramana; Wang, Honggang; Kadiyala, Sai Praveen

IEEE Internet of Things Journal, v.11, 2024View

Conference

UMBC

“Integrating EEG Source Localization and ResNet CNN for Advanced Stroke Rehabilitation”

Kaviri, Sina Makhdoomi; Vinjamuri, Ramana Kumar

IEEE HI-POCT, 2024View

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UMBC

“Identifying Neurophysiological Correlates of Stress”

Pei, Dingyi; Tirumala, Shravika; Tun, Kyaw T.; Ajendla, Akshara; Vinjamuri, Ramana

Frontiers in Medical Engineering, v.2, 2024View

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UMBC

“Decoding EEG for Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: Integrating Source Localization with Residual CNN”

Kaviri, Sina Makhdoomi; Vinjamuri, Ramana Kumar

IEEE HI-POCT, 2024View

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UMBC

“A Hybrid EEG-EMG Framework for Humanoid Control using Deep Learning Transformers”

Olikkal, Parthan; Pillai, Branesh M.; Suthakorn, Jackrit; Ali, Habib; Vinjamuri, Ramana

IEEE ROBIO, 2024View

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UMBC

“Integrating Electroencephalography Source Localization and Residual Convolutional Neural Network for Advanced Stroke Rehabilitation”

Kaviri, Sina Makhdoomi; Vinjamuri, Ramana

Bioengineering, v.11, 2024View

Conference

UMBC

“Transformer-Based Emotion Recognition with EEG”

Patel, Kulin; Safavi, Farshad; Chandramouli, Rajarathnam; Vinjamuri, Ramana

IEEE EMBC, 2024View

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UMBC

“Enhancing Prosthetic Hand Control: A Synergistic Multi-Channel Electroencephalogram Approach”

Maibam, Pooya Chanu; Pei, Dingyi; Olikkal, Parthan; Vinjamuri, Ramana Kumar; Kakoty, Nayan M.

Wearable Technologies, v.5, 2024View

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“Brain-to-brain communication during musical improvisation: a performance case study”

Ramírez-Moreno, Mauricio A.; Cruz-Garza, Jesús G.; Acharya, Akanksha; Chatufale, Girija; Witt, Woody; Gelok, Dan; Reza, Guillermo; Contreras-Vidal, José L.

F1000Research, v.11, 2023View

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“Brain-eNet: Towards an Enabling Technology for BCI-IoT Systems”

González-España, Juan; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Lianne; Craik, Alexander; Wong, Sarah; Feng, Jeff; Contreras-Vidal, Jose

IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2023View

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“Design and Validation of a Low-Cost Mobile EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interface”

Craik, Alexander; González-España, Juan José; Alamir, Ayman; Edquilang, David; Wong, Sarah; Sánchez Rodríguez, Lianne; Feng, Jeff; Francisco, Gerard E.; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.

Sensors, v.23, 2023View

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“Optimization of Electrode Configuration for the Removal of Eye Artifacts with Adaptive Noise Cancellation”

Gonzalez-Espana, Jose J.; Craik, Alexander; Ramirez, Carolina; Alamir, Ayman; Contreras-Vidal, Jose

IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2023Not available

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“Transfer Learning with CNN Models for Brain-Machine Interfaces to Command Lower-Limb Exoskeletons: A Solution for Limited Data”

Ferrero, Laura; Quiles, V.; Soriano-Segura, P.; Ortiz, Mario; Iáñez, Eduardo; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.; Azorin, Jose M.

IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Conference, 2023View

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“Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Detects Cortical Activation Changes Concurrent with Memory Loss in Postmenopausal Women with Type II Diabetes”

Gorniak, Stacey L.; Wagner, Victoria E.; Vaughn, Kelly; Perry, Jonathan; Cox, Lauren Gulley; Hibino, Hidetaka; Montero-Hernandez, Samuel A.; Hernandez, Arturo E.; Pollonini, Luca

Experimental Brain Research, v.241, 2023View

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“Self-Administered Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis Alters Pain-Related fNIRS Connectivity Networks”

Montero-Hernandez, Samuel; Pollonini, Luca; Park, Lindsey; Martorella, Geraldine; Miao, Hongyu; Mathis, Kenneth B.; Ahn, Hyochol

Neurophotonics, v.10, 2023View

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ASU

“Effects of Protective Step Training on Proactive and Reactive Motor Adaptations in Parkinson's Disease Patients”

Lockhart, Thurmon; Frames, Chris; Olson, Markey; Moon, Seong H.; Peterson, Dan; Lieberman, Abraham

Frontiers in Neurology, v.14, 2023View

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ASU

“Assessment of Gait and Posture Characteristics Using a Smartphone Wearable System for Persons with Osteoporosis with and without Falls”

Doshi, Krupa B.; Moon, Seong Hyun; Whitaker, Michael D.; Lockhart, Thurmon E.

Scientific Reports, v.13, 2023View

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ASU

“Microscale Electrophysiological Functional Connectivity in Human Cortico-Basal Ganglia Network”

Guest, Ashley C.; O'Neill, Kevin J.; Graham, Dakota; Mirzadeh, Zaman; Ponce, Francisco A.; Greger, Bradley

Clinical Neurophysiology, v.142, 2022View

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“A Roadmap towards Standards for Neurally Controlled End Effectors”

Paek, Andrew Y.; Brantley, Justin A.; Ravindran, Akshay S.; Nathan, Kevin; He, Yongtian; Eguren, David; Cruz-Garza, Jesus G.; Nakagome, Sho; Wickramasuriya, Dilranjan S.; et al.

IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, v.2, 2021Not available