02134nas a2200253   4500008004100000020002200041022002200063245009200085210006900177260005700246300001200303520128900315653002001604653002501624653002801649653002001677653001701697100001901714700001901733700001701752700002401769700002101793856006601814       2015                        eng d  a978-3-319-25188-2  a978-3-319-25190-500aNear-Instantaneous Classification of Perceptual States from Cortical Surface Recordings0 aNearInstantaneous Classification of Perceptual States from Corti  aNew York City, NYbSpringer International Publishing  a105-1143 aHuman visual processing is of such complexity that, despite decades of focused research, many basic questions remain unanswered. Although we know that the inferotemporal cortex is a key region in object recognition, we don’t fully understand its physiologic role in brain function, nor do we have the full set of tools to explore this question. Here we show that electrical potentials from the surface of the human brain contain enough information to decode a subject’s perceptual state accurately, and with fine temporal precision. Electrocorticographic (ECoG) arrays were placed over the inferotemporal cortical areas of seven subjects. Pictures of faces and houses were quickly presented while each subject performed a simple visual task. Results showed that two well-known types of brain signals—event-averaged broadband power and event-averaged raw potential—can independently or together be used to classify the presented image. When applied to continuously recorded brain activity, our decoding technique could accurately predict whether each stimulus was a face, house, or neither, with  20 ms timing error. These results provide a roadmap for improved brain-computer interfacing tools to help neurosurgeons, research scientists, engineers, and, ultimately, patients.10abroadband power10aElectrocorticography10aevent-related potential10afusiform cortex10ahuman vision1 aMiller, Kai, J1 aSchalk, Gerwin1 aHermes, Dora1 aOjemann, Jeffrey, G1 aRao, Rajesh, P N  uhttp://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-25190-5_10