Detecting Interbrain Synchronization in EEG Hyperscanning with MUSE-S EEG Headband

Abstract

In this study preliminary results on the classification of EEG hyperscanning data acquired using MUSE-S consumer-level EEG headband are presented. Five pairs of subjects were involved and the recording protocol contained three two-person tetris game sessions alternating with relaxation periods. The data were segmented and ten spectral and cross-coherence features were calculated. The features were arranged into feature matrices and Convolutional Neural Network model was trained to discriminate between the relaxation and gaming. Two different feature sets - the full set and a set containing only inter-subject cross-coherence features were tested. The results indicate that using the full feature set, relaxation and gaming periods were perfectly discriminated. Using only inter-subject cross-coherence features 94 % and 79 % classification accuracy for training and testing data was obtained, respectively.