BrainLoc: Brain Signal-Based Object Detection with Multi-modal Alignment (2025.findings-emnlp)
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Jiaqi Duan, Xiaoda Yang, Kaixuan Luan, Hongshun Qiu, Weicai Yan, Xueyi Zhang, Youliang Zhang, Zhaoyang Li, Donglin Huang, JunYu Lu, Ziyue Jiang, Xifeng Yang
| Challenge: | BrainLoc is a lightweight object detection model guided by fMRI signals. |
| Approach: | They propose a brain-based object detection model guided by fMRI signals . they employ a multi-modal alignment strategy that enhances fmr feature extraction . |
| Outcome: | The proposed model improves fMRI-based object detection accuracy and convenience. |
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