Decoding Spatial Attention in the Cocktail Party Problem Using Wearable Whole-head High-Density fNIRS
Sudan Duwadi, De’Ja Rogers, Alex D. Boyd, Laura B. Carlton, Yiwen Zhang, Anna Kawai Gaona, Aneesa Diya Pathiyaparambath, Ravin Chaudhury, Grace Magee, Bernhard B Zimmermann, Walker Joseph O’Brien, Alexander von Lühmann, David A. Boas, Meryem A. Yücel, Kamal Sen
This study decodes spatial attention in the cocktail party problem using fNIRS, showing that specific brain regions can accurately determine attended locations from single-trial data.
bioRxiv · May 13, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience