Classification of cognitive reserve in healthy older adults based on brain activity using support vector machine.

Journal: Physiological measurement
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Cognitive reserve (CR) refers to the capacity of the brain to actively cope with damage via the implementation of remedial cognitive processes. Traditional CR measurements focus on static proxies, which may not be able to appropriately estimate dynamic changes in CR. This study therefore investigated the cognitive performance and characteristics of brain activity of low- and high-CR healthy adults during resting and n-back task states and categorized subjects according to magnetoencephalographic (MEG) information using a support vector machine (SVM) classifier.

Authors

  • Chia-Yen Yang
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ming-Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
  • Ching-Po Lin
    Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.