Decoding Functional Networks for Visual Categories via GNNs
arXiv cs.CV / 4/1/2026
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Key Points
- The paper studies how large-scale brain functional networks encode visual categories by using parcel-level graphs built from 7T fMRI data from the Natural Scenes Dataset.
- It trains a signed Graph Neural Network with positive and negative interaction modeling, an edge-masking mechanism for sparsity, and class-specific saliency to interpret what connectivity patterns matter.
- The approach successfully decodes category-specific functional connectivity states for categories such as sports, food, and vehicles.
- Results highlight reproducible subnetworks that align with ventral and dorsal visual pathways, suggesting the learned representations are biologically meaningful.
- Overall, the work links machine-learning methods with neuroscience by moving from voxel-level category selectivity toward a connectivity-based view of visual processing.
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