Familiarity recognition is represented by a distributed multivariate spatial-spectral pattern rather than localized single-feature shifts, necessitating multivariate machine learning¶

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q2 i? Because univariate FDR-corrected t-tests found no single familiarity-differentiating feature while multivariate models achieved high LOGO scores, the article concludes familiarity is encoded in a joint multivariate pattern across channels and bands. → Isuru Nanayakkara and Thilina Halloluwa 2026

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Isuru Nanayakkara and Thilina Halloluwa 2026¶

Isuru Nanayakkara and Thilina Halloluwa. (2026). Automating Learner Assessment: Benchmarking Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models for EEG-Based Familiarity Prediction. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.16541 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2608.16541

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Authors' interpretation reconciling the univariate t-test nulls (Section IV-A) with significant multivariate permutation-tested classification; the article states familiarity is "represented by a complex, distributed spatial-spectral pat- tern across channels". This is an interpretation, not a directly tested contrast.

"This demonstrates that familiarity recognition is represented by a complex, distributed spatial-spectral pat- tern across channels rather than localized changes in indi- vidual features, necessitating multivariate machine learning approaches."

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