| EEG | Electroencephalogram |
| MI | Motor imagery |
| TF | Time-frequency |
| FFT | Fast Fourier transform |
| R-CSP | Regularized common spatial patterns |
| FRCSP | Filtered regularized CSP |
| PSO | Particle swarm optimization |
| LS-SVM | support vector machine with least square |
| M-CC | Modified cross-correlation |
| OA | Optimal allocation |
| PLV | Phase lock value |
| NB | Naive Bayes |
| WT | Wavelet transform |
| EMD | Empirical mode decomposition |
| DWT | Discrete WT |
| RDWT | Rational dilation WT |
| TQWT | Tunable Q WT |
| CNN | convolutional neural networks |
| WPD | wavelet packet decomposition |
| MSPCA | multiscale principal component analysis |
| r-TQWT | Robust Tunable Q Wavelet Transform |
| SB | Subbands |
| LPS | lowpass subbands |
| HPS | High pass subbands |
| EOA | evolutionary optimization algorithms |
| SOTA | state-of-the-art techniques |
| ABC | Artificial Bee Colony |
| CS | Cuckoo search |