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However, feature mining and accurate decoding of unilateral limb movements remain challenging. In this study, we propose a feature mining method that combines automatic frequency band boundary localization with regularized common spatial pattern (AFBBL-RCSP), and employ a pinball-loss-based twin support vector machine (Pin-UTSVM) to decode EEG signals corresponding to reaching, turning, and grasping movements. First, multiple optimal frequency band boundaries were identified for each subject using AFBBL. Then, regularized spatial features were extracted from each sub-band, and all features were reduced using Fisher\u2019s discriminant analysis. Finally, the Pin-UTSVM classifier was used to categorize the three types of movement data. The results show that, compared with CSP and RCSP feature mining methods using the fixed 8\u201330 Hz band, the proposed method improves decoding accuracy by 9.52% and 3.89%, respectively. 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