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Li S, Zhang T, Yang F, Li X, Wang Z, Zhao D. A Dynamic Multi-Scale Convolution Model for Face Recognition Using Event-Related Potentials. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:4368. [PMID: 39001147 PMCID: PMC11244416 DOI: 10.3390/s24134368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2024] [Revised: 06/21/2024] [Accepted: 06/27/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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With the development of data mining technology, the analysis of event-related potential (ERP) data has evolved from statistical analysis of time-domain features to data-driven techniques based on supervised and unsupervised learning. However, there are still many challenges in understanding the relationship between ERP components and the representation of familiar and unfamiliar faces. To address this, this paper proposes a model based on Dynamic Multi-Scale Convolution for group recognition of familiar and unfamiliar faces. This approach uses generated weight masks for cross-subject familiar/unfamiliar face recognition using a multi-scale model. The model employs a variable-length filter generator to dynamically determine the optimal filter length for time-series samples, thereby capturing features at different time scales. Comparative experiments are conducted to evaluate the model's performance against SOTA models. The results demonstrate that our model achieves impressive outcomes, with a balanced accuracy rate of 93.20% and an F1 score of 88.54%, outperforming the methods used for comparison. The ERP data extracted from different time regions in the model can also provide data-driven technical support for research based on the representation of different ERP components.
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- Shengkai Li
- School of Automation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artifcial Intelligence Systems, The Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artifcial Intelligence Systems, The Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artifcial Intelligence Systems, The Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Automation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multimodal Artifcial Intelligence Systems, The Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Automation, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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Mazzi C, Mele S, Bagattini C, Sanchez-Lopez J, Savazzi S. Coherent activity within and between hemispheres: cortico-cortical connectivity revealed by rTMS of the right posterior parietal cortex. Front Hum Neurosci 2024; 18:1362742. [PMID: 38516308 PMCID: PMC10954802 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1362742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Introduction Low frequency (1 Hz) repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS) applied over right posterior parietal cortex (rPPC) has been shown to reduce cortical excitability both of the stimulated area and of the interconnected contralateral homologous areas. In the present study, we investigated the whole pattern of intra- and inter-hemispheric cortico-cortical connectivity changes induced by rTMS over rPPC. Methods To do so, 14 healthy participants underwent resting state EEG recording before and after 30 min of rTMS at 1 Hz or sham stimulation over the rPPC (electrode position P6). Real stimulation was applied at 90% of motor threshold. Coherence values were computed on the electrodes nearby the stimulated site (i.e., P4, P8, and CP6) considering all possible inter- and intra-hemispheric combinations for the following frequency bands: delta (0.5-4 Hz), theta (4-8 Hz), alpha (8-12Hz), low beta (12-20 Hz), high beta (20-30 Hz), and gamma (30-50 Hz). Results and discussion Results revealed a significant increase in coherence in delta, theta, alpha and beta frequency bands between rPPC and the contralateral homologous sites. Moreover, an increase in coherence in theta, alpha, beta and gamma frequency bands was found between rPPC and right frontal sites, reflecting the activation of the fronto-parietal network within the right hemisphere. Summarizing, subthreshold rTMS over rPPC revealed cortico-cortical inter- and intra-hemispheric connectivity as measured by the increase in coherence among these areas. Moreover, the present results further confirm previous evidence indicating that the increase of coherence values is related to intra- and inter-hemispheric inhibitory effects of rTMS. These results can have implications for devising evidence-based rehabilitation protocols after stroke.
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- Chiara Mazzi
- Perception and Awareness (PandA) Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Perception and Awareness (PandA) Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Perception and Awareness (PandA) Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
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- Perception and Awareness (PandA) Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Hafer CL, Weissflog M, Drolet CE, Segalowitz SJ. The Relation Between Belief in a Just World and Early Processing of Deserved and Undeserved Outcomes: An ERP Study. Soc Neurosci 2022; 17:95-116. [PMID: 35125043 DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2022.2038262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We used event-related potentials (ERPs) to examine how quickly people in general, and certain people in particular, process deservingness-relevant information. Female university students completed individual difference measures, including individual differences in the belief in a just world (BJW), a belief that people get what they deserve. They then read stories in which an outcome was deserved, undeserved, or neither deserved nor undeserved (i.e., "neutral") while their ERPs were recorded with scalp electrodes. We found no overall differentiation between early ERP responses (< 300 ms post stimulus onset) to deserved, undeserved, and neutral outcomes. However, BJW correlated with the difference between early ERP responses to these forms of information (rs from |.44| to |.61|; ps from .018 to < .001). The early nature of our effects (e.g., 96 ms after stimulus onset) suggests individual differences in socially-relevant information processing that begins before conscious evaluation of the stimuli. Potential underlying processes include automatic attention to schema-relevant information and to unexpected (and therefore salient) information and automatic processing of belief-consistent information. Our research underscores the importance of the concept of deservingness in human information processing as well as the utility of ERP technology and robust statistical analyses in investigations of complex social stimuli.
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- Caroline E. Drolet is now at the Neuroscience Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
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Schupp HT, Kirmse U. Neural Correlates of Affective Stimulus Evaluation: A Case-by-Case Analysis. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 2021; 17:nsab095. [PMID: 34355238 PMCID: PMC8881636 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsab095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A recent study provided first evidence that neural correlates of affective stimulus evaluation, that is, the early posterior negativity (EPN) and late positive potential (LPP), can be assessed at the individual case level. Expanding the case-by-case approach, the main aim of the present study was to explore the process of affective stimulus evaluation within the individual participant with respect to multiple emotional stimulus classes. Towards this end, each participant viewed separate blocks of low and high arousing pictures from behavior systems of predator fear, disease avoidance, and sexual reproduction. 13 out of 16 participants showed larger EPN and LPP amplitudes for higher than lower arousing stimuli for all three behavior systems. Furthermore, rather than indicating a general lack of emotional modulation, cases of non-significant EPN (N= 3) and LPP (N= 2) tests in individual participants appeared to be specific to a single emotion category. Overall, assessing the emotional modulation of the EPN and LPP across multiple behavior systems strengthens the case-by-case approach regarding an effect "common-to-all" as well as by differentiating non-significant effects within individuals in terms of a content-specific or general phenomenon. Implications for revealing a general principle of emotion functioning and biomarker development are discussed.
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- Harald T Schupp
- General and Biological Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78457, Germany
- Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78457, Germany
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- General and Biological Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78457, Germany
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Farran EK, Mares I, Papasavva M, Smith FW, Ewing L, Smith ML. Characterizing the neural signature of face processing in Williams syndrome via multivariate pattern analysis and event related potentials. Neuropsychologia 2020; 142:107440. [PMID: 32179101 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Face recognition ability is often reported to be a relative strength in Williams syndrome (WS). Yet methodological issues associated with the supporting research, and evidence that atypical face processing mechanisms may drive outcomes 'in the typical range', challenge these simplistic characterisations of this important social ability. Detailed investigations of face processing abilities in WS both at a behavioural and neural level provide critical insights. Here, we behaviourally characterised face recognition ability in 18 individuals with WS comparatively to typically developing children and adult control groups. A subset of 11 participants with WS as well as chronologically age matched typical adults further took part in an EEG task where they were asked to attentively view a series of upright and inverted faces and houses. State-of-the-art multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) was used alongside standard ERP analysis to obtain a detailed characterisation of the neural profile associated with 1) viewing faces as an overall category (by examining neural activity associated with upright faces and houses), and to 2) the canonical upright configuration of a face, critically associated with expertise in typical development and often linked with holistic processing (upright and inverted faces). Our results show that while face recognition ability is not on average at a chronological age-appropriate level in individuals with WS, it nonetheless appears to be a relative strength within their cognitive profile. Furthermore, all participants with WS revealed a differential pattern of neural activity to faces compared to objects, showing a distinct response to faces as a category, as well as a differential neural pattern for upright vs. inverted faces. Nonetheless, an atypical profile of face orientation classification was found in WS, suggesting that this group differs from typical individuals in their face processing mechanisms. Through this innovative application of MVPA, alongside the high temporal resolution of EEG, we provide important new insights into the neural processing of faces in WS.
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK; Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
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Borgheai SB, Deligani RJ, McLinden J, Zisk A, Hosni SI, Abtahi M, Mankodiya K, Shahriari Y. Multimodal exploration of non-motor neural functions in ALS patients using simultaneous EEG-fNIRS recording. J Neural Eng 2019; 16:066036. [PMID: 31530755 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab456c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Despite the high prevalence of non-motor impairments reported in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), little is known about the functional neural markers underlying such dysfunctions. In this study, a new dual-task multimodal framework relying on simultaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) recordings was developed to characterize integrative non-motor neural functions in people with ALS. APPROACH Simultaneous EEG-fNIRS data were recorded from six subjects with ALS and twelve healthy controls. Through a proposed visuo-mental paradigm, subjects performed a set of visuo-mental arithmetic operations. The data recorded were analyzed with respect to event-related changes both in the time and frequency domains for EEG and de/oxygen-hemoglobin level (HbR/HbO) changes for fNIRS. The correlation of EEG spectral features with fNIRS HbO/HbR features were then evaluated to assess the mechanisms of ALS on the electrical (EEG)-vascular (fNIRS) interrelationships. MAIN RESULTS We observed overall smaller increases in EEG delta and theta power, decreases in beta power, reductions in HbO responses, and distortions both in early and later EEG event-related potentials in ALS subjects compared to healthy controls. While significant correlations between EEG features and HbO responses were observed in healthy controls, these patterns were absent in ALS patients. Distortions in both electrical and hemodynamic responses are speculated to be associated with cognitive deficits in ALS that center primarily on attentional and working memory processing. SIGNIFICANCE Our results highlight the important role of ALS non-motor dysfunctions in electrical and hemodynamic neural dynamics as well as their interrelationships. The insights obtained through this study can enhance our understanding of the underlying non-motor neural processes in ALS and enrich future diagnostic and prognostic techniques.
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- S B Borgheai
- Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States of America
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Detecting the neural correlates of episodic memory with mobile EEG: Recollecting objects in the real world. Neuroimage 2019; 193:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Impairments in action and perception after right intraparietal damage. Cortex 2019; 122:288-299. [PMID: 30879643 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We examined visually-guided reaching and perception in an individual who underwent resection of a small tumor in right intraparietal sulcus (pIPS). In the first experiment, she reached to targets presented on a touch screen. Vision was occluded from reach onset on half of the trials, whereas on the other half she had vision during the entire reach. For visually-guided reaching, she demonstrated significantly more reach errors for targets left of fixation versus right of fixation. However, there were no hemispatial differences when reaching without vision. Furthermore, her performance was consistent for reaches with either hand, providing evidence that pIPS encodes location based on an eye-centered reference frame. Second, previous studies reported that optic ataxics are more accurate when reaching to remembered versus visible target locations. We repeated the first experiment, adding a five second delay between stimulus presentation and reach initiation. In contrast to prior reports, she was less accurate in delayed versus immediate reaching. Finally, we examined whether a small pIPS resection would disrupt visuospatial processing in a simple perceptual task. We presented two small circles in succession in either the same location or offset at varying distances, and asked whether the two circles were presented in the same or different position. She was significantly more impaired left of fixation compared to right of fixation, providing evidence for a perceptual deficit after a dorsal stream lesion.
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Venugopal R, Sasidharan A, Marigowda V, Kumar G, Nair AK, Sharma S, Mukundan CS, Kutty BM. Beyond Hypnograms: Assessing Sleep Stability Using Acoustic and Electrical Stimulation. Neuromodulation 2018; 22:911-915. [DOI: 10.1111/ner.12847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Rahul Venugopal
- Department of NeurophysiologyNational Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru KA India
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- Axxonet Brain Research Laboratory (ABRL)Axxonet System Technologies Pvt Ltd Bengaluru KA India
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- Axxonet Brain Research Laboratory (ABRL)Axxonet System Technologies Pvt Ltd Bengaluru KA India
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- Department of NeurophysiologyNational Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru KA India
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- Department of NeurophysiologyNational Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru KA India
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- Axxonet Brain Research Laboratory (ABRL)Axxonet System Technologies Pvt Ltd Bengaluru KA India
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- Axxonet Brain Research Laboratory (ABRL)Axxonet System Technologies Pvt Ltd Bengaluru KA India
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- Department of NeurophysiologyNational Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru KA India
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Campopiano A, van Noordt SJR, Segalowitz SJ. STATSLAB: An open-source EEG toolbox for computing single-subject effects using robust statistics. Behav Brain Res 2018; 347:425-435. [PMID: 29574102 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 03/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Research on robust statistics during the past half century provides concrete evidence that classical hypothesis tests that rely on the sample mean and variance are problematic. Even seemingly minor departures from normality are now known to create major problems in terms of increased error rates and decreased power. Fortunately, numerous robust estimation techniques have been developed that circumvent the need for strict assumptions of normality and equal variances, leading to increased power and accuracy when testing hypotheses. Two robust methods that have been shown to have practical value across a wide range of applied situations are the trimmed mean and percentile bootstrap test. To facilitate the uptake of robust methods into the behavioural sciences, especially when dealing with trial-based data such as EEG, we introduce STATSLAB: An open-source EEG toolbox for computing single-subject effects using robust statistics. With the STATSLAB toolbox users can apply the percentile bootstrap test, with trimmed means, to a variety of neural signals including voltages, global field amplitude, and spectral features for both scalp channels and independent components. The toolbox offers a range of analytical strategies and is packaged with a fully functional graphical user interface that includes documentation.
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- Allan Campopiano
- Research and Development Services, Halton Catholic District School Board, Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
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- Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; Developmental Electrophysiology Laboratory, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
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Fisher K, Towler J, Eimer M. Face identity matching is selectively impaired in developmental prosopagnosia. Cortex 2017; 89:11-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mazzi C, Mazzeo G, Savazzi S. Markers of TMS-evoked visual conscious experience in a patient with altitudinal hemianopia. Conscious Cogn 2017; 54:143-154. [PMID: 28215463 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2017.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the occipital and parietal cortices can induce phosphenes, i.e. visual sensations of light without light entering the eyes. In this paper, we adopted a TMS-EEG interactive co-registration approach with a patient (AM) showing altitudinal hemianopia. Occipital and parietal cortices in both hemispheres were stimulated while concurrently recording EEG signal. Results showed that, for all sites, neural activity differentially encoding for the presence vs. absence of a conscious experience could be found in a cluster of electrodes close to the stimulation site at an early (70ms) time-period after TMS. The present data indicate that both occipital and parietal sites are independent early gatekeepers of perceptual awareness, thus, in line with evidence in favor of early correlates of perceptual awareness. Moreover, these data support the valuable contribution of the TMS-EEG approach in patients with visual field defects to investigate the neural processes responsible for perceptual awareness.
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- Chiara Mazzi
- Perception and Awareness (PandA) Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; National Institute of Neuroscience, Verona, Italy
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- Perception and Awareness (PandA) Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; National Institute of Neuroscience, Verona, Italy
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- Perception and Awareness (PandA) Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy; National Institute of Neuroscience, Verona, Italy.
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Norton JJS, Umunna S, Bretl T. The elicitation of steady-state visual evoked potentials during sleep. Psychophysiology 2017; 54:496-507. [PMID: 28098351 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study confirmed the hypothesis that it is possible to elicit SSVEPs through closed eyelids during NREM sleep. To test this hypothesis, SSVEP amplitudes were measured in eight subjects across two conditions of stimulation (stimulation on and stimulation off) and three brain states (waking, light sleep, and deep sleep). Results showed a significant interaction between stimulation and brain state. In particular, EEG activity at the frequency of stimulation was higher during both light sleep and deep sleep in the stimulation on condition than in the stimulation off condition. The fact that it is possible to elicit SSVEPs during sleep may provide a new way to study how SSVEPs are generated in the brain-one that might help resolve open questions such as identifying the SSVEP activation sequence or deciding if SSVEPs derive from evoked or oscillatory neural processes.
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- James J S Norton
- Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Using facial electromyography to detect preserved emotional processing in disorders of consciousness: A proof-of-principle study. Clin Neurophysiol 2016; 127:3000-3006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pietto M, Parra MA, Trujillo N, Flores F, García AM, Bustin J, Richly P, Manes F, Lopera F, Ibáñez A, Baez S. Behavioral and Electrophysiological Correlates of Memory Binding Deficits in Patients at Different Risk Levels for Alzheimer’s Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2016; 53:1325-40. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-160056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Marcos Pietto
- Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencias (LPEN), Fundación INECO, Universidad de Favaloro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Unidad de Neurobiología Aplicada, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno (CEMIC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- School of Life Sciences, Psychology, Heriot-Watt University, UK
- Human Cognitive Neuroscience and Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre and Scottish Dementia Clinical Research Network, UK
- Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- School of Public Health, University of Antioquia (UDEA), Medellin, Colombia
- Neuroscience Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia (UDEA), Medellin
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- Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencias (LPEN), Fundación INECO, Universidad de Favaloro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencias (LPEN), Fundación INECO, Universidad de Favaloro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- ACR Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencias (LPEN), Fundación INECO, Universidad de Favaloro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencias (LPEN), Fundación INECO, Universidad de Favaloro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencias (LPEN), Fundación INECO, Universidad de Favaloro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Faculty of Elementary and Special Education (FEEyE), National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo), Sobremonte 74, C5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Neuroscience Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia (UDEA), Medellin
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- Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencias (LPEN), Fundación INECO, Universidad de Favaloro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia
- Faculty of Elementary and Special Education (FEEyE), National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo), Sobremonte 74, C5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental y Neurociencias (LPEN), Fundación INECO, Universidad de Favaloro, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Grupo de Investigación Cerebro y Cognición Social, Bogotá, Colombia
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Fisher K, Towler J, Eimer M. Reduced sensitivity to contrast signals from the eye region in developmental prosopagnosia. Cortex 2016; 81:64-78. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 03/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Parks NA, Gannon MA, Long SM, Young ME. Bootstrap Signal-to-Noise Confidence Intervals: An Objective Method for Subject Exclusion and Quality Control in ERP Studies. Front Hum Neurosci 2016; 10:50. [PMID: 26903849 PMCID: PMC4751267 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Analysis of event-related potential (ERP) data includes several steps to ensure that ERPs meet an appropriate level of signal quality. One such step, subject exclusion, rejects subject data if ERP waveforms fail to meet an appropriate level of signal quality. Subject exclusion is an important quality control step in the ERP analysis pipeline as it ensures that statistical inference is based only upon those subjects exhibiting clear evoked brain responses. This critical quality control step is most often performed simply through visual inspection of subject-level ERPs by investigators. Such an approach is qualitative, subjective, and susceptible to investigator bias, as there are no standards as to what constitutes an ERP of sufficient signal quality. Here, we describe a standardized and objective method for quantifying waveform quality in individual subjects and establishing criteria for subject exclusion. The approach uses bootstrap resampling of ERP waveforms (from a pool of all available trials) to compute a signal-to-noise ratio confidence interval (SNR-CI) for individual subject waveforms. The lower bound of this SNR-CI (SNRLB) yields an effective and objective measure of signal quality as it ensures that ERP waveforms statistically exceed a desired signal-to-noise criterion. SNRLB provides a quantifiable metric of individual subject ERP quality and eliminates the need for subjective evaluation of waveform quality by the investigator. We detail the SNR-CI methodology, establish the efficacy of employing this approach with Monte Carlo simulations, and demonstrate its utility in practice when applied to ERP datasets.
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- Nathan A Parks
- Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR, USA
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Towler J, Parketny J, Eimer M. Perceptual face processing in developmental prosopagnosia is not sensitive to the canonical location of face parts. Cortex 2015; 74:53-66. [PMID: 26649913 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 09/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Individuals with developmental prosopagnosia (DP) are strongly impaired in recognizing faces, but it is controversial whether this deficit is linked to atypical visual-perceptual face processing mechanisms. Previous behavioural studies have suggested that face perception in DP might be less sensitive to the canonical spatial configuration of face parts in upright faces. To test this prediction, we recorded event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to intact upright faces and to faces with spatially scrambled parts (eyes, nose, and mouth) in a group of ten participants with DP and a group of ten age-matched control participants with normal face recognition abilities. The face-sensitive N170 component and the vertex positive potential (VPP) were both enhanced and delayed for scrambled as compared to intact faces in the control group. In contrast, N170 and VPP amplitude enhancements to scrambled faces were absent in the DP group. For control participants, the N170 to scrambled faces was also sensitive to feature locations, with larger and delayed N170 components contralateral to the side where all features appeared in a non-canonical position. No such differences were present in the DP group. These findings suggest that spatial templates of the prototypical feature locations within an upright face are selectively impaired in DP.
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- John Towler
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
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Alonso-Prieto E, Pancaroglu R, Dalrymple KA, Handy T, Barton JJS, Oruc I. Temporal dynamics of the face familiarity effect: bootstrap analysis of single-subject event-related potential data. Cogn Neuropsychol 2015; 32:266-82. [DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2015.1053852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Waves of awareness for occipital and parietal phosphenes perception. Neuropsychologia 2015; 70:114-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Revised: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Nemoto I, Kawakatsu M. Detection of a Mismatch Field in Evoked Magnetoencephalographic Responses of Individual Subjects by Multivariate Analysis. ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2015. [DOI: 10.14326/abe.4.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Iku Nemoto
- School of Information Environment, Tokyo Denki University
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Dalrymple KA, Davies-Thompson J, Oruc I, Handy TC, Barton JJ, Duchaine B. Spontaneous perceptual facial distortions correlate with ventral occipitotemporal activity. Neuropsychologia 2014; 59:179-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lin Y, Wu W, Wu C, Liu B, Gao X. Extraction of mismatch negativity using a resampling-based spatial filtering method. J Neural Eng 2013; 10:026015. [PMID: 23448978 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/10/2/026015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE It is currently a challenge to extract the mismatch negativity (MMN) waveform on the basis of a small number of EEG trials, which are typically unbalanced between conditions. APPROACH In order to address this issue, a method combining the techniques of resampling and spatial filtering is proposed in this paper. Specifically, the first step of the method, termed 'resampling difference', randomly samples the standard and deviant sweeps, and then subtracts standard sweeps from deviant sweeps. The second step of the method employs the spatial filters designed by a signal-to-noise ratio maximizer (SIM) to extract the MMN component. The SIM algorithm can maximize the signal-to-noise ratio for event-related potentials (ERPs) to improve extraction. Simulation data were used to evaluate the influence of three parameters (i.e. trial number, repeated-SIM times and sampling times) on the performance of the proposed method. MAIN RESULTS Results demonstrated that it was feasible and reliable to extract the MMN waveform using the method. Finally, an oddball paradigm with auditory stimuli of different frequencies was employed to record a few trials (50 trials of deviant sweeps and 250 trials of standard sweeps) of EEG data from 11 adult subjects. Results showed that the method could effectively extract the MMN using the EEG data of each individual subject. SIGNIFICANCE The extracted MMN waveform has a significantly larger peak amplitude and shorter latencies in response to the more deviant stimuli than in response to the less deviant stimuli, which agreed with the MMN properties reported in previous literature using grand-averaged EEG data of multi-subjects.
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- Yanfei Lin
- School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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The face-sensitive N170 component in developmental prosopagnosia. Neuropsychologia 2012; 50:3588-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2012] [Revised: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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