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Adámek P, Grygarová D, Jajcay L, Bakštein E, Fürstová P, Juríčková V, Jonáš J, Langová V, Neskoroďana I, Kesner L, Horáček J. The Gaze of Schizophrenia Patients Captured by Bottom-up Saliency. SCHIZOPHRENIA (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 10:21. [PMID: 38378724 PMCID: PMC10879495 DOI: 10.1038/s41537-024-00438-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
Abstract
Schizophrenia (SCHZ) notably impacts various human perceptual modalities, including vision. Prior research has identified marked abnormalities in perceptual organization in SCHZ, predominantly attributed to deficits in bottom-up processing. Our study introduces a novel paradigm to differentiate the roles of top-down and bottom-up processes in visual perception in SCHZ. We analysed eye-tracking fixation ground truth maps from 28 SCHZ patients and 25 healthy controls (HC), comparing these with two mathematical models of visual saliency: one bottom-up, based on the physical attributes of images, and the other top-down, incorporating machine learning. While the bottom-up (GBVS) model revealed no significant overall differences between groups (beta = 0.01, p = 0.281, with a marginal increase in SCHZ patients), it did show enhanced performance by SCHZ patients with highly salient images. Conversely, the top-down (EML-Net) model indicated no general group difference (beta = -0.03, p = 0.206, lower in SCHZ patients) but highlighted significantly reduced performance in SCHZ patients for images depicting social interactions (beta = -0.06, p < 0.001). Over time, the disparity between the groups diminished for both models. The previously reported bottom-up bias in SCHZ patients was apparent only during the initial stages of visual exploration and corresponded with progressively shorter fixation durations in this group. Our research proposes an innovative approach to understanding early visual information processing in SCHZ patients, shedding light on the interplay between bottom-up perception and top-down cognition.
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Affiliation(s)
- Petr Adámek
- Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic.
- Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Early Episodes of SMI Research Center, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- Department of Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Early Episodes of SMI Research Center, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- Department of Art History, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Center for Advanced Studies of Brain and Consciousness, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
- Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Chan SKW, Hsiao J, Wong AOY, Liao Y, Suen Y, Yan EWC, Poon LT, Siu MW, Hui CLM, Chang WC, Lee EHM, Chen EYH. Explicit and implicit mentalization of patients with first-episode schizophrenia: a study of self-referential gaze perception with eye movement analysis using hidden Markov models. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2022; 272:1335-1345. [PMID: 35079856 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-022-01383-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Mentalizing impairment is one of the core features of schizophrenia, and bias judgement of others' gaze as self-directing is common to schizophrenia patients. In this case-control study, 30 patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES) and 30 matched healthy controls were assigned gaze perception tasks with variable stimulus presentation times (300 ms and no time limit) to determine the presence of self-referential gaze perception (SRGP) bias. The eye movement pattern during the task were tracked and data were analysed using hidden Markov models (HMMs). The SRGP involves reporting of others' gaze intent and was used as a measurement of explicit mentalizing process. Eye movement measurement represents automated visual attention pattern and was considered as a measurement of implicit mentalizing process. The patients with FES had significantly more SRGP bias than the controls in the 300 ms condition but not in the no-time-limit condition. Social cognitive function was related to SRGP bias in the patient group. Two distinct eye movement patterns were identified: eye-focused and nose-focused. Significant group differences in eye movement patterns in the 300 ms condition were found with more controls had eye-focused pattern. Social anxiety symptoms were related to the nose-focused pattern, positive psychotic symptoms were related to the eye-focused pattern, and depressive symptoms were related to less consistent eye movement patterns. No significant relationship was found between SRGP bias and eye movement patterns. The dissociation between explicit and implicit mentalizing processes with different cognitive and symptom dimensions associated with the two processes suggests the presence of different mechanisms.
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- Sherry Kit Wa Chan
- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 219, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. .,The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.,Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 219, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 219, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 219, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 219, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 219, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 219, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 219, New Clinical Building, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Huang X, Kim AJ, Acarón Ledesma H, Ding J, Smith RG, Wei W. Visual Stimulation Induces Distinct Forms of Sensitization of On-Off Direction-Selective Ganglion Cell Responses in the Dorsal and Ventral Retina. J Neurosci 2022; 42:4449-4469. [PMID: 35474276 PMCID: PMC9172291 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1391-21.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Experience-dependent modulation of neuronal responses is a key attribute in sensory processing. In the mammalian retina, the On-Off direction-selective ganglion cell (DSGC) is well known for its robust direction selectivity. However, how the On-Off DSGC light responsiveness dynamically adjusts to the changing visual environment is underexplored. Here, we report that On-Off DSGCs tuned to posterior motion direction [i.e. posterior DSGCs (pDSGCs)] in mice of both sexes can be transiently sensitized by prior stimuli. Notably, distinct sensitization patterns are found in dorsal and ventral pDSGCs. Although responses of both dorsal and ventral pDSGCs to dark stimuli (Off responses) are sensitized, only dorsal cells show the sensitization of responses to bright stimuli (On responses). Visual stimulation to the dorsal retina potentiates a sustained excitatory input from Off bipolar cells, leading to tonic depolarization of pDSGCs. Such tonic depolarization propagates from the Off to the On dendritic arbor of the pDSGC to sensitize its On response. We also identified a previously overlooked feature of DSGC dendritic architecture that can support dendritic integration between On and Off dendritic layers bypassing the soma. By contrast, ventral pDSGCs lack a sensitized tonic depolarization and thus do not exhibit sensitization of their On responses. Our results highlight a topographic difference in Off bipolar cell inputs underlying divergent sensitization patterns of dorsal and ventral pDSGCs. Moreover, substantial crossovers between dendritic layers of On-Off DSGCs suggest an interactive dendritic algorithm for processing On and Off signals before they reach the soma.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Visual neuronal responses are dynamically influenced by the prior visual experience. This form of plasticity reflects the efficient coding of the naturalistic environment by the visual system. We found that a class of retinal output neurons, On-Off direction-selective ganglion cells, transiently increase their responsiveness after visual stimulation. Cells located in dorsal and ventral retinas exhibit distinct sensitization patterns because of different adaptive properties of Off bipolar cell signaling. A previously overlooked dendritic morphologic feature of the On-Off direction-selective ganglion cell is implicated in the cross talk between On and Off pathways during sensitization. Together, these findings uncover a topographic difference in the adaptive encoding of upper and lower visual fields and the underlying neural mechanism in the dorsal and ventral retinas.
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- Xiaolin Huang
- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
- The Committee on Neurobiology Graduate Program, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
- Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
- The Committee on Neurobiology Graduate Program, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Zhang B, Weidner R, Allenmark F, Bertleff S, Fink GR, Shi Z, Müller HJ. Statistical Learning of Frequent Distractor Locations in Visual Search Involves Regional Signal Suppression in Early Visual Cortex. Cereb Cortex 2021; 32:2729-2744. [PMID: 34727169 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Observers can learn locations where salient distractors appear frequently to reduce potential interference-an effect attributed to better suppression of distractors at frequent locations. But how distractor suppression is implemented in the visual cortex and within the frontoparietal attention networks remains unclear. We used fMRI and a regional distractor-location learning paradigm with two types of distractors defined in either the same (orientation) or a different (color) dimension to the target to investigate this issue. fMRI results showed that BOLD signals in early visual cortex were significantly reduced for distractors (as well as targets) occurring at the frequent versus rare locations, mirroring behavioral patterns. This reduction was more robust with same-dimension distractors. Crucially, behavioral interference was correlated with distractor-evoked visual activity only for same- (but not different-) dimension distractors. Moreover, with different- (but not same-) dimension distractors, a color-processing area within the fusiform gyrus was activated more when a distractor was present in the rare region versus being absent and more with a distractor in the rare versus frequent locations. These results support statistical learning of frequent distractor locations involving regional suppression in early visual cortex and point to differential neural mechanisms of distractor handling with different- versus same-dimension distractors.
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- Bei Zhang
- General and Experimental Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München 80802, Germany
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- Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany
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- General and Experimental Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München 80802, Germany
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- Traffic Psychology and Acceptance, Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne University, Cologne 50937, Germany
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- General and Experimental Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München 80802, Germany
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- General and Experimental Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München 80802, Germany
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Kamkar S, Ghezloo F, Moghaddam HA, Borji A, Lashgari R. Multiple-target tracking in human and machine vision. PLoS Comput Biol 2020; 16:e1007698. [PMID: 32271746 PMCID: PMC7144962 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Humans are able to track multiple objects at any given time in their daily activities—for example, we can drive a car while monitoring obstacles, pedestrians, and other vehicles. Several past studies have examined how humans track targets simultaneously and what underlying behavioral and neural mechanisms they use. At the same time, computer-vision researchers have proposed different algorithms to track multiple targets automatically. These algorithms are useful for video surveillance, team-sport analysis, video analysis, video summarization, and human–computer interaction. Although there are several efficient biologically inspired algorithms in artificial intelligence, the human multiple-target tracking (MTT) ability is rarely imitated in computer-vision algorithms. In this paper, we review MTT studies in neuroscience and biologically inspired MTT methods in computer vision and discuss the ways in which they can be seen as complementary. Multiple-target tracking (MTT) is a challenging task vital for both a human’s daily life and for many artificial intelligent systems, such as those used for urban traffic control. Neuroscientists are interested in discovering the underlying neural mechanisms that successfully exploit cognitive resources, e.g., spatial attention or memory, during MTT. Computer-vision specialists aim to develop powerful MTT algorithms based on advanced models or data-driven computational methods. In this paper, we review MTT studies from both communities and discuss how findings from cognitive studies can inspire developers to construct higher performing MTT algorithms. Moreover, some directions have been proposed through which MTT algorithms could raise new questions in the cognitive science domain, and answering them can shed light on neural processes underlying MTT.
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- Shiva Kamkar
- Machine Vision and Medical Image Processing Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Brain Engineering Research Center, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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- Brain Engineering Research Center, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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- Machine Vision and Medical Image Processing Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- * E-mail: (RL); (HAM)
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- HCL America, Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
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- Brain Engineering Research Center, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
- * E-mail: (RL); (HAM)
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Naghibi Rad P, Shahroudi AA, Shabani H, Ajami S, Lashgari R. Encoding Pleasant and Unpleasant Expression of the Architectural Window Shapes: An ERP Study. Front Behav Neurosci 2019; 13:186. [PMID: 31474842 PMCID: PMC6707382 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The evaluation of building facades is one of the most important elements in built environments for helping architects and professionals to develop future designs. The form or shape of windows in building facades has direct impacts on perceivers’ affective state and emotions. To understand the impacts of geometric windows on the subject’s feedback and cortical activity, psychophysics experiments and electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings were measured from the participants. Our behavioral results show a distinguished categorization of the window shapes as pleasant and unpleasant stimuli. The rectangular, square, circular and semi-circular arch were determined as the pleasant window shapes, while the triangular and triangular arch window shapes were distinguished as unpleasant. Furthermore, event-related potential (ERP) components (N1, P2 and P3) were investigated to determine the influence of window shapes on the local brain activity. To measure reliable cortical responses, a Butterworth notch filter (50 Hz), band pass filter (0.1–60 Hz) and ADJUST filter were employed to remove the artifacts. The electrophysiological results show increased activity for the unpleasant in comparison to the pleasant windows (p < 0.05, Rank-Sum test) in both frontal (for P2 component) and posterio-occipital (ERP amplitudes; the N1 through to the P3 peak) channels. The ERP amplitudes of the right hemisphere were significantly larger than in the left hemisphere, not only in response to the unpleasant (p < 0.001) but also to the pleasant window stimuli (p < 0.001, Signed-Rank test). However, the unpleasant stimuli evoked significantly larger ERP amplitude than the pleasant stimuli. Moreover, the significant ERPP2 amplitude was more distinguished for unpleasant (p = 0.01, Signed-Rank test) than pleasant windows (p = 0.01, Rank-Sum test) between frontal and central cortical lobes. Overall, our behavioral and electrophysiological studies demonstrate a distinguished categorization of pleasant and unpleasant window shapes and more significant ERP modulations in the right than left hemisphere for unpleasant windows compared to pleasant ones.
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- Parastou Naghibi Rad
- Brain Engineering Research Center, School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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- Brain Engineering Research Center, School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
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- Brain Engineering Research Center, School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
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