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Soldado-Magraner J, Antonietti A, French J, Higgins N, Young MJ, Larrivee D, Monteleone R. Applying the IEEE BRAIN neuroethics framework to intra-cortical brain-computer interfaces. J Neural Eng 2024; 21:022001. [PMID: 38537269 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad3852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Objective. Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are neuroprosthetic devices that allow for direct interaction between brains and machines. These types of neurotechnologies have recently experienced a strong drive in research and development, given, in part, that they promise to restore motor and communication abilities in individuals experiencing severe paralysis. While a rich literature analyzes the ethical, legal, and sociocultural implications (ELSCI) of these novel neurotechnologies, engineers, clinicians and BCI practitioners often do not have enough exposure to these topics.Approach. Here, we present the IEEE Neuroethics Framework, an international, multiyear, iterative initiative aimed at developing a robust, accessible set of considerations for diverse stakeholders.Main results. Using the framework, we provide practical examples of ELSCI considerations for BCI neurotechnologies. We focus on invasive technologies, and in particular, devices that are implanted intra-cortically for medical research applications.Significance. We demonstrate the utility of our framework in exposing a wide range of implications across different intra-cortical BCI technology modalities and conclude with recommendations on how to utilize this knowledge in the development and application of ethical guidelines for BCI neurotechnologies.
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- Joana Soldado-Magraner
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano 20131, Italy
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- Neurotech Network, St. Petersburg, FL 33733, United States of America
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- School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, United States of America
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- Mind and Brain Institute, University of Navarra Medical School, Pamplona, Navarra 31008, Spain
- Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60611, United States of America
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- Disability Studies Program, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, United States of America
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Jadavji NM, Haelterman NA, Sud R, Antonietti A. Editorial: Reproducibility in neuroscience. Front Integr Neurosci 2023; 17:1271818. [PMID: 37727652 PMCID: PMC10505729 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2023.1271818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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- Nafisa M. Jadavji
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, United States
- Department of Child Health, College of Medicine Phoenix, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Center for Brain and Mind, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Haber NA, Wieten SE, Rohrer JM, Arah OA, Tennant PWG, Stuart EA, Murray EJ, Pilleron S, Lam ST, Riederer E, Howcutt SJ, Simmons AE, Leyrat C, Schoenegger P, Booman A, Dufour MSK, O’Donoghue AL, Baglini R, Do S, Takashima MDLR, Evans TR, Rodriguez-Molina D, Alsalti TM, Dunleavy DJ, Meyerowitz-Katz G, Antonietti A, Calvache JA, Kelson MJ, Salvia MG, Parra CO, Khalatbari-Soltani S, McLinden T, Chatton A, Seiler J, Steriu A, Alshihayb TS, Twardowski SE, Dabravolskaj J, Au E, Hoopsick RA, Suresh S, Judd N, Peña S, Axfors C, Khan P, Rivera Aguirre AE, Odo NU, Schmid I, Fox MP. Causal and Associational Language in Observational Health Research: A Systematic Evaluation. Am J Epidemiol 2022; 191:2084-2097. [PMID: 35925053 PMCID: PMC11043784 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We estimated the degree to which language used in the high-profile medical/public health/epidemiology literature implied causality using language linking exposures to outcomes and action recommendations; examined disconnects between language and recommendations; identified the most common linking phrases; and estimated how strongly linking phrases imply causality. We searched for and screened 1,170 articles from 18 high-profile journals (65 per journal) published from 2010-2019. Based on written framing and systematic guidance, 3 reviewers rated the degree of causality implied in abstracts and full text for exposure/outcome linking language and action recommendations. Reviewers rated the causal implication of exposure/outcome linking language as none (no causal implication) in 13.8%, weak in 34.2%, moderate in 33.2%, and strong in 18.7% of abstracts. The implied causality of action recommendations was higher than the implied causality of linking sentences for 44.5% or commensurate for 40.3% of articles. The most common linking word in abstracts was "associate" (45.7%). Reviewers' ratings of linking word roots were highly heterogeneous; over half of reviewers rated "association" as having at least some causal implication. This research undercuts the assumption that avoiding "causal" words leads to clarity of interpretation in medical research.
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- Noah A Haber
- Correspondence to Dr. Noah A. Haber, 1265 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94305 (e-mail: )
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Fruzzetti L, Kalidindi HT, Antonietti A, Alessandro C, Geminiani A, Casellato C, Falotico E, D’Angelo E. Dual STDP processes at Purkinje cells contribute to distinct improvements in accuracy and speed of saccadic eye movements. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1010564. [PMID: 36194625 PMCID: PMC9565489 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Saccadic eye-movements play a crucial role in visuo-motor control by allowing rapid foveation onto new targets. However, the neural processes governing saccades adaptation are not fully understood. Saccades, due to the short-time of execution (20-100 ms) and the absence of sensory information for online feedback control, must be controlled in a ballistic manner. Incomplete measurements of the movement trajectory, such as the visual endpoint error, are supposedly used to form internal predictions about the movement kinematics resulting in predictive control. In order to characterize the synaptic and neural circuit mechanisms underlying predictive saccadic control, we have reconstructed the saccadic system in a digital controller embedding a spiking neural network of the cerebellum with spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) rules driving parallel fiber-Purkinje cell long-term potentiation and depression (LTP and LTD). This model implements a control policy based on a dual plasticity mechanism, resulting in the identification of the roles of LTP and LTD in regulating the overall quality of saccade kinematics: it turns out that LTD increases the accuracy by decreasing visual error and LTP increases the peak speed. The control policy also required cerebellar PCs to be divided into two subpopulations, characterized by burst or pause responses. To our knowledge, this is the first model that explains in mechanistic terms the visual error and peak speed regulation of ballistic eye movements in forward mode exploiting spike-timing to regulate firing in different populations of the neuronal network. This elementary model of saccades could be extended and applied to other more complex cases in which single jerks are concatenated to compose articulated and coordinated movements.
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- Lorenzo Fruzzetti
- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pontedera (Pisa), Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Institute of Neuroscience, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- * E-mail: (HK); (EF)
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery/Sport and Exercise Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy
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- The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pontedera (Pisa), Italy
- Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
- * E-mail: (HK); (EF)
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy
- IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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Kent BA, Holman C, Amoako E, Antonietti A, Azam JM, Ballhausen H, Bediako Y, Belasen AM, Carneiro CFD, Chen YC, Compeer EB, Connor CAC, Crüwell S, Debat H, Dorris E, Ebrahimi H, Erlich JC, Fernández-Chiappe F, Fischer F, Gazda MA, Glatz T, Grabitz P, Heise V, Kent DG, Lo H, McDowell G, Mehta D, Neumann WJ, Neves K, Patterson M, Penfold NC, Piper SK, Puebla I, Quashie PK, Quezada CP, Riley JL, Rohmann JL, Saladi S, Schwessinger B, Siegerink B, Stehlik P, Tzilivaki A, Umbers KDL, Varma A, Walavalkar K, de Winde CM, Zaza C, Weissgerber TL. Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001680. [PMID: 35797414 PMCID: PMC9295962 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Early career researchers (ECRs) are important stakeholders leading efforts to catalyze systemic change in research culture and practice. Here, we summarize the outputs from a virtual unconventional conference (unconference), which brought together 54 invited experts from 20 countries with extensive experience in ECR initiatives designed to improve the culture and practice of science. Together, we drafted 2 sets of recommendations for (1) ECRs directly involved in initiatives or activities to change research culture and practice; and (2) stakeholders who wish to support ECRs in these efforts. Importantly, these points apply to ECRs working to promote change on a systemic level, not only those improving aspects of their own work. In both sets of recommendations, we underline the importance of incentivizing and providing time and resources for systems-level science improvement activities, including ECRs in organizational decision-making processes, and working to dismantle structural barriers to participation for marginalized groups. We further highlight obstacles that ECRs face when working to promote reform, as well as proposed solutions and examples of current best practices. The abstract and recommendations for stakeholders are available in Dutch, German, Greek (abstract only), Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Serbian.
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- Brianne A. Kent
- Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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- BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics, DSI-NRF Center of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Society for Conservation Biology, Washington, DC, United States of America
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Center of Agronomic Research, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (IPAVE-CIAP-INTA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Département de Biologie, École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Institut de Biologie de l’ENS (IBENS), INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, France
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- Institute of Public Health, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study), Delmenhorst, Germany
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- York Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Einstein Center for Neurosciences, Berlin, Germany
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- Lightoller LLC, Chicago Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Movement Disorder and Neuromodulation Unit, Department of Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
- Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Química Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Institute of Public Health, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Stroke Research, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasedena, California, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Directorate of Research Policy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Robina, Australia
- Evidence-Based Practice Professorial Unit, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Southport, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Einstein Center for Neurosciences, Berlin, Germany
- NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence Berlin, Germany
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC location VU, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias (CIBION), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- * E-mail:
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Antonietti A, Geminiani A, Negri E, D'Angelo E, Casellato C, Pedrocchi A. Brain-Inspired Spiking Neural Network Controller for a Neurorobotic Whisker System. Front Neurorobot 2022; 16:817948. [PMID: 35770277 PMCID: PMC9234954 DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2022.817948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
It is common for animals to use self-generated movements to actively sense the surrounding environment. For instance, rodents rhythmically move their whiskers to explore the space close to their body. The mouse whisker system has become a standard model for studying active sensing and sensorimotor integration through feedback loops. In this work, we developed a bioinspired spiking neural network model of the sensorimotor peripheral whisker system, modeling trigeminal ganglion, trigeminal nuclei, facial nuclei, and central pattern generator neuronal populations. This network was embedded in a virtual mouse robot, exploiting the Human Brain Project's Neurorobotics Platform, a simulation platform offering a virtual environment to develop and test robots driven by brain-inspired controllers. Eventually, the peripheral whisker system was adequately connected to an adaptive cerebellar network controller. The whole system was able to drive active whisking with learning capability, matching neural correlates of behavior experimentally recorded in mice.
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- Alberto Antonietti
- Neurocomputational Laboratory, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
- *Correspondence: Alberto Antonietti
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- Neurocomputational Laboratory, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Neurocomputational Laboratory, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Neurocomputational Laboratory, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Brain Connectivity Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Neurocomputational Laboratory, Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Da I, Dui LG, Ferrante S, Pedrocchi A, Antonietti A. Leveraging Deep Learning Techniques to Improve P300-Based Brain Computer Interfaces. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 2022; 26:4892-4902. [PMID: 35552154 DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2022.3174771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) has become an established technology to interconnect a human brain and an external device. One of the most popular protocols for BCI is based on the extraction of the so-called P300 wave from electroencephalography (EEG) recordings. P300 wave is an event-related potential with a latency of 300 ms after the onset of a rare stimulus. In this paper, we used deep learning architectures, namely convolutional neural networks (CNNs), to improve P300-based BCIs. We propose a novel BCI classifier, called P3CNET, that improved P300 classification accuracy performances of the best state-of-the-art classifier. In addition, we explored pre-processing and training choices that improved the usability of BCI systems. For the pre-processing of EEG data, we explored the optimal signal interval that would improve classification accuracies. Then, we explored the minimum number of calibration sessions to balance higher accuracy and shorter calibration time. To improve the explainability of deep learning architectures, we analyzed the saliency maps of the input EEG signal leading to a correct P300 classification, and we observed that the elimination of less informative electrode channels from the data did not result in better accuracy. All the methodologies and explorations were performed and validated on two different CNN classifiers, demonstrating the generalizability of the obtained results. Finally, we showed the advantages given by transfer learning when using the proposed novel architecture on other P300 datasets. The presented architectures and practical suggestions can be used by BCI practitioners to improve its effectiveness.
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Martin G, Antonietti A, Patrone L. Removal of Partially Deployed Supera Stents: Case-Based Review and Technical Considerations. J Endovasc Ther 2021; 29:507-511. [PMID: 34894823 DOI: 10.1177/15266028211059916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Maldeployment of the Supera stent system can result in primary technical failure, inferior primary patency, and poorer patient outcomes. The purpose of this article is to present a case series illustrating the conditions required to perform optimal stent deployment, and if necessary, undertake successful stent removal following maldeployment. TECHNIQUE Two key failures of effective Supera deployment are elongation and invagination. Several technical factors should be considered to reduce the risk of maldeployment: aggressive target vessel predilation, the use of multiple fluoroscopic views, slow deployment with controlled forward pressure applied on the delivery device, "sandwich packing" of the stent above and below target lesions, and the "pulling back" of invagination. To successfully retrieve a partially deployed stent, 3 factors should be considered: the percentage of the stent already deployed, the distance from the distal tip of the introducing sheath to the proximal extent of the deployed stent, and the severity of proximal vessel disease. The higher these factors, the greater the risk of stent detachment and failed retrieval. CONCLUSION In this series of 6 cases of maldeployment, the removal of a partially deployed Supera stent appeared to be feasible and safe, with success dependent on selected technical and anatomical considerations.
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- Guy Martin
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- West London Vascular and Interventional Centre, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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Easttom C, Bianchi L, Valeriani D, Nam CS, Hossaini A, Zapała D, Roman-Gonzalez A, Singh AK, Antonietti A, Sahonero-Alvarez G, Balachandran P. A functional BCI model by the P2731 working group: control interface. Brain-Computer Interfaces 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/2326263x.2021.2002004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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- Alberto Antonietti
- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Engineering, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Electrical and Software Engineering,University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Bianchi L, Antonietti A, Bajwa G, Ferrante R, Mahmud M, Balachandran P. A functional BCI model by the IEEE P2731 working group: data storage and sharing. Brain-Computer Interfaces 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/2326263x.2021.1968632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Luigi Bianchi
- Civil Engineering and Computer Science Engineering Dept, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, Capitol Technology University 11301 Springfield Road, Laurel, MD, USA
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- Civil Engineering and Computer Science Engineering Dept, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Nottingham Trent University Clifton, Nottingham, UK
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Petrocchi S, Iannello P, Ongaro G, Antonietti A, Pravettoni G. The interplay between risk and protective factors during the initial height of the COVID-19 crisis in Italy: The role of risk aversion and intolerance of ambiguity on distress. Curr Psychol 2021; 41:437-448. [PMID: 33776380 PMCID: PMC7978462 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01601-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The present study aimed to test a model of relations to ascertain the determinants of distress caused by lockdown for COVID-19. It was hypothesized that the exposure to the COVID-19 increased distress directly and through the mediation of worry, health-related information seeking, and perception of the utility of the lockdown. It was also expected that higher levels of ambiguity intolerance corresponded to higher distress directly and through the mediation of worry, health information seeking behaviors, and perceived utility of the lockdown. Finally, it was expected that risk aversion positively influenced distress directly and through the increasing of worry, health-related information seeking behavior, and more positive perception of the utility of the lockdown The study was conducted in Italy during the mandatory lockdown for COVID-19 pandemic on 240 individuals (age range 18-76). Data recruitment was conducted via snowball sampling. COVID-19 exposure was positively associated with worry and health-related information seeking. Risk-aversion was positively associated with health-related information seeking and perceived utility of the lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. Worry and health-related information seeking were positively associated with distress, whereas the perceived utility of the lockdown was negatively associated with distress. Intolerance for the ambiguity was directly linked to distress with a positive sign. Findings suggest that risk aversion represents both a risk factor and a protective factor, based on what kind of variable mediates the relationship with distress, and that the intolerance to the ambiguity is a risk factor that busters distress.
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- S. Petrocchi
- Applied Research Division for Cognitive and Psychological Science, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Via Ripamonti, 435, 20132 Milan, MI Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy
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- Applied Research Division for Cognitive and Psychological Science, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Via Ripamonti, 435, 20132 Milan, MI Italy
- Department of Oncology and Hemato–Oncology (DIPO), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy
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- Applied Research Division for Cognitive and Psychological Science, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Via Ripamonti, 435, 20132 Milan, MI Italy
- Department of Oncology and Hemato–Oncology (DIPO), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Jambor H, Antonietti A, Alicea B, Audisio TL, Auer S, Bhardwaj V, Burgess SJ, Ferling I, Gazda MA, Hoeppner LH, Ilangovan V, Lo H, Olson M, Mohamed SY, Sarabipour S, Varma A, Walavalkar K, Wissink EM, Weissgerber TL. Creating clear and informative image-based figures for scientific publications. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001161. [PMID: 33788834 PMCID: PMC8041175 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Scientists routinely use images to display data. Readers often examine figures first; therefore, it is important that figures are accessible to a broad audience. Many resources discuss fraudulent image manipulation and technical specifications for image acquisition; however, data on the legibility and interpretability of images are scarce. We systematically examined these factors in non-blot images published in the top 15 journals in 3 fields; plant sciences, cell biology, and physiology (n = 580 papers). Common problems included missing scale bars, misplaced or poorly marked insets, images or labels that were not accessible to colorblind readers, and insufficient explanations of colors, labels, annotations, or the species and tissue or object depicted in the image. Papers that met all good practice criteria examined for all image-based figures were uncommon (physiology 16%, cell biology 12%, plant sciences 2%). We present detailed descriptions and visual examples to help scientists avoid common pitfalls when publishing images. Our recommendations address image magnification, scale information, insets, annotation, and color and may encourage discussion about quality standards for bioimage publishing.
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- Helena Jambor
- Mildred Scheel Early Career Center, Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Orthogonal Research and Education Laboratory, Champaign, IL, United States of America
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- Evolutionary Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Plank Institute of Immunology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
- Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America
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- Junior Research Group Evolution of Microbial Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology—Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN, United States of America
- The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt—Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagazig, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Institute for Computational Medicine and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, QUEST Center, Berlin, Germany
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Longatelli V, Antonietti A, Biffi E, Diella E, D'Angelo MG, Rossini M, Molteni F, Bocciolone M, Pedrocchi A, Gandolla M. User-centred assistive SystEm for arm Functions in neUromuscuLar subjects (USEFUL): a randomized controlled study. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2021; 18:4. [PMID: 33407580 PMCID: PMC7789525 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-00794-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Upper limb assistive devices can compensate for muscular weakness and empower the user in the execution of daily activities. Multiple devices have been recently proposed but there is still a lack in the scientific comparison of their efficacy. Methods We conducted a cross-over multi-centric randomized controlled trial to assess the functional improvement at the upper limb level of two arms supports on 36 patients with muscular dystrophy. Participants tested a passive device (i.e., Wrex by Jaeco) and a semi-active solution for gravity compensation (i.e., Armon Ayura). We evaluated devices’ effectiveness with an externally-assessed scale (i.e., Performance of the Upper Limb-PUL-module), a self-perceived scale (i.e., Abilhand questionnaire), and a usability scale (i.e., System Usability Scale). Friedman’s test was used to assess significant functional gain for PUL module and Abilhand questionnaire. Moreover, PUL changes were compared by means of the Friedman’s test. Results Most of the patients improved upper limb function with the use of arm supports (median PUL scores increase of 1–3 points). However, the effectiveness of each device was related to the level of residual ability of the end-user. Slightly impaired patients maintained the same independence without and with assistive devices, even if they reported reduced muscular fatigue for both devices. Moderately impaired patients enhanced their arm functionality with both devices, and they obtained higher improvements with the semi-active one (median PUL scores increase of 9 points). Finally, severely impaired subjects benefited only from the semi-active device (median PUL scores increase of 12 points). Inadequate strength was recognized as a barrier to passive devices. The usability, measured by the System Usability Scale, was evaluated by end-users “good” (70/100 points) for the passive, and “excellent” (80/100 points) for the semi-active device. Conclusions This study demonstrated that assistive devices can improve the quality of life of people suffering from muscular dystrophy. The use of passive devices, despite being low cost and easy to use, shows limitations in the efficacy of the assistance to daily tasks, limiting the assistance to a predefined horizontal plane. The addition of one active degree of freedom improves efficacy and usability especially for medium to severe patients. Further investigations are needed to increase the evidence on the effect of arm supports on quality of life and diseases’ progression in subjects with degenerative disorders. Trial registration clinicaltrials.gov, NCT03127241, Registered 25th April 2017. The clinical trial was also registered as a post-market study at the Italian Ministry of Health.
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- Valeria Longatelli
- NeuroEngineering And medical Robotics Laboratory, NearLab, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe Colombo 40, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- NeuroEngineering And medical Robotics Laboratory, NearLab, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe Colombo 40, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Via Don Luigi Monza 20, 23842, Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Via Don Luigi Monza 20, 23842, Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Via Don Luigi Monza 20, 23842, Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Valduce Hospital, Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Via Nazario Sauro 17, 23845, Costa Masnaga, Italy
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- Valduce Hospital, Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Via Nazario Sauro 17, 23845, Costa Masnaga, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe La Masa 1, 20156, Milan, Italy
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- NeuroEngineering And medical Robotics Laboratory, NearLab, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe Colombo 40, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- NeuroEngineering And medical Robotics Laboratory, NearLab, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe Colombo 40, 20133, Milan, Italy. .,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe La Masa 1, 20156, Milan, Italy.
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Easttom C, Bianchi L, Valeriani D, Nam CS, Hossaini A, Zapala D, Roman-Gonzalez A, Singh AK, Antonietti A, Sahonero-Alvarez G, Balachandran P. A Functional Model for Unifying Brain Computer Interface Terminology. IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol 2021; 2:91-96. [PMID: 35402984 PMCID: PMC8901026 DOI: 10.1109/ojemb.2021.3057471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology is a critical area both for researchers and clinical practitioners. The IEEE P2731 working group is developing a comprehensive BCI lexicography and a functional model of BCI. The glossary and the functional model are inextricably intertwined. The functional model guides the development of the glossary. Terminology is developed from the basis of a BCI functional model. This paper provides the current status of the P2731 working group's progress towards developing a BCI terminology standard and functional model for the IEEE.
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- North Carolina State University Raleigh NC 27695 USA
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- John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Lublin 20-950 Poland
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- Australian Artificial Intelligence InstituteUniversity of Technology Sydney NSW 2007 Australia
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- Georgetown University Washington DC 20057 USA
- Tor Vergata University Rome 00133 Italy
- Harvard University Boston MA 02114 USA
- North Carolina State University Raleigh NC 27695 USA
- King's College London London N6 6HD U.K
- John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Lublin 20-950 Poland
- Universidad Nacional Tecnologica de Lima Sur 15834 Villa el Salvador Peru
- Australian Artificial Intelligence InstituteUniversity of Technology Sydney NSW 2007 Australia
- Politecnico di Milano 20133 Milan Italy
- Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo 4805 La Paz Bolivia
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Gandolla M, Antonietti A, Longatelli V, Biffi E, Diella E, Delle Fave M, Rossini M, Molteni F, D’Angelo G, Bocciolone M, Pedrocchi A. Test-retest reliability of the Performance of Upper Limb (PUL) module for muscular dystrophy patients. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0239064. [PMID: 32986757 PMCID: PMC7521751 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Performance of the Upper Limb (PUL) module is an externally-assessed clinical scale, initially designed for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy population. It provides an upper extremity functional score suitable for both weaker ambulatory and non-ambulatory phases up to the severely impaired patients. It is capable of characterizing overall progression and severity of disease and of tracking the stereotypical proximal-to-distal progressive loss of upper limb function in muscular dystrophy. Since the PUL module has been validated only with Duchenne patients, its use also for Becker and Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophy patients has been here evaluated, to verify its reliability and extend its use. In particular, two different assessors performed this scale on 32 dystrophic subjects in two consecutive days. The results showed that the PUL module has high reliability, both absolute and relative, based on the calculation of Pearson's r (0.9942), Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (0.9943), Standard Error of Measurement (1.36), Minimum Detectable Change (3.77), and Coefficient of Variation (3%). The Minimum Detectable Change, in particular, can be used in clinical trials to perform a comprehensive longitudinal evaluation of the effects of interventions with the lapse of time. According to this analysis, an intervention is effective if the difference in the PUL score between subsequent evaluation points is equal or higher than 4 points; otherwise, the observed effect is not relevant. Inter-rater reliability with ten different assessors was evaluated, and it has been demonstrated that deviation from the mean is lower than calculated Minimum Detectable Change. The present work provides evidence that the PUL module is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring upper limb ability in people with different forms of muscular dystrophy. Therefore, the PUL module might be extended to other pathologies and reliably used in multicenter settings.
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- Marta Gandolla
- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Valduce Hospital, Costa Masnaga, Italy
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- Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Valduce Hospital, Costa Masnaga, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Mathur MB, Reichling DB, Lunardini F, Geminiani A, Antonietti A, Ruijten PA, Levitan CA, Nave G, Manfredi D, Bessette-Symons B, Szuts A, Aczel B. Uncanny but not confusing: Multisite study of perceptual category confusion in the Uncanny Valley. Computers in Human Behavior 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2019.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Gandolla M, Antonietti A, Longatelli V, Pedrocchi A. The Effectiveness of Wearable Upper Limb Assistive Devices in Degenerative Neuromuscular Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 7:450. [PMID: 32039171 PMCID: PMC6992540 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background: This systematic review summarizes the current evidence about the effectiveness of wearable assistive technologies for upper limbs support during activities of daily living for individuals with neuromuscular diseases. Methods: Fourteen studies have been included in the meta-analysis, involving 184 participants. All included studies compared patients ability to perform functional tasks with and without assistive devices. Results: An overall effect size of 1.06 (95% CI = 0.76-1.36, p < 0.00001) was obtained, demonstrating that upper limbs assistive devices significantly improve the performance in activities of daily living in people with neuromuscular diseases. A significant interaction between studies evaluating functional improvement with externally-assessed outcome measures or self-perceived outcome measures has been detected. In particular, the effect size of the sub-group considering self-perceived scales was 1.38 (95% CI = 1.08-1.68), while the effect size of the other group was 0.77 (95% CI = 0.41-1.11), meaning that patients' perceived functional gain is often higher than the functional gain detectable through clinical scales. Conclusion: Overall, the quality of the evidence ranged from low to moderate, due to low number of studies and participants, limitations in the selection of participants and in the blindness of outcome assessors, and risk of publication bias. Significance: A large magnitude effect and a clear dose-response gradient were found, therefore, a strong recommendation, in favor of the use of assistive devices could be suggested.
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- Marta Gandolla
- Nearlab@Lecco, Polo Territoriale di Lecco, Politecnico di Milano, Lecco, Italy
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- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Nearlab, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Antonietti A, Orza V, Casellato C, D'Angelo E, Pedrocchi A. Implementation of an Advanced Frequency-Based Hebbian Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2020; 2019:3005-3009. [PMID: 31946521 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2019.8856489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The brain is provided with an enormous computing capability and exploits neural plasticity to store and elaborate complex information. One of the multiple mechanisms that neural circuits express is the Spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP), a form of long-term synaptic plasticity exploiting the time relationship between pre- and post-synaptic action potentials (i.e., neuron spikes). It has been found that in certain cases, for instance at the input stage of the cerebellum, between mossy fibers and granular neurons, the plasticity is not only driven by the timing of the spikes, but also by the oscillation frequency of the inputs. This complex behaviour has been implemented in this work, where we developed a novel form of advanced synaptic plasticity model to be used in a well-established neural network simulator (NEST). The subsequent tests proved the proper functioning of the plasticity and its range of applicability, demonstrating the possibility to adopt it in noisy and variable conditions, similar to the biological settings.
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Petrocchi S, Iannello P, Lecciso F, Levante A, Antonietti A, Schulz PJ. Interpersonal trust in doctor-patient relation: Evidence from dyadic analysis and association with quality of dyadic communication. Soc Sci Med 2019; 235:112391. [PMID: 31301438 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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RATIONALE Although they form a dyadic relationship, doctor's and patient's levels of trust in the other have usually been investigated separately. As members of dyadic relationships, they influence each other's behaviors and are interdependent because they share a past history and eventually a common future. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper was to examine the composition of trust in doctor-patients relationship and estimate its association with quality of doctor's communication. One-With-Many analyses (OWM) were used to examine the composition of trust variance into "doctor and patient effects", "relationship effects", and "reciprocity effects," taking into account the interdependence of the data. METHOD Twelve General Practitioners (GPs; Mage = 54.16, SD = 12.28, 8 men) and 189 of their patients (Mage = 47.48, SD = 9.88, 62% women) took part in the study. GPs and their patients completed postconsultation questionnaires on trust and quality of communication. RESULTS The findings revealed that "doctor" and "patient" effects were significant. However, the most important part of the variance was attributable to the relationship and reciprocity effects, meaning that if a doctor reported high trust in a particular patient, then the patient reported a similarly high level of trust. Higher quality of communication was positively associated to those relationship effects of trust. CONCLUSIONS Our study stresses the importance to investigate trust in doctor-patients relationship as a dyadic and interdependent phenomenon applying appropriate methodological design and analysis. Convergence between doctor's and patients' perceptions of their relationship may enhance trust more than conventional intervention and may ultimately contribute to better health outcomes.
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- S Petrocchi
- Università della Svizzera Italiana, Institute of Communication & Health, Via Buffi 6, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland; Università del Salento, Lab of Applied Psychology and Intervention, Italy.
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Psychology, Largo Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano, Italy
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- Università del Salento, Department of History, Society and Human Studies, Lab of Applied Psychology and Intervention, Studium 2000 - Edificio 5, Via di Valesio, 73100 Lecce, Italy; Università del Salento, Lab of Applied Psychology and Intervention, Italy
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- Università del Salento, Department of History, Society and Human Studies, Lab of Applied Psychology and Intervention, Studium 2000 - Edificio 5, Via di Valesio, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Psychology, Largo Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano, Italy
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- Università della Svizzera Italiana, Institute of Communication & Health, Via Buffi 6, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
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Lunardini F, Antonietti A, Casellato C, Pedrocchi A. Synergy-Based Myocontrol of a Multiple Degree-of-Freedom Humanoid Robot for Functional Tasks. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2019; 2019:5108-5112. [PMID: 31947008 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2019.8857809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the context of sensor-based human-robot interaction, a particularly promising solution is represented by myoelectric control schemes based on synergy-derived signals. We developed and tested on healthy subjects a synergy-based control to achieve simultaneous, continuous actuation of three degrees of freedom of a humanoid robot, while performing functional reach-to-grasp movements. The control scheme exploits subject-specific muscle synergies extracted from eleven upper limb muscles through an easy semi-supervised calibration phase, and computes online activation coefficients to actuate the robot joints. The humanoid robot was able to well reproduce the subjects' motion, which consisted in free multi-degree-of-freedom reach-to-grasp movements at self-paced speeds. Furthermore, the synergy-based online control significantly outperformed a traditional muscle-pair approach (that uses a pair of antagonist muscles for each joint), in terms of decreased error, increased correlation, and peak correlation between the subjects' and the robot's joint angles. The delay introduced by the two algorithms was comparable. This work is a proof-of-concept for an intuitive and robust myocontrol interface, without the need for any training and practice. It has several potential applications, especially for functional assistive engaging devices in children with social and motor impairments.
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Antonietti A, Monaco J, D'Angelo E, Pedrocchi A, Casellato C. Dynamic Redistribution of Plasticity in a Cerebellar Spiking Neural Network Reproducing an Associative Learning Task Perturbed by TMS. Int J Neural Syst 2018; 28:1850020. [PMID: 29914314 DOI: 10.1142/s012906571850020x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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During natural learning, synaptic plasticity is thought to evolve dynamically and redistribute within and among subcircuits. This process should emerge in plastic neural networks evolving under behavioral feedback and should involve changes distributed across multiple synaptic sites. In eyeblink classical conditioning (EBCC), the cerebellum learns to predict the precise timing between two stimuli, hence EBCC represents an elementary yet meaningful paradigm to investigate the cerebellar network functioning. We have simulated EBCC mechanisms by reconstructing a realistic cerebellar microcircuit model and embedding multiple plasticity rules imitating those revealed experimentally. The model was tuned to fit experimental EBCC human data, estimating the underlying learning time-constants. Learning started rapidly with plastic changes in the cerebellar cortex followed by slower changes in the deep cerebellar nuclei. This process was characterized by differential development of long-term potentiation and depression at individual synapses, with a progressive accumulation of plasticity distributed over the whole network. The experimental data included two EBCC sessions interleaved by a trans-cranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). The experimental and the model response data were not significantly different in each learning phase, and the model goodness-of-fit was [Formula: see text] for all the experimental conditions. The models fitted on TMS data revealed a slowed down re-acquisition (sessions-2) compared to the control condition ([Formula: see text]). The plasticity parameters characterizing each model significantly differ among conditions, and thus mechanistically explain these response changes. Importantly, the model was able to capture the alteration in EBCC consolidation caused by TMS and showed that TMS affected plasticity at cortical synapses thereby altering the fast learning phase. This, secondarily, also affected plasticity in deep cerebellar nuclei altering learning dynamics in the entire sensory-motor loop. This observation reveals dynamic redistribution of changes over the entire network and suggests how TMS affects local circuit computation and memory processing in the cerebellum.
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- Alberto Antonietti
- 1 Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- 2 Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Forlanini 6, Pavia, Italy.,3 Brain Connectivity Center, Istituto Neurologico IRCCS Fondazione C. Mondino, Via Mondino 2, 1-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- 2 Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Forlanini 6, Pavia, Italy.,3 Brain Connectivity Center, Istituto Neurologico IRCCS Fondazione C. Mondino, Via Mondino 2, 1-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- 1 Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- 2 Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Forlanini 6, Pavia, Italy
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Geminiani A, Casellato C, Antonietti A, D’Angelo E, Pedrocchi A. A Multiple-Plasticity Spiking Neural Network Embedded in a Closed-Loop Control System to Model Cerebellar Pathologies. Int J Neural Syst 2018; 28:1750017. [DOI: 10.1142/s0129065717500174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The cerebellum plays a crucial role in sensorimotor control and cerebellar disorders compromise adaptation and learning of motor responses. However, the link between alterations at network level and cerebellar dysfunction is still unclear. In principle, this understanding would benefit of the development of an artificial system embedding the salient neuronal and plastic properties of the cerebellum and operating in closed-loop. To this aim, we have exploited a realistic spiking computational model of the cerebellum to analyze the network correlates of cerebellar impairment. The model was modified to reproduce three different damages of the cerebellar cortex: (i) a loss of the main output neurons (Purkinje Cells), (ii) a lesion to the main cerebellar afferents (Mossy Fibers), and (iii) a damage to a major mechanism of synaptic plasticity (Long Term Depression). The modified network models were challenged with an Eye-Blink Classical Conditioning test, a standard learning paradigm used to evaluate cerebellar impairment, in which the outcome was compared to reference results obtained in human or animal experiments. In all cases, the model reproduced the partial and delayed conditioning typical of the pathologies, indicating that an intact cerebellar cortex functionality is required to accelerate learning by transferring acquired information to the cerebellar nuclei. Interestingly, depending on the type of lesion, the redistribution of synaptic plasticity and response timing varied greatly generating specific adaptation patterns. Thus, not only the present work extends the generalization capabilities of the cerebellar spiking model to pathological cases, but also predicts how changes at the neuronal level are distributed across the network, making it usable to infer cerebellar circuit alterations occurring in cerebellar pathologies.
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- Alice Geminiani
- NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Forlanini 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
- Brain Connectivity Center, Istituto Neurologico, IRCCS Fondazione C. Mondino Via, Mondino 2, I-27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Neuroengineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Fabio R, Martino G, Capri T, Giacchero R, Giannatiem S, Antonietti A, La Briola F, Banderali G, Canevini M, Vignoli A. Long Chain Poly-unsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation in Rett Syndrome: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.3923/ajcn.2018.37.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Antonietti A, Casellato C, D'Angelo E, Pedrocchi A. Model-Driven Analysis of Eyeblink Classical Conditioning Reveals the Underlying Structure of Cerebellar Plasticity and Neuronal Activity. IEEE Trans Neural Netw Learn Syst 2017; 28:2748-2762. [PMID: 27608482 DOI: 10.1109/tnnls.2016.2598190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The cerebellum plays a critical role in sensorimotor control. However, how the specific circuits and plastic mechanisms of the cerebellum are engaged in closed-loop processing is still unclear. We developed an artificial sensorimotor control system embedding a detailed spiking cerebellar microcircuit with three bidirectional plasticity sites. This proved able to reproduce a cerebellar-driven associative paradigm, the eyeblink classical conditioning (EBCC), in which a precise time relationship between an unconditioned stimulus (US) and a conditioned stimulus (CS) is established. We challenged the spiking model to fit an experimental data set from human subjects. Two subsequent sessions of EBCC acquisition and extinction were recorded and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was applied on the cerebellum to alter circuit function and plasticity. Evolutionary algorithms were used to find the near-optimal model parameters to reproduce the behaviors of subjects in the different sessions of the protocol. The main finding is that the optimized cerebellar model was able to learn to anticipate (predict) conditioned responses with accurate timing and success rate, demonstrating fast acquisition, memory stabilization, rapid extinction, and faster reacquisition as in EBCC in humans. The firing of Purkinje cells (PCs) and deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) changed during learning under the control of synaptic plasticity, which evolved at different rates, with a faster acquisition in the cerebellar cortex than in DCN synapses. Eventually, a reduced PC activity released DCN discharge just after the CS, precisely anticipating the US and causing the eyeblink. Moreover, a specific alteration in cortical plasticity explained the EBCC changes induced by cerebellar TMS in humans. In this paper, for the first time, it is shown how closed-loop simulations, using detailed cerebellar microcircuit models, can be successfully used to fit real experimental data sets. Thus, the changes of the model parameters in the different sessions of the protocol unveil how implicit microcircuit mechanisms can generate normal and altered associative behaviors.The cerebellum plays a critical role in sensorimotor control. However, how the specific circuits and plastic mechanisms of the cerebellum are engaged in closed-loop processing is still unclear. We developed an artificial sensorimotor control system embedding a detailed spiking cerebellar microcircuit with three bidirectional plasticity sites. This proved able to reproduce a cerebellar-driven associative paradigm, the eyeblink classical conditioning (EBCC), in which a precise time relationship between an unconditioned stimulus (US) and a conditioned stimulus (CS) is established. We challenged the spiking model to fit an experimental data set from human subjects. Two subsequent sessions of EBCC acquisition and extinction were recorded and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was applied on the cerebellum to alter circuit function and plasticity. Evolutionary algorithms were used to find the near-optimal model parameters to reproduce the behaviors of subjects in the different sessions of the protocol. The main finding is that the optimized cerebellar model was able to learn to anticipate (predict) conditioned responses with accurate timing and success rate, demonstrating fast acquisition, memory stabilization, rapid extinction, and faster reacquisition as in EBCC in humans. The firing of Purkinje cells (PCs) and deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) changed during learning under the control of synaptic plasticity, which evolved at different rates, with a faster acquisition in the cerebellar cortex than in DCN synapses. Eventually, a reduced PC activity released DCN discharge just after the CS, precisely anticipating the US and causing the eyeblink. Moreover, a specific alteration in cortical plasticity explained the EBCC changes induced by cerebellar TMS in humans. In this paper, for the first time, it is shown how closed-loop simulations, using detailed cerebellar microcircuit models, can be successfully used to fit real experimental data sets. Thus, the changes of the model parameters in the different sessions of the protocol unveil how implicit microcircuit mechanisms can generate normal and altered associative behaviors.
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- Alberto Antonietti
- Department of Electronics, Neuroengineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Neuroengineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Brain Connectivity Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico and the Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Neuroengineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Newton AJH, Seidenstein AH, McDougal RA, Pérez-Cervera A, Huguet G, M-Seara T, Haimerl C, Angulo-Garcia D, Torcini A, Cossart R, Malvache A, Skiker K, Maouene M, Ragognetti G, Lorusso L, Viggiano A, Marcelli A, Senatore R, Parziale A, Stramaglia S, Pellicoro M, Angelini L, Amico E, Aerts H, Cortés J, Laureys S, Marinazzo D, Stramaglia S, Bassez I, Faes L, Almgren H, Razi A, Van de Steen F, Krebs R, Aerts H, Kanari L, Dlotko P, Scolamiero M, Levi R, Shillcock J, de Kock CP, Hess K, Markram H, Ly C, Marsat G, Gillespie T, Sandström M, Abrams M, Grethe JS, Martone M, De Gernier R, Solinas S, Rössert C, Haelterman M, Massar S, Pasquale V, Pastore VP, Martinoia S, Massobrio P, Capone C, Tort-Colet N, Sanchez-Vives MV, Mattia M, Almasi A, Cloherty SL, Grayden DB, Wong YT, Ibbotson MR, Meffin H, Prince LY, Tsaneva-Atanasova K, Mellor JR, Mazzoni A, Rosa M, Carpaneto J, Romito LM, Priori A, Micera S, Migliore R, Lupascu CA, Franchina F, Bologna LL, Romani A, Saray S, Van Geit W, Káli S, Thomson A, Mercer A, Lange S, Falck J, Muller E, Schürmann F, Todorov D, Capps R, Barnett W, Molkov Y, Devalle F, Pazó D, Montbrió E, Mochol G, Azab H, Hayden BY, Moreno-Bote R, Balasubramani PP, Chakravarthy SV, Muddapu VR, Gheorghiu MD, Mimica B, Withlock J, Mureșan RC, Zick JL, Schultz K, Blackman RK, Chafee MV, Netoff TI, Roberts N, Nagaraj V, Lamperski A, Netoff TI, Grado LL, Johnson MD, Darrow DP, Lonardoni D, Amin H, Di Marco S, Maccione A, Berdondini L, Nieus T, Stimberg M, Goodman DFM, Nowotny T, Koren V, Dragoi V, Obermayer K, Castro S, Fernandez M, El-Deredy W, Xu K, Maidana JP, Orio P, Chen W, Hepburn I, Casalegno F, Devresse A, Ovcharenko A, Pereira F, Delalondre F, De Schutter E, Bratby P, Gallimore AR, Klingbeil G, Zamora C, Zang Y, Crotty P, Palmerduca E, Antonietti A, Casellato C, Erö C, D’Angelo E, Gewaltig MO, Pedrocchi A, Bytschok I, Dold D, Schemmel J, Meier K, Petrovici MA, Shen HA, Surace SC, Pfister JP, Lefebvre B, Marre O, Yger P, Papoutsi A, Park J, Ash R, Smirnakis S, Poirazi P, Felix RA, Dimitrov AG, Portfors C, Daun S, Toth TI, Jędrzejewska-Szmek J, Kabbani N, Blackwel KT, Moezzi B, Schaworonkow N, Plogmacher L, Goldsworthy MR, Hordacre B, McDonnell MD, Iannella N, Ridding MC, Triesch J, Maex R, Safaryan K, Steuber V, Tang R, Tang YY, Verveyko DV, Brazhe AR, Verisokin AY, Postnov DE, Günay C, Panuccio G, Giugliano M, Prinz AA, Varona P, Rabinovich MI, Denham J, Ranner T, Cohen N, Reva M, Rebola N, Kirizs T, Nusser Z, DiGregorio D, Mavritsaki E, Rentzelas P, Ukani NH, Tomkins A, Yeh CH, Bruning W, Fenichel AL, Zhou Y, Huang YC, Florescu D, Ortiz CL, Richmond P, Lo CC, Coca D, Chiang AS, Lazar AA, Moezzi B, Creaser JL, Lin C, Ashwin P, Brown JT, Ridler T, Levenstein D, Watson BO, Buzsáki G, Rinzel J, Curtu R, Nguyen A, Assadzadeh S, Robinson PA, Sanz-Leon P, Forlim CG, de Almeida LOB, Pinto RD, Rodríguez FB, Lareo Á, Forlim CG, Rodríguez FB, Montero A, Mosqueiro T, Huerta R, Rodriguez FB, Changoluisa V, Rodriguez FB, Cordeiro VL, Ceballos CC, Kamiji NL, Roque AC, Lytton WW, Knox A, Rosenthal JJC, Daun S, Popovych S, Liu L, Wang BA, Tóth TI, Grefkes C, Fink GR, Rosjat N, Perez-Trujillo A, Espinal A, Sotelo-Figueroa MA, Cruz-Aceves I, Rostro-Gonzalez H, Zapotocky M, Hoskovcová M, Kopecká J, Ulmanová O, Růžička E, Gärtner M, Duvarci S, Roeper J, Schneider G, Albert S, Schmack K, Remme M, Schreiber S, Migliore M, Lupascu CA, Bologna LL, Antonel SM, Courcol JD, Schürmann F, Çelikok SU, Navarro-López EM, Şengör NS, Elibol R, Sengor NS, Özdemir MY, Li T, Arleo A, Sheynikhovich D, Nakamura A, Shimono M, Song Y, Park S, Choi I, Jeong J, Shin HS, Sadeh S, Gleeson P, Angus Silver R, Chatzikalymniou AP, Skinner FK, Sanchez-Rodriguez LM, Sotero RC, Hertäg L, Mackwood O, Sprekeler H, Puhlmann S, Weber SN, Higgins D, Naumann LB, Weber SN, Iyer R, Mihalas S, Ticcinelli V, Stankovski T, McClintock PVE, Stefanovska A, Janjić P, Solev D, Seifert G, Kocarev L, Steinhäuser C, Salmasi M, Glasauer S, Stemmler M, Zhang D, Zhang C, Stepanyants A, Goncharenko J, Kros L, Davey N, de Zeeuw C, Hoebeek F, Sinha A, Adams R, Schmuker M, Psarrou M, Schilstra M, Torben-Nielsen B, Metzner C, Schweikard A, Mäki-Marttunen T, Zurowski B, Marinazzo D, Faes L, Stramaglia S, Jordan HOC, Stringer SM, Gajewska-Dendek E, Suffczyński P, Tam N, Zouridakis G, Pollonini L, Tang YY, Asl MM, Valizadeh A, Tass PA, Nold A, Fan W, Konrad S, Endle H, Vogt J, Tchumatchenko T, Herpich J, Tetzlaff C, Luboeinski J, Nachstedt T, Ciba M, Bahmer A, Thielemann C, Kuebler ES, Tauskela JS, Thivierge JP, Bakker R, García-Amado M, Evangelio M, Clascá F, Tiesinga P, Buckley CL, Toyoizumi T, Dubreuil AM, Monasson R, Treves A, Spalla D, Rosay S, Kleberg FI, Wong W, de Oliveira Floriano B, Matsuo T, Uchida T, Dibenedetto D, Uludağ K, Goodarzinick A, Schmidt M, Hilgetag CC, Diesmann M, van Albada SJ, Fauth M, van Rossum M, Reyes-Sánchez M, Amaducci R, Muñiz C, Varona P, Elices I, Arroyo D, Levi R, Cohen B, Chow C, Vattikuti S, Bertolotti E, Burioni R, di Volo M, Vezzani A, Menzat B, Vogels TP, Wagatsuma N, Saha S, Kapoor R, Kerr R, Wagner J, del Molino LCG, Yang GR, Mejias JF, Wang XJ, Song H, Goodliffe J, Luebke J, Weaver CM, Thomas J, Sinha N, Shaju N, Maszczyk T, Jin J, Cash SS, Dauwels J, Brandon Westover M, Karimian M, Moerel M, De Weerd P, Burwick T, Westra RL, Abeysuriya R, Hadida J, Sotiropoulos S, Jbabdi S, Woolrich M, Bensmail C, Wrobel B, Zhou X, Ji Z, Liu X, Xia Y, Wu S, Wang X, Zhang M, Wu S, Ofer N, Shefi O, Yaari G, Carnevale T, Majumdar A, Sivagnanam S, Yoshimoto K, Smirnova EY, Amakhin DV, Malkin SL, Zaitsev AV, Chizhov AV, Zaleshina M, Zaleshin A, Barranca VJ, Zhu G, Skilling QM, Maruyama D, Ognjanovski N, Aton SJ, Zochowski M, Wu J, Aton S, Rich S, Booth V, Budak M, Dura-Bernal S, Neymotin SA, Suter BA, Shepherd GMG, Felton MA, Yu AB, Boothe DL, Oie KS, Franaszczuk PJ, Shuvaev SA, Başerdem B, Zador A, Koulakov AA, López-Madrona VJ, Pereda E, Mirasso CR, Canals S, Masoli S, Rongala UB, Mazzoni A, Spanne A, Jorntell H, Oddo CM, Vartanov AV, Neklyudova AK, Kozlovskiy SA, Kiselnikov AA, Marakshina JA, Teleńczuk M, Teleńczuk B, Destexhe A, Kuokkanen PT, Kraemer A, McColgan T, Carr CE, Kempter R. 26th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2017): Part 3. BMC Neurosci 2017. [PMCID: PMC5592441 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-017-0372-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Rebagliati GAA, Sciumè L, Iannello P, Mottini A, Antonietti A, Caserta VA, Gattoronchieri V, Panella L, Callegari C. Frailty and resilience in an older population. The role of resilience during rehabilitation after orthopedic surgery in geriatric patients with multiple comorbidities. Funct Neurol 2017; 31:171-7. [PMID: 27678211 DOI: 10.11138/fneur/2016.31.3.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Hip fracture is common in the elderly and it is usually associated with comorbidities and physiological changes which may have an impact on functioning and quality of life. The concept of resilience may explain why this impact varies among patients. The aim of this open, prospective cohort study was to explore the relationships between resilience, frailty and quality of life in orthopedic rehabilitation patients, and also to assess whether these factors might affect rehabilitation outcome. Eighty-one patients, older than 60 years, underwent a multidisciplinary assessment at the beginning and at the end of the rehabilitation period following orthopedic surgery to the lower limb. The assessments were performed using the Resilience Scale, the Multidimensional Prognostic Index (as a measure of frailty), the WHO Quality of Life-BRIEF, the Geriatric Depression Scale, and the Functional Independence Frailty and resilience in an older population. The role of resilience during rehabilitation after orthopedic surgery in geriatric patients with multiple comorbidities Measure (as a measure of the rehabilitation outcome). A negative correlation between disability and resilience emerged and this association interacted with frailty level. We also found that resilience and quality of life are positive predictors of functional status at discharge.
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Rehman A, Antonietti A, Burnside G, Torella F. Categorisation of tibial artery disease on computer tomography angiography according to the TASC II classification. Vascular 2017; 25:402-405. [PMID: 28121278 DOI: 10.1177/1708538116689176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Purpose Computer tomography angiography is used to assess peripheral arterial disease. Its preference over other imaging modalities is based upon its rapid acquisition and high spatial resolution, along with ease of access. TASC II have recently updated their vascular lesion classification to include infrapopliteal lesions, and our aim is to assess the reproducibility of TASC II on infrapopliteal disease when using computer tomography angiography. Methods A retrospective analysis of a series of consecutive computer tomography angiographies was performed by seven assessors (three consultant radiologists, two consultant vascular surgeons and two vascular specialty trainees). Each assessor was asked to classify the target vessel based on the TASC II classification. Statistical analysis was performed using Cohen's weighted kappa. Results Seven assessors analysed 48 target vessels in 25 patients (20 men), with a mean age of 72.9 years. Twenty posterior tibial, 27 anterior tibial and one peroneal artery were analysed. Poor agreement was demonstrated between the two vascular consultants, with a kappa of 0.094. Weak agreement was demonstrated among the radiologists, with a kappa of 0.547. The total group of assessors had a kappa of 0.176. Conclusion This study showed poor agreement between assessors when applying the TASC II classification to infrapopliteal lesions on computer tomography angiography. TASC II should not be used to classify lesions, for clinical or research purposes, with this image modality.
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- Adeeb Rehman
- 1 Liverpool Vascular and Endovascular Service, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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- 3 Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- 1 Liverpool Vascular and Endovascular Service, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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Antonietti A, Casellato C, Monaco J, D‘Angelo E, Pedrocchi A. Coupling Realistic Computational Neural Model and Human Experimental Data: the Cerebellar Role in Eye Blink Conditioning and its Alteration due to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Front Cell Neurosci 2017. [DOI: 10.3389/conf.fncel.2017.37.00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A questionnaire was administered to 250 undergraduates to study their conceptions about the efficacy of mental images in thinking. Analysis showed that subjects rated differently the usefulness of visual imagery according to the kind of content rather than the mental process involved.
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- A Antonietti
- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Italia
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D'Angelo E, Antonietti A, Casali S, Casellato C, Garrido JA, Luque NR, Mapelli L, Masoli S, Pedrocchi A, Prestori F, Rizza MF, Ros E. Modeling the Cerebellar Microcircuit: New Strategies for a Long-Standing Issue. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:176. [PMID: 27458345 PMCID: PMC4937064 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The cerebellar microcircuit has been the work bench for theoretical and computational modeling since the beginning of neuroscientific research. The regular neural architecture of the cerebellum inspired different solutions to the long-standing issue of how its circuitry could control motor learning and coordination. Originally, the cerebellar network was modeled using a statistical-topological approach that was later extended by considering the geometrical organization of local microcircuits. However, with the advancement in anatomical and physiological investigations, new discoveries have revealed an unexpected richness of connections, neuronal dynamics and plasticity, calling for a change in modeling strategies, so as to include the multitude of elementary aspects of the network into an integrated and easily updatable computational framework. Recently, biophysically accurate “realistic” models using a bottom-up strategy accounted for both detailed connectivity and neuronal non-linear membrane dynamics. In this perspective review, we will consider the state of the art and discuss how these initial efforts could be further improved. Moreover, we will consider how embodied neurorobotic models including spiking cerebellar networks could help explaining the role and interplay of distributed forms of plasticity. We envisage that realistic modeling, combined with closed-loop simulations, will help to capture the essence of cerebellar computations and could eventually be applied to neurological diseases and neurorobotic control systems.
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- Egidio D'Angelo
- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of PaviaPavia, Italy; Brain Connectivity Center, C. Mondino National Neurological InstitutePavia, Italy
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- NearLab - NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- NearLab - NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy
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- Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, University of Granada Granada, Spain
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- Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, University of Granada Granada, Spain
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- NearLab - NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of PaviaPavia, Italy; Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione, Università degli Studi di Milano-BicoccaMilan, Italy
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- Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, University of Granada Granada, Spain
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Grosso M, Balderi A, Antonietti A, Pedrazzini F, Bongiovanni S, Buscarini E, Sortino D. Endovascular treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: our experience using using Amplatzer plug IV. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Grosso M, Antonietti A, Balderi A, Pedrazzini F, Sortino D, Bongiovanni S. Prostatic artery embolization in benign prostatic hyperplasia: monocentric experience in 30 patients. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Antonietti A, Casellato C, Geminiani A, D'Angelo E, Pedrocchi A. Healthy and pathological cerebellar Spiking Neural Networks in Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2016; 2015:2514-7. [PMID: 26736803 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2015.7318903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Since the Marr-Albus model, computational neuroscientists have been developing a variety of models of the cerebellum, with different approaches and features. In this work, we developed and tested realistic artificial Spiking Neural Networks inspired to this brain region. We tested in computational simulations of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex protocol three different models: a network equipped with a single plasticity site, at the cortical level; a network equipped with a distributed plasticity, at both cortical and nuclear levels; a network with a pathological plasticity mechanism at the cortical level. We analyzed the learning performance of the three different models, highlighting the behavioral differences among them. We proved that the model with a distributed plasticity produces a faster and more accurate cerebellar response, especially during a second session of acquisition, compared with the single plasticity model. Furthermore, the pathological model shows an impaired learning capability in Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex acquisition, as found in neurophysiological studies. The effect of the different plasticity conditions, which change fast and slow dynamics, memory consolidation and, in general, learning capabilities of the cerebellar network, explains differences in the behavioral outcome.
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Antonietti A, Casellato C, Garrido JA, Luque NR, Naveros F, Ros E, DAngelo E, Pedrocchi A. Spiking Neural Network With Distributed Plasticity Reproduces Cerebellar Learning in Eye Blink Conditioning Paradigms. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2016; 63:210-9. [DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2015.2485301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Casellato C, Antonietti A, Garrido JA, Ferrigno G, D'Angelo E, Pedrocchi A. Distributed cerebellar plasticity implements generalized multiple-scale memory components in real-robot sensorimotor tasks. Front Comput Neurosci 2015; 9:24. [PMID: 25762922 PMCID: PMC4340181 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2015.00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The cerebellum plays a crucial role in motor learning and it acts as a predictive controller. Modeling it and embedding it into sensorimotor tasks allows us to create functional links between plasticity mechanisms, neural circuits and behavioral learning. Moreover, if applied to real-time control of a neurorobot, the cerebellar model has to deal with a real noisy and changing environment, thus showing its robustness and effectiveness in learning. A biologically inspired cerebellar model with distributed plasticity, both at cortical and nuclear sites, has been used. Two cerebellum-mediated paradigms have been designed: an associative Pavlovian task and a vestibulo-ocular reflex, with multiple sessions of acquisition and extinction and with different stimuli and perturbation patterns. The cerebellar controller succeeded to generate conditioned responses and finely tuned eye movement compensation, thus reproducing human-like behaviors. Through a productive plasticity transfer from cortical to nuclear sites, the distributed cerebellar controller showed in both tasks the capability to optimize learning on multiple time-scales, to store motor memory and to effectively adapt to dynamic ranges of stimuli.
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- Claudia Casellato
- NeuroEngineering And Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy
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- NeuroEngineering And Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy ; Brain Connectivity Center, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino Pavia, Italy
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- Brain Connectivity Center, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino Pavia, Italy ; Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, University of Granada Granada, Spain
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- NeuroEngineering And Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy
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- Brain Connectivity Center, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino Pavia, Italy ; Department Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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- NeuroEngineering And Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy
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Casellato C, Antonietti A, Garrido JA, Carrillo RR, Luque NR, Ros E, Pedrocchi A, D'Angelo E. Adaptive robotic control driven by a versatile spiking cerebellar network. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112265. [PMID: 25390365 PMCID: PMC4229206 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The cerebellum is involved in a large number of different neural processes, especially in associative learning and in fine motor control. To develop a comprehensive theory of sensorimotor learning and control, it is crucial to determine the neural basis of coding and plasticity embedded into the cerebellar neural circuit and how they are translated into behavioral outcomes in learning paradigms. Learning has to be inferred from the interaction of an embodied system with its real environment, and the same cerebellar principles derived from cell physiology have to be able to drive a variety of tasks of different nature, calling for complex timing and movement patterns. We have coupled a realistic cerebellar spiking neural network (SNN) with a real robot and challenged it in multiple diverse sensorimotor tasks. Encoding and decoding strategies based on neuronal firing rates were applied. Adaptive motor control protocols with acquisition and extinction phases have been designed and tested, including an associative Pavlovian task (Eye blinking classical conditioning), a vestibulo-ocular task and a perturbed arm reaching task operating in closed-loop. The SNN processed in real-time mossy fiber inputs as arbitrary contextual signals, irrespective of whether they conveyed a tone, a vestibular stimulus or the position of a limb. A bidirectional long-term plasticity rule implemented at parallel fibers-Purkinje cell synapses modulated the output activity in the deep cerebellar nuclei. In all tasks, the neurorobot learned to adjust timing and gain of the motor responses by tuning its output discharge. It succeeded in reproducing how human biological systems acquire, extinguish and express knowledge of a noisy and changing world. By varying stimuli and perturbations patterns, real-time control robustness and generalizability were validated. The implicit spiking dynamics of the cerebellar model fulfill timing, prediction and learning functions.
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- Claudia Casellato
- NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; Brain Connectivity Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino, Pavia, Italy
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- Brain Connectivity Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino, Pavia, Italy; Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingegnerías Informática y de Telecomunicación, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingegnerías Informática y de Telecomunicación, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Computer Architecture and Technology, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingegnerías Informática y de Telecomunicación, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- NeuroEngineering and Medical Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Brain Connectivity Center, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino, Pavia, Italy; Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Grosso M, Balderi A, Arnò M, Sortino D, Antonietti A, Pedrazzini F, Giovinazzo G, Vinay C, Maugeri O, Ambruosi C, Arena G. Prostatic artery embolization in benign prostatic hyperplasia: preliminary results in 13 patients. Radiol Med 2014; 120:361-8. [PMID: 25245496 DOI: 10.1007/s11547-014-0447-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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AIM The aim of the paper is to report the clinical outcome after prostatic artery embolisation (PAE) in 13 consecutive patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). MATERIALS AND METHODS From May 2012 to October 2013, we performed PAE in 13 consecutive patients (mean age 75.9 years) with BPH and LUTS and refractory to medical therapy; seven patients had an indwelling bladder catheter. Clinical follow-up (mean follow-up time 244 days) was performed using the international prostate symptoms score (IPSS), quality of life (QoL), the international index of erectile function (IIEF), blood prostatic specific antigen (PSA) testing and transrectal prostatic ultrasound (US) scan with volume and weight calculation at 3, 6 and 12 months. Pre-procedural CT angiography (CTA) was done for vascular mapping. Embolisation was performed using Embosphere (300-500 micron). Technical success was defined when selective prostatic arterial embolisation was completed in at least one pelvic side. Clinical success was defined when symptoms and quality of life were improved. RESULTS PAE was technically successful in 12/13 patients (92%). In one patient, PAE was not performed because of tortuosity and atherosclerosis of iliac arteries. PAE was completed bilaterally in 9/13 (75%) patients and unilaterally in three (27%). All patients removed the bladder catheter from 4 days to 4 weeks after PAE. We obtained a reduction in IPSS (mean, 17.1 points), an increase in IIEF (mean, 2.6 points), an improvement in Qol (mean, 2.6 points) and a volume reduction (mean, 28%) at 12 months. CONCLUSIONS Consistent with the literature, our experience showed the feasibility, safety and efficacy of PAE in the management of patients with LUTS related to BPH. PAE may play an important role in patients in whom medical therapy has failed, who are not candidates for surgery or transurethral prostatic resection (TURP) or refuse any surgical treatment. Larger case series and comparative studies with standard TURP can confirm the validity of the technique.
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- Maurizio Grosso
- Radiology Department, Santa Croce e Carle Hospital, Via Coppino 26, 12100, Cuneo, Italy,
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Colombo B, Di Nuzzo C, Missaglia S, Mordente A, Antonietti A, Casolo F, Tavian D. Exploring the positive involvement of primary motor cortex in observing motor sequences with music: a pilot study with tDCS. Sport Sci Health 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11332-013-0149-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Grosso M, Giovinazzo G, Sortino D, Vinay C, Tavella C, Antonietti A, Pedrazzini F, Balderi A. TACE with doxorubicin eluting beads (hepasphere™): results and comparison with historical personal series of standard TACE. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Donati A, Iannello P, Perucca V, Antonietti A. Decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awareness. Emerg Care J 2012. [DOI: 10.4081/ecj.2012.3.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Balderi A, Antonietti A, Ferro L, Peano E, Pedrazzini F, Fonio P, Grosso M. Endovascular treatment of visceral artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms: our experience. Radiol Med 2012; 117:815-30. [PMID: 22228131 DOI: 10.1007/s11547-011-0776-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Accepted: 04/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to analyse our 8 years of experience with endovascular treatment of visceral aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2002 to September 2009, we used an endovascular approach to treat 30 patients (22 men, eight women) affected by aneurysm (n=18) or pseudoaneurysm (n=13) of the splenic (n=11), hepatic (n=6), renal (n=5), pancreaticoduodenal (n=3), left gastric (n=2), gastroduodenal (n=1), rectal (n=1) or middle colic (n=1) arteries and the coeliac axis (n=1). Of these, 26/31 were treated with metal coils, 3/31 with Cardiatis multilayer stent, 1/31 with a coated stent and 1/31 with coils and Amplatzer plug. Procedures were performed electively in 10/30 cases and during haemorrhage in 20/30 cases. Follow-up was performed clinically (cessation of bleeding) and at 1, 6 and 12 months by colour-Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) and computed tomography (CT) angiography. RESULTS In 31/31 aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms we obtained immediate exclusion. In four patients with aneurysm and in four with pseudoaneurysm, parenchymal ischaemia occurred; one was treated with surgical splenectomy. One patient with pseudoaneurysm of the coeliac axis died 10 days later because of new bleeding. During follow-up, all aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms remained excluded. CONCLUSIONS Percutaneous treatment is effective and safe, with a small number of complications, especially when compared with traditional surgery.
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- S.C. Radiodiagnostica, S.S. Radiologia Interventistica, A.S.O. S. Croce e Carle, Via Michele Coppino 26, 12100, Cuneo, Italy.
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Balderi A, Antonietti A, Pedrazzini F, Ferro L, Leotta L, Peano E, Grosso M. Treatment of a hepatic artery aneurysm by endovascular exclusion using the multilayer cardiatis stent. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2011; 33:1282-6. [PMID: 20552194 DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-9913-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Antonietti A. [Not Available]. Veltro 2001; 28:121-8. [PMID: 11636189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Several studies showed that people presented with source information fail to apply it to an analogous target problem unless they are instructed to use the source. Seven experiments were carried out to assess whether such a lack of spontaneous transfer occurs because individuals do not activate the source during the target task or because they do not realize the source-target relationship. Experiment 1 compared a condition in which the source was activated with no cue about the source-target connection to conditions in which subjects were informed about this connection. Results suggested that the lack of spontaneous transfer does not depend on failure in activating source information. Experiments 2, 3, and 4 were devised to falsify this finding by activating the source closer and closer to the target and by focusing participants' attention toward the relevant aspects of the source. Experiments 5, 6, and 7 were aimed at stressing source-target correspondences by introducing surface similarities. All experiments showed that the mere activation of the source does not facilitate analogical transfer. Results suggested that two processes should be distinguished in the access phase of analogical problem-solving: Source retrieval and identification of the source-target connection.
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- Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo Gemelli 1, 20123 Milano, Italy
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An experiment assessed whether a figural or an interpretative strategy can enhance creative visual synthesis. 45 undergraduates were presented a set of simple figures and asked to imagine combining them to obtain a whole pattern corresponding to a creative product. In the figurative condition participants were instructed to combine figures in unusual ways; in the interpretative condition they were induced to look for unusual meanings embedded in the combinations; in the control condition no strategy was suggested. Results showed that certain strategies induced a more flexible visual synthesis.
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- Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Milan, Italia.
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BACKGROUND The effective application of a problem-solving method requires the knowledge of what task is relevant, what the abilities involved are and how much effort is needed. However, as yet too little is known about these metacognitive representations. AIM This study was aimed at describing beliefs about problem-solving methods and at assessing whether they vary according to the kind of method and of problem and are modified by psychological courses attended. SAMPLE Forty-six Italian undergraduates in psychology and 37 in non-psychological disciplines. METHODS Participants had to rate how frequently each of five problem-solving methods (free production, analogy, step-by-step analysis, visualisation and combining) is employed and how effective and easy each one is to apply. Ratings were requested for interpersonal, practical and study problems. Participants were also asked to identify which abilities they thought would be involved in each method. RESULTS According to students' ratings, the most frequently used problem-solving method was analogy, which was also considered the easiest method to apply, whereas step-by-step analysis and combining were considered the most difficult. Problem-solving techniques were perceived as being relevant above all for practical problems, whereas they were conceived as less suitable for interpersonal problems. For study problems the most relevant strategy was step-by-step analysis. Students were aware of the abilities relevant to each problem-solving method. CONCLUSIONS Undergraduates both in psychology and non-psychological disciplines can identify some critical features in the methods used to solve problems, even though some misconceptions emerged. Since metacognition plays a causal role in problem-solving, trainers should take into account trainees' folk representations of problem-solving strategies.
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy
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The psychometric properties of Richardson's 1977 Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire have been studied by analyzing papers in which this questionnaire was employed. Such review showed that the Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire does not measure a unidimensional construct and does not predict the actual use of mental imagery in thinking. Further, a lack of long-term reliability of the questionnaire emerged. In conclusion, use of the questionnaire to assess the verbal-visual cognitive style appears questionable.
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50 undergraduates were tested on a mental synthesis task aimed at producing creative visual patterns and were administered three questionnaires measuring imagery vividness and control. Analysis did not support a relationship between scores on visual synthesis and imagery and showed that neither kind of score was influenced by sex and studies attended.
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University, Milano, Italy.
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A questionnaire was administered to 250 undergraduates to study their conceptions about the efficacy of mental images in thinking. Analysis showed that subjects rated differently the usefulness of visual imagery according to the kind of content rather than the mental process involved.
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- Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Italia
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