{"id":315,"date":"2017-07-26T18:24:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T22:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/yazdan\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2020-01-25T02:43:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T07:43:23","slug":"research-interests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/yazdan\/research-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Research interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><a href=\"#unique-NM\">Neural Modeling<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"#unique-identifier\">Parkinson&#8217;s Disease &amp; Psychophysics<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"#unique-VP\">Visual Psychophysics<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"#unique-EPh\">Electrophysiology<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container moddatpsycomp autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-861\" data-slideshow-name=\"moddatpsycomp\" data-slideshow-delay=\"3000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-861\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-861_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/ModelingComp-636x197.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-861_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/PsychophysicsComp-636x183.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-861_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/DataComp-636x197.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-861\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<h4 id=\"unique-NM\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Neural Modeling<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Figure-ground segregation by <a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2019\/11\/OliverEnnioArash14.pdf\">multiscale sampling:<\/a> the suggested model relies on fast brain inter-areal connections<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-31-at-7.34.03-PM-e1535132515108.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"240\" class=\"wp-image-675 aligncenter\" \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Motion integration by <a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2019\/11\/LenaArash13.pdf\">multiscale sampling:<\/a> a solution to the aperture problem<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/ICONm-scale.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1149\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Three <\/strong><strong><a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/CloudEnnioArash12.pdf\">cortical models<\/a><\/strong><strong> to approach brightness-related precepts, with Bo Cao<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/icon_ay.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1153\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>A cortical model of <em>dynamical<\/em> <a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2019\/11\/OliverArash14.pdf\">figure-ground segregation, and border-ownership<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Oliver Layton, this model detects the kinetic edge and assigns it to the camouflaged surface it belongs to<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/DelAcr.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1161\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0A cortical model of\u00a0<a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2019\/11\/OliverEnnioArash12.pdf\">figure-ground segregation, and border-ownership<\/a>\u00a0for static scenes with\u00a0Oliver Layton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-12-at-5.00.05-PM-e1535132329928.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"156\" class=\"wp-image-789 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An approach using Differential Geometry to introduce the <\/strong><strong><a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2019\/11\/YazGor11.pdf\">3D aperture problem<\/a><\/strong><strong> for the <\/strong><strong><a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/GorGioraYazMing11.pdf\">phenomena<\/a><\/strong><strong> which cannot be explained by the classical aperture problem<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-16-at-8.03.40-PM-472x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"339\" class=\"wp-image-842 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-16-at-8.03.40-PM-472x636.png 472w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-16-at-8.03.40-PM.png 488w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><b><span>Neural modeling: <\/span><\/b><b><span><a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2019\/11\/BiolCyb-Arash.pdf\">dynamical Systems approach<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-24-at-1.48.49-PM-e1535133073176.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"209\" class=\"wp-image-886 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Aperture problem based model of <a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/ArashSimone08.pdf\">measuring perceptive fields<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-01-at-9.08.04-PM-e1535132491312.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"166\" class=\"wp-image-698 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"unique-VP\">Visual Psychophysics<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Psychophysical testing of the <\/strong><strong><a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/GorGioraYazMing11.pdf\">3D aperture problem<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0model: further\u00a0evidence for 3D rather than<\/strong><strong>\u00a0classic aperture problem<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/0Ap11-636x527.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"207\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/0Ap11-636x527.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/0Ap11.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The actual <a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/SimoneArash08.pdf\">RTLI illusion<\/a>, that Simone put together, and\u00a0<\/strong><strong>that encouraged us to measure perceptive fields<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/07\/TiltedLineIll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"244\" class=\"wp-image-652 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/JasminArash10.pdf\">Induced motion<\/a><\/strong><strong> with emphasis on the frame of reference with <span>Jasmin<\/span> <span>L\u00e9veill\u00e9<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"186\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Induced motion and motion assimilation <\/strong><strong><a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/JasminEmmaArash14.pdf\">in depth<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0with Jasmin\u00a0<span>L\u00e9veill\u00e9<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-02-at-5.31.24-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"253\" class=\"wp-image-708 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"unique-identifier\">Parkinson&#8217;s Disease &amp; Psychophysics<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/EyeMovePD2018.pdf\"><b>Eye movements and Parkinson&#8217;s disease<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-6.20.33-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"226\" class=\"wp-image-720 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Effect of <a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/MirellaCaoArashAlice15.pdf\">Visual Cues on the Resolution of Perceptual Ambiguity<\/a> in Parkinson\u2019s Disease and Normal Aging<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-07-at-4.44.58-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"141\" class=\"wp-image-718 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bistable perception in normal aging:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/301666503_Bistable_perception_in_normal_aging_perceptual_reversibility_and_its_relation_to_cognition\"> perceptual reversibility and its relation to cognition<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-02-at-5.51.49-PM-636x413.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"175\" class=\"wp-image-711 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/MirellaCaoNortArashAlice15.pdf\">Perceptual, cognitive, and personality rigidity in Parkinson&#8217;s disease<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-02-at-5.58.25-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"262\" class=\"wp-image-713 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"unique-EPh\">Electrophysiology<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Perceptions of shadow and occlusion, rely on the sign-of-contrast at edge-crossings, which\u00a0raises the question if <a href=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2020\/01\/ArashMarge06.pdf\">end-stopping in V1 is sensitive to contrast<\/a>?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/yazdan\/files\/2018\/08\/SecOd.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"222\" class=\"wp-image-804 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neural Modeling Parkinson&#8217;s Disease &amp; Psychophysics Visual Psychophysics Electrophysiology &nbsp; Neural Modeling &nbsp; Figure-ground segregation by multiscale sampling: the suggested model relies on fast 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