IPM Positions

Ph.D. Student, School of Cognitive Sciences (2015 - 2023 )

Past IPM Positions

Non-IPM Student Researcher, School of Cognitive Sciences (2015 - 2015)

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As a medical doctor with a PhD in clinical cognitive neuroscience, I focused on evaluating and treating geriatric patients with memory concerns, including diagnosing different stages of memory deficits and dementia specifically Alzheimer''s disease. Alongside patient care, I conducted research analyzing brain spatial features in healthy controls, individuals with mild cognitive impairment, and mild Alzheimer''s disease using fMRI scans during a visual animacy task, namely the Integrated Cognitive Assessment (ICA). My expertise spans clinical management of memory issues, cognitive enhancement strategies, and detailed analysis of structural and functional brain data. This combined .clinical and research ability establishes me as an invaluable resource in the field of cognitive neuroscience.

Related Papers

1.	H. Marefat, Z. Vahabi, N. Afzalian, M. Khanbagi, H. Karimi, F. Ebrahiminia, C. Kalafatis, M. Modarres and S. Khaligh-Razavi Brain Representation of Animal and Non-Animal Images in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease J Alzheimers Dis Rep . 7 (2023),   [abstract]

2.	H. Karimi, H. Marefat, C. Kalafatis, H. Modarres, M. Khanbagi, Z. Vahabi and S.M. Khaligh-Razavi Temporal Dynamics of animacy categorization in the brain of patients with mild cognitive impairment Plos One 17 (2022),   [abstract]

3.	M.H. Modarres, C. Kalafatis, P. Apostolou, H. Marefat, M. Khanbagi, H. Karimi, Z. Vahabi, D. Aarsland and S.M. Khaligh-Razavi A remote digital tool for diagnosis and monitoring of Alzeimer’s Disease ( In: Alzheimers & Dementia, Alzheimers Association International Conference (AAIC), 2021) [abstract]

4.	H. Marefat, F. Ebrahiminia, M. Khanbagi, H. Karimi, M.H. Modarres, C. Kalafatis, Z. Vahabi and S.M. Khaligh-Razavi How animacy processing is affected in early stages of AD ( In: Alzheimers Association International Conference (AAIC), 2021) [abstract]

5.	H. Modarres, C. Kalafatis, P. Apostolou, H. Marefat, M. Khanbagi, H. Karimi, Z. Vahabi , D. Aarsland and S.M. Khaligh-Razavi Validity and cultural generalisability of a 5-minute AI-based, computerised cognitive assessment in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Dementia Frontiers in Psychiatry (2021),   [abstract]

6.	H. Karimi, H. Marefat, M. Khanbagi, C. Kalafatis, Z. Vahabi and S. Khaligh Razavi Electroencephalography (EEG) reveals a decrease in speed of animacy processing in mild cognitive impairment and an alteration in neural response patterns ( In: Alzheimerâ??s & Dementia, Alzheimerâ??s Association International Conference (AAIC), 2020 July 26-30.) [abstract]

7.	M. Khanbagi, H. Marefat, H. Karimi, C. Kalafatis, Z. Vahabi and S. Khaligh Razavi Association between integrated cognitive assessment (ICA) and measures of brain structure in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease ( In: Alzheimer's & Dementia, Alzheimer�??s Association International Conference (AAIC), 2020 July 26-30) [abstract]

8.	H. Karimi, H. Marefat, H. Khanbagi, Z. Vahabi and S.M. Khaligh-Razavi Task-based EEG for detection of patients with mild cognitive impairment ( In: The Third Symposium on Brain Mapping, National Brian Mapping Laboratory (NBML), Tehran, Iran, 2019 May 1-2.) [abstract]

9.	H. Marefat, H. Karimi, M. Khanbagi , C. Kalafatis , Z. Vahabi and S.M. Khaligh-Razavi Neural speed of visual information processing is delayed in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease ( In: Alzheimerâ??s Society Annual Conference (ASAC), 2019 May 21-22.) [abstract]

10.	S.M. Khaligh-Razavi, H. Modarres, H. Marefat, H. Karimi , M. Khanbagi, C. Kalafatis and Z. Vahabi Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Cognitive Assessment Tool for Early Diagnosis of AD ( In: Alzheimerâ??s Research UK (ARUK) conference, 2019 March 19-20.) [abstract]

11.	C. Kalafatis, M. Modarres, H. Marefat, M. Khanbagi, H. Karimi, Z. Vahabi and S. Khaligh Razavi Employing Artificial Intelligence in the Development of a self-administered, computerized cognitive assessment for the assessment of neurodegeneration ( In: Alzheimer�??s & Dementia, Alzheimer�??s Association International Conference (AAIC), 2019 July 14-18) [abstract]

12.	S. Khaligh-Razavi, S. Habibi, M. Sadeghi, H. Marefat, M. Khanbagi, S. Nabavi, E. Sadeghi and CH. Kalafatis Integrated Cognitive Assessment: Speed and Accuracy of Visual Processing as a Reliable Proxy to Cognitive Performance Scientific Reports 9 (2019),   [abstract]