IPM Positions

Part-time Faculty, School of Cognitive Sciences Member, Scientific Council, School of Cognitive Sciences (2018 - Present (Assistant Professor at University of Tehran))

Past IPM Positions

PostDoctoral Associate, School of Cognitive Sciences (2014 - 2018) Ph.D. Student, School of Cognitive Sciences (2009 - 2014)

Research Interests

- Object recognition and categorization - Neural mechanisms of attention and decision making - Autism and neurodevelopmental disorder - Brain machine interface

Present Research Project at IPM

- Role of feedback in complex object representation

Related Papers

1.	E. Farhang, R. Toosi, B. Karami, R. Koushki, N. Kheirkhah, F. Shakerian, J. Noroozi, E. Rezayat, A. Vahabie and M. Abolghasemi The impact of spatial frequency on hierarchical category representation in macaque temporal cortex Communications Biology 8 (2025),   [abstract]

2.	F. Shakerian, R. Kushki, M. Vaziri Pashkam, M. Abolghasemi-Dehaqani and H. Esteky Heterogeneity in Category Recognition across the Visual Field eNeuro 12 (2025),   [abstract]

3.	N. Darjani, J. Noroozi and M. Abolghasemi-Dehaqani Unveiling the content of frontal feedback in challenging object recognition NeuroImage (2025),   [abstract]

4.	F. Shakerian, R. Kushki, M. Vaziri Pashkam, M. Abolghasemi and H. Esteky Heterogeneity in category recognition across the visual field eNeuro (2025),   [abstract]

5.	S. Nouri, A. Soltani Tehrani , N. Faridani, R. Toosi, J. Noroozi and M. Abolghasemi-Dehaqani Microsaccade selectivity as discriminative feature for object decoding iScience 28 (2024),   [abstract]

6.	E. Rezayat, F. Shayanfar, M. HajiNasrollah, F. Shakrian and M. Abolghasemi-Dehaqani Custom-made Implants for Chronic In Vivo Electrophysiological Recording From Primate's Brain Based on the Reconstructed Skull Model Basic and Clinical Neuroscience 15 (2024),   [abstract]

7.	S. Salehi, M. Abolghasemi-Dehaqani, J. Schrouff, C. Sava-Segal, O. Raccah and S. Baek Spatiotemporal hierarchies of face representation in the human ventral temporal cortex Scientific Reports 14 (2024),   [abstract]

8.	D. Katoozian, H. Hosseini-Nejad and M. Abolghasemi-Dehaqani A new approach for neural decoding by inspiring of hyperdimensional computing for implantable intra-cortical BMIs Scientific Reports 14 (2024),   [abstract]

9.	A. Fadaei and MR. A.Dehaqani Going beyond still images to improve input variance resilience in multi-stream vision understanding models Scientific Reports 14 (2024),   [abstract]

10.	R. Toosi, B. Karami, R. Koushki, F. Shakerian, J. Noroozi, E. Rezayat, A-H. Vahabie, MA. Akhaee and MR. A.Dehaqani The Spatial Frequency Representation Predicts Category Coding in the Inferior Temporal Cortex eLife (2024),   [abstract]

11.	L. Rezayat, MH. Ghajar, A. Naji, J. Noroozi, MR. A.Dehaqani and E. Rezayat A low-cost protocol for reconditioning of deep-brain neural microelectrodes with material failure for electrophysiology recording Biomedical Phys. & Engineering Express (2024), 10  [abstract]

12.	S. Rezghi Shirsavar, A-H. Vahabie and MR. A Dehaqani Models developed for spiking neural networks MethodsX 10 (2023), 102157  [abstract]

13.	E. Rezayat, H. Heidari-Gorji, P. Narimani, F. Shayahfar, J. Noroozi, E. Shahbazi, A. Ertiaei and MR. A.Dehaqani A multimodal imaging-guided software for access to primate brains Heliyon 9 (2023), e12675  [abstract]

14.	MR. A.Dehqani, N. Emadi, A-H. Vahabie, A. Zandvakili and H. Esteky Neural signature of the perceptual decision in the neural population responses of the inferior temporal cortex Scientific Reports 12 (2022), 8628  [abstract]

15.	R. Toosi, MA. Akhaee and MR. A.Dehaqani Brain-inspired feedback for spatial frequency aware artificial networks IEEE Xplore( In: 56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers,Oct. 30 - Nov 02, 2022, United States) [abstract]

16.	E. Rezayat, K. Clark, MR. A.Dehaqani and B. Noudoust Dependence of Working Memory on Coordinated Activity Across Brain Areas Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience (2022),   [abstract]

17.	R. Toosi, M.A. Akhaee and MR. A.Dehaqani An automatic spike sorting algorithm based on adaptive spike detection and a mixture of skew-t distributions Scientific Reports 11 (2021), 13925  [abstract]

18.	E. Rrzayat, MR. A.Dehaqani, K. Clark, Z. Bahmani, T. Moore and B. Noudoost Frontotemporal coordination predicts working memory performance and its local neural signatures Nature Communications 12 (2021),   [abstract]

19.	R. Toosi, MA. Akhaee and MR. A.Dehaqani An Adaptive Detection for Automatic Spike Sorting Based on Mixture of Skew-t distributions Scientific Reports 11 (2021),   [abstract]

20.	MR. A.Dehaghani, A-H. Vahabie, MB. Parsa, B. Noudoost and AR. Soltani Selective Changes in Noise Correlations Contribute to an Enhanced Representation of Saccadic Targets in Prefrontal Neuronal Ensembles Cerebral Cortex (2018), 1-18  [abstract]

21.	M. Curry, A. Zimmermann, M. Parsa, MR. A.Dehaqani, K. Clark and B. Noudoost A Cage-Based Training System for Non-Human Primates Aims Press 4 (2018), 102-119  [abstract]

22.	A-H. Vahabie, MR. A.Dehaqani, M. Nili, B. Araabi and H. Esteky Rapid face adaptation distributes representation in inferior-temporal cortex across time and neuronal dimensions Scientific Reports 7 (2017), 1-13  [abstract]

23.	MR. A.Dehaqani, M.A. Zarei, A-H. Vahabie and H. Esteky Selective impairment of perceptual closure in autism ( In: Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, Florida, 2016.) [abstract]

24.	S. Salehi, MR. A.Dehaqani and H. Esteky Enhansive and suppressive face neurons form two distinct physiological networks for course and fine face representations in inferotemopral cortex ( In: Program No. 530.09 / WW22, Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, 2016.) [abstract]

25.	M. Parsa, MR. A.Dehaqani, B. Mumey, C. Stengel and B. Noudoost A high-throughput system to characterize functional connectivity between cortical areas ( In: Program No. 561.05 / NNN45, Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, 2016.) [abstract]

26.	M.D. Curry, M. Parsa, A. Cilker, L. Violetti, MR. A. Dehaqani and B. Noudoost Optimizing cage-based training for non-human primates ( In: Program No. 97.18 / LLL38, Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego, 2016.) [abstract]

27.	MR. A.Dehaqani, A-H. Vahabie, B. Noudoost and A. Soltani Complementary contributions of high-dimensional representation and noise correlation to cognitive processes ( In: Program No. 81.05 / DDD10, Society for Neuroscience Meeting. San Diego ) [abstract]

28.	MR. A.Dehaqani, M.A. Zarei, A-H. Vahabie and H. Esteky Impairment of perceptual closure in autism for vertex-but not edge-defined object images Journal of Vision 16 (2016), 10-10  [abstract]

29.	MR. A.Dehaqani, A-H. Vahabie, R. Kiani, M. Ahmadabadi, B. Araabi and H. Esteky Temporal dynamics of visual category representation in the macaque inferior temporal cortex Journal of Neurophysiology 116 (2016), 587-601  [abstract]

30.	A-H. Vahabie , MR. A.Dehaqani, C. Sun, B. Noudoost and A. Soltani Contributions of Frontal Eye Field Spiking Activity and Synchrony to Control of Eye Movements ( In: Society for Neuroscience, 2014.) [abstract]

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M. Faranoush, M. Torabi-Nami, A. Mehrvar, A. HedayatiAsl, M. Tashvighi, R. Ravan Parsa, M. Fazeli, B. Sobuti, N. Mehrvar, A. Jafarpour, R. Zangooei, M. Alebouyeh, MR. A.Dehaqani, A-H. Vahabie and P. Vossough Classifying Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors through near Optimal Feature Selection and Mutual Information: A Single Center Cohort Middle East Journal of Cancer 4 (2013), 153-162  [abstract]

32.	H. Jamalabadi, H. Nasrollahi, M.N. Ahmadabadi, B.N. Araabi, A-H. Vahabie and MR. A.Dehaqani A dynamic bio-inspired model of categorization. In International Conference on Neural Information Processing ( In: In International Conference on Neural Information Processing (pp. 160-167). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. (2012, November)) [abstract]

33.	E. Safavieh, A. Gheibi, MR. A.Dehaqani and A. Mohades Particle swarm optimization with Voronoi neighborhood ( In: In Computer Conference, 2009. CSICC 2009. 14th International CSI. IEEE.) [abstract]