Professor Dr. Hamid Karimi Rouzbahani

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Hamid Karimi-Rouzbahani is a researcher at Macquarie University with a focus on understanding how the visual world is represented in the human brain. His research employs behavioral, electrophysiological (EEG), and computational approaches to explore visual object representation. His investigations revealed that visual information about objects is decodable from EEG amplitude more than variability and that feed-forward visual mechanisms in the brain compensate for affine variations in object recognition. Rather than relying on computational models of vision, his work suggests that the brain uses consistent features across variations to recognize objects. Currently, he is exploring the role of attention in visual processing, utilizing functional MRI (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) data to investigate how attention influences object representation. His project also addresses real-world challenges of attention, particularly in monitoring tasks relevant to train controllers.

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