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ArticleiScience2023

Bridging the gap between EEG and DCNNs reveals a fatigue mechanism of facial repetition suppression.

Zitong Lu, Yixuan Ku

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Article in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zitong LuDepartment of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Yixuan KuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, Center for Brain and Mental Well-being, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNThe Ohio State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Facial repetition suppression, a well-studied phenomenon characterized by decreased neural responses to repeated faces in visual cortices, remains a subject of ongoing debate regarding its underlying neural mechanisms. Our research harnesses advanced multivariate analysis techniques and the prowess of deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) in face recognition to bridge the gap between human electroencephalogram (EEG) data and DCNNs, especially in the context of facial repetition suppression. Our innovative reverse engineering approach, manipulating the neuronal activity in DCNNs and conducted representational comparisons between brain activations derived from human EEG and manipulated DCNN activations, provided insights into the underlying facial repetition suppression. Significantly, our findings advocate the fatigue mechanism as the dominant force behind the facial repetition suppression effect. Broadly, this integrative framework, bridging the human brain and DCNNs, offers a promising tool for simulating brain activity and making inferences regarding the neural mechanisms underpinning complex human behaviors.

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NeurosciencePsychologySocial sciencesTechniques in neuroscience

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PMID38089588
PMCPMC10711494
OpenAlexW4388902628

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