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Saied Sabaghypour

Curriculum Vitae

PhD. in Cognitive Neuroscience

    Researcher and Teacher

    Email: Saied.sabaghy@gmail.com

Iran, Isfahan

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  • Embodied nature of numerical processing: One of the main issues in numerical processing concerns the links between sensory-motor habits and numerical representations. One outstanding question in this project concerned the neurophysiological correlates of these embodied numerical associations. In this project we supported the association of number-hand representations and the idea of embodied numerosity with ERP/EEG data.
  • The interaction of time, space and number: This program focused on the interaction of number, time and space and whether such relation is lined to mathematical education. We showed that participants who are mathematically more competent might have better performance in tasks related to time, space and number.
  • The journey of numbers from attention to motor processing: A project on the embodied account of neural responses to number magnitudes, challenging the conventional view of numbers as abstract symbols. We investigated the relationship between motor processing and numerical cognition, emphasizing the influence of learned motor associations in individuals with different finger-counting habits. Introduced the Feature-based Attention to Learned Motor (FALM) framework, proposing that attention directed towards learned motor activities significantly impacts neural responses to numerical information.
  • Preschool and Primary Teachers’ Attitude towards Finger Counting: A multisite research collaboration across 20 countries to investigate the attitudes of preschool and primary teachers towards finger counting. In this project we explore how teachers’ beliefs and attitudes influence classroom activities, particularly in the context of finger counting. This project might shed light on the alignment between teachers’ beliefs and the latest discoveries in the field, emphasizing the importance of understanding and addressing potential barriers to children’s mathematical skill development.

 

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (main instructor)

  • Brain signal analysis with EEGLab/ERPLab, August, 2022
  • International School of Comprehensive Brain Signal Analysis (EEG/ERP) as main lecturer (30 hours), University of Tabriz, 30 September 2021-3 February 2022
  • Creating cognitive and behavioral experiments in Psychopy, May 2022, in collaboration with Prof. Mohammadali Nazari, Iran University of Medical Sciences
  • Workshop on the basics of cognitive tasks and practical work with Psychtoolbox, March 2021, University of Tabriz
  • Creating cognitive tasks with DMDX, September 2020, University of Tabriz
  • Educational and practical workshop for designing cognitive tests based on brain signal recording studies, May 2019, With the support of the headquarters of the development of cognitive sciences and technologies at the University of Islamic Arts in Tabriz.
  • EEG Signal analysis with Python, May, 2023. Sabaghypour Academy.
  • Educational and practical workshop for designing cognitive tests based on brain signal recording studies, May 2019, With the support of the headquarters of the development of cognitive sciences and technologies at the University of Islamic Arts in Tabriz
  • Teaching experience in several university courses:
  • Almahdi University (2018-2019): General Psychiatry; Psychophysiology and neuropsychology
  • Farzanegan University (2017-2018): Physiology of nerves and glands; Cognitive Neuroscience: Basics; English Texts in Psychology; Physiological Psychology; Cognitive Psychology
  • Ragheb-Isfahani University (2018-2019): Physiology of nerves and glands; Physiological Psychology; Cognitive Psychology
  • PayameNoor University of DolatAbad (2017-2018): Physiology of nerves and glands; Physiological Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Research

BOOK TRANSLATIONS (into Persian)

  • Newman, Aaron. Research methods for cognitive neuroscience. (2019). Sage Publications Ltd. Published by MEDIA RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS.
  • Dehaene, Stanislas. Consciousness and the brain: Deciphering how the brain codes our thoughts. Penguin, 2014. Published by ARJMAND PUBLICATIONS.
  • Fiske, Susan T., and Shelley E. Taylor. Social cognition: From brains to culture. Sage, 2013. Published by COGNITIVE SCIENCE COUNCIL PUBLICATIONS.
  • Cavanna, Andrea Eugenio, and Andrea Nani. Consciousness: Theories in neuroscience and philosophy of mind. Springer 10 (2014) Published by ARJMAND PUBLICATIONS.
  • Misirlisoy, Erman. Programming behavioral experiments with MATLAB and Psychtoolbox: 9 simple steps for students and researchers. Taylor & Francis, 2016. Published by ARJMAND PUBLICATIONS.
  • Kolb, Bryan, and Ian Q. Whishaw. Fundamentals of human neuropsychology. Macmillan, 2009. Published by ARJMAND PUBLICATIONS.
  • Davison, Gerald C., John M. Neale, and Douglas Hindman. Abnormal psychology. New York: Wiley, 1996.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

09/2015-10/2023

Clinical EEG Analysis of Children and Adolescents:  Neurophysiological Signatures for Psychopathological Assessment

 

PUBLICATIONS (* = Corresponding Author)

Submitted manuscripts with peer review process

  • Rezaeian, M., Sabaghypour, S., Safakheil, H., Nasiri, A.H., Borhani Gharehbolagh, S., Amini Yeganeh, P., Davoudkhani, M., Nazari, E., Nazari, M.A. “Beyond Numbers: Electrophysiological and Behavioral Insights on Numerical vs. Non-numerical Working Memory in Mental Abacus Trainees.” Under Review, Psychophysiology.
  • Sabaghypour, S.*, Navi, F.F.T., Basiri, N., Shakibaei, F., Zirak, N. “Differential Roles of Brain Oscillations in Numerical Processing: Evidence from Resting-State EEG and Mental Number Line.” Under Review, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
  • Sabaghypour, S*, Navi, F.F.T, *, Fischer, M.H., Amini Y.P, M.A. Nazari, Soltanlou M., “The journey of numbers from attention to motor processing: An embodied account of neural response to number magnitudes”. Under Review, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Nazari, M.A., Naghel, S., Abbasi, S., Naghadehi, A.K., Sabaghypour, S.*, Navi, F.F.T*. “Electrophysiological correlates of cognitive control and performance monitoring in risk propensity: An event-related potential study”. Under Review, Brain and Cognition
  • Navi, F.F.T*, Heysieattalab, S., Raoufy, M.R., Sabaghypour, S., Nazari M., Nazari, M.A.*. Adaptive Closed-Loop Modulation of Theta Oscillations: Insights into the Neural Dynamics of Navigational Decision-Making. Under Review, Brain Stimulation

 

Publications with peer review process

  • Sabaghypour, S.*, Farkhondeh Tale Navi, F., Kulkova, E., Abaduz, P., Zirak, N., & Nazari, M. A. (2023). The dark and bright side of the numbers: how emotions influence mental number line accuracy and bias. Cognition and Emotion, 1-14.
  • Sabaghypour, S.*, Moghaddam, H. S., Navi, F. F. T., Nazari, M. A., & Soltanlou, M. (2023). Do numbers make us handy? Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for number-hand congruency effect. Acta Psychologica, 233, 103841.
  • Maryam Hosseini Houripasand, Saied Sabaghypour, Farhad Farkhondeh Tale Navi, Mohammad Ali Nazari, (2023) “Time distortions induced by high-arousing emotional compared to low-arousing neutral faces: An event-related potential study”, Psychological Research.
  • Behzadifard, B., Sabaghypour, S., Farkhondeh Tale Navi, F., & Nazari, M. A. (2022). Training the brain to time: the effect of neurofeedback of SMR–Beta1 rhythm on time perception in healthy adults. Experimental Brain Research, 1-12.
  • Sabourimoghadam, Hassan, Mohammad Ali Nazari, Ali Jahan and Sabaghypour, S.*. “Emotional Valence and Body Representation: An Experiment on Embodied Cognition.” Avicenna Journal of Neuro Psycho Physiology2 (2022): 0-0.
  • Nazari, M. A., Sabaghypour, S., Pezhmanfard, M., Azizi, K., & Vahedi, S. (2021). The influence of children’s mathematical competence on performance in mental number line, time knowledge and time perception. Psychological Research, 85(5), 2023-2035.
  • Shakibaei, F., Sabaghypour, S.*, Isfahani, F. F., & Jazi, N. D. (2021). EEG biofeedback for treatment of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) in multiple sclerosis: A case report. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 46(2), 175-181.
  • Khayyer, Z., Sabaghypour, S., Amini, B., & Shojaei, A. (2021). A Novel Combined Treatment for Relapse Prevention of Depression: A Case Report. Middle East Journal of Rehabilitation and Health Studies, 8(1).
  • Nourouzi Mehlabani, S., Sabaghypour, S., & Nazari, M. A. (2020). Number is special: time, space, and number interact in a temporal reproduction task. Cognitive Processing, 21, 449-459.
  • Sabourimoghadam, H., Nazari, M. A., Jahan, A., & Sabaghypour, S.* (2018). The effects of movement on retrieval of emotional memory: an experiment on embodied cognition. Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry.
  • Sabaghypour, S.* (2017). Methods of Clinical Assessment in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness, with an emphasis on Electrophysiological Evidence. Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 6(3), 72-75.
  • Sabaghypour, S.*, Gh Tavaloki, Free Will: Hard Incompatibilism and Its Problems. Journal of Knowledge (2016).

CONFERENCE TALKS

  • Sabaghypour, S, Saeedi, M. (2015) Clinical evaluation and recovery of patients with disorders of consciousness. Seventh Symposium of Cognitive Neuropsychology of Iran (2015).
  • Sabaghypour, S, Wisdom of the body: From From Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology to modern cognitive neuroscience, 9th Symposium of Cognitive Neuropsychology of Iran (2018)
  • Sabaghypour, S, Culture and time. Basic and clinical neuroscience conference (2017)
  • Sabaghypour, S, Models of time perception, Basic and clinical neuroscience conference (2017)
  • Sabaghypour, S, Interrelation of time, space and number: Research methods and challenges. Eighth Symposium of Cognitive Neuropsychology of Iran (2017)

 

INVITED TALKS

  • Bodies and emotions in social cognition, Iranian Social Neuroscience School, 2023
  • Embodied mathematics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, 2023
  • Do numbers make us handy, Potsdam Embodied Cognition Group (PECoG) under the direction of Prof. Martin Fischer, 2023
  • UX Design and Embodiment of Abstract Concepts, Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, 2024

 

 

 

 

Journals (Published* and submitted^)

Psychophysiology^

Cognition and Emotion*

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience^

Acta Psychologica*

European Journal of Neuroscience^

Psychological Research*

Brain and Cognition*

Experimental Brain Research*

Brain Stimulation^

Avicenna Journal of Neuro Psycho Physiology*

Cognitive Processing*

Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry

Open Access J Neurol Neurosurg*

Journal of Knowledge*

Middle East Journal of Rehabilitation and Health Studies*

Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback*

 

PROGRAMMING, NEUROSCIENTIFIC AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS

  • EEG (Electroencephalography) and analysis (NEUROGUIDE, EEGLab, ERPLab, Python)
  • tDCS (transcranial Direct Current Stimulation), tACS (transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation)
  • ClinicalQ and QEEG assessment and analysis
  • Physiological measures (skin conductance, heart rate)
  • Neurobehavioural Presentation software: Psytask, Psychopy, DMDX
  • R, jamovi, SPSS
  • Online Survey and Web design tools for online experiments
  • Advanced in core Python worked on statistics, spectral analysis, time series filtering, time-frequency analysis
  • Advanced MATLAB statistics worked on different methods of data analysis
  • Advanced MATLAB EEG/ERP data analysis worked on static spectral analysis, time-frequency analysis, event-related potentials

 

STUDENT SUPERVISION

MSc Students

2024- Present

Shahnoosh Manshaei, (General Psychology), Islamic Azad University Naeen Branch, A project on tDCS and cognitive flexibility

2024- Present

Shokouh Torabi, (General Psychology), Islamic Azad University Naeen Branch, A project on tDCS and emotion regulation in BD

 

PhD. Students

   

2023-Present

Sarah Rabiee (Ph.D., Cognitive Science), University of Tabriz, Iran, A project on biomarkers of Alzheimer’s offspring

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

2021-Present

Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS)

2023-Present

American Psychological Association (APA)

2021-Present

Timing Research Forum (TRF)

2022-Present

Iranian Neuroscience Society

2023-present

Centre for Educational Neuroscience

 

LANGUAGE

Persian: Native, English: Fluent, German: Learning