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Likova Lab

Lora Likova

Likova Lab Director
Degrees: Ph.D.

My goal is to integrate multiple brain imaging techniques including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) coupled with a unique motion-capture system, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), tensor-based brain morphometry (TBM), electroencephalography (EEG), etc. to study neuroplasticity, brain mechanisms of art and learning, neurorehabilitation of blindness, memory and spatial cognition, navigation, vision deficits in TBI, and multimodal sensorimotor processing across levels of visual impairment.

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Tregillus, K. E. M., & Likova, L. T.. (2020). Differences in the major fiber-tracts of people with congenital and acquired blindness. Imaging Science & Technology / Human Vision And Electronic Imaging 2020. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.11.HVEI-366
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Likova, L. T., Mei, M., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2019). Learning face perception without vision: Rebound learning effect and hemispheric differences in congenital vs late-onset blindness. Imaging Science And Technology: Human Vision And Electronic Imaging. http://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2019.12.HVEI-237 Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2019
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2018). Comparative tensor-based morphometry of human brainstem in traumatic photophobia. Nature: Scientific Reports, (6256). Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24386-z
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Likova, L. T. (2018). Brain reorganization in adulthood underlying a rapid switch in handedness induced by training in memory-guided drawing. Neuroplasticity Ed. Chaban V. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.76317
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Tregillus, K. E. M., & Likova, L. T.. (2018). Fiber-tract differences in people with congenital and acquired blindness. Journal Of Vision, (18(10).
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Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2018). Haptic aesthetics in the blind: Behavioral and fMRI investigation. Imaging Science And Technology: Human Vision And Electronic Imaging, 532: 1-10. http://doi.org/DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.14.HVEI-532
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Likova, L. T., & Cacciamani, L.. (2018). Transfer of Learning in People Who Are Blind: Enhancement of Spatial-Cognitive Abilities through Drawing. Journal Of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 4(112). Retrieved from https://www.afb.org/jvib/Newjvibabstract.asp?articleid=jvib120406
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2018). When light hurts: Comparative morphometry of human brainstem in traumatic photalgia. Nature Scientific Reports, 8(1):6256. http://doi.org/doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24386-z
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Cacciamani, L., & Likova, L. T.. (2017). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Neurobiology Of Learning And Memory, 141. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2017.03.013 PMID: 28347878 PMCID: PMC 5488874
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Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2017). Studying the Retinal Source of Photophobia by Facial Electroretinography. Optometry And Vision Science, 94(4). http://doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0000000000001064 PMID: 28338564
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Likova, L. T. (2017). Addressing long-standing controversies in conceptual knowledge representation in the temporal pole: A cross-modal paradigm. Electronic Imaging: Human Vision And Electronic Imaging, Pp. 268-272(5). http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.14.HVEI-155
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Karim, R., Proulx, M. J., & Likova, L. T.. (June 24 2016). Anticlockwise or Clockwise? A Dynamic Perception-Action-Laterality Model for Directionality Bias in Visuospatial Functioning. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. http://doi.org/DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.032 PMID: 27350096 PMCID: PMC5003653
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Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Cacciamani, L., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2016). The Cortical Network for Braille Writing in the Blind. Electronic Imaging, 2016, 1–6. http://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-095 PMID: 28890944 PMCID: PMC5589194
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Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (Aug 31 2016). Fundamental anti-symmetries in the brain organization of conceptual knowledge representation help resolve long-standing controversies. Journal Of Vision., (16(12).
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Tyler, C. W., Howarth, C., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Editorial:“Neural signal estimation in the human brain”. Frontiers In Neuroscience, 10, 185. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00185 PMID: 27199647 PMCID: PMC4850329
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Cacciamani, L., & Likova, L. T.. (Apr 12 2016). Tactile object familiarity in the blind brain reveals the supramodal perceptual-mnemonic nature of the perirhinal cortex. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience, 10, 92. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00092 PMID: 27148002 PMCID: PMC4828456
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Tyler, C. W., Howard, C., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Neural Signal Estimation in the Human Brain. Frontiers In Neuroscience, (979). http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2016.00185
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Cacciamani, L., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). The role of the perirhinal cortex in tactile perception and memory in the blind. Journal Of Vision, 16(12).
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Likova, L. T. (Apr 10 2015). Temporal evolution of brain reorganization under cross-modal training: insights into the functional architecture of encoding and retrieval networks. Is&t/spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/ 10.1117/12.2178069
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Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2015). Analysis of Neural-BOLD Coupling Through Four Models of the Neural Metabolic Demand. Frontiers In Neuroscience, 9. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2015.00419
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Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., Elsaid, A. M., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2015). Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury for Human Vergence Dynamics. Frontiers In Neurology, 5. http://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00282
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Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2015). Deficits in the activation of human oculomotor nuclei in chronic traumatic brain injury. Frontiers In Neurology, 6(173), 9. http://doi.org/doi: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00173
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Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Cacciamani, L., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2015). Effect of familiarity on Braille writing and reading in the blind: From graphemes to comprehension. Journal Of Vision, 15, 920–920. http://doi.org/10.1167/15.12.920
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Likova, L. T. (2014). Learning-Based Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Human Brain: Insights from Visual Deprivation fMRI. Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics In Health And Disease-Methods And Applications, 327–358. http://doi.org/10.5772/58263
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Likova, L. T. (Jan 2013). A cross-modal perspective on the relationships between imagery and working memory. Frontier In Psyhology , 3. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00561
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Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Atanassov, K., Ramachandra, V., & Goma, S.. (2012). 3D discomfort from vertical and torsional disparities in natural images. Is&t/spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.915466
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Tyler, C. W., Elsaid, A. M., Likova, L. T., Gill, N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2012). Analysis of human vergence dynamics. Journal Of Vision, 12(11)(21), 1-19. http://doi.org/10.1167/12.11.21
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Likova, L. T. (2012). Drawing enhances cross-modal memory plasticity in the human brain: a case study in a totally blind adult. Front. Hum. Neurosci, 6, 3389. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00044
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Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2012). The role of the visual arts in enhancing the learning process. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience, 6. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00008
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Likova, L. T. (2012). The spatiotopic'visual'cortex of the blind. Is&t/spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.912257
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Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2011). Estimating neural signal dynamics in the human brain. Frontiers In Systems Neuroscience, 5. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00033
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Likova, L. T. (2010). The primary visual cortex as a modality-independent ‘screen’ for working memory. Journal Of Vision, 10(7). http://doi.org/10.1167/10.7.776
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Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2010). An Algebra for the Analysis of Object Encoding. Neuroimage, 50, 1243–1250. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.10.091
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Likova, L. T. (2010). Drawing in the blind and the sighted as a probe of cortical reorganization. Is&t/spie Electronic Imaging Xv. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.849116
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2008). Occipital network for figure/ground organization. Experimental Brain Research, 189, 257–267. http://doi.org/ 10.1007/s00221-008-1417-6
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Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2007). Crowding: A neuro-analytic approach. Journal Of Vision, Http:// Journalofvision.org/7/2/16/ , 7(2)(16). http://doi.org/10.1167/7.2.16
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Likova, L. T. (2007). Instantaneous stimulus paradigm: cortical network and dynamics of figure-ground organization. Is&t/spie Electronic Imaging Xii, 64921E. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.707556
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2007). Stereomotion processing in the human occipital cortex. Neuroimage, 38, 293–305. http://doi.org/org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.06.039
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Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Kontsevich, L. L., & Wade, A. R.. (2006). The specificity of cortical region KO to depth structure. Neuroimage, 30, 228–238. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.09.067
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Tyler, C. W., Likova, L. T., Chen, S. I., Kontsevich, L. L., Schira, M. M., & Wade, A. R.. (2005). Extended concepts of occipital retinotopy. Current Medical Imaging Reviews, 1, 319–329. http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340505774574772
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2005). Transient-based image segmentation: top-down surround suppression in human V1. Is&t/spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.610865
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2004). Is the hMT+/V5 complex in the human brain involved in stereomotion perception? An fMRI study. Electronic Imaging 2004. http://doi.org/10.1117/12.568026
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Tyler, C. W., Baseler, H. A., Kontsevich, L. L., Likova, L. T., Wade, A. R., & Wandell, B. A.. (2004). Predominantly extra-retinotopic cortical response to pattern symmetry. Neuroimage, 24, 306–314. http://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.09.018
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2003). Failure of stereomotion capture in an object disappearance paradigm. Is&t/spie Electronic Imaging. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.1117/12.485517
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2003). Peak localization of sparsely sampled luminance patterns is based on interpolated 3D surface representation. Vision Research, 43, 2649–2657. http://doi.org/org/10.1016/S0042-6989(02)00575-8
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2003). Spatiotemporal relationships in a dynamic scene: stereomotion induction and suppression. Journal Of Vision, 3. http://doi.org/10.1167/3.4.5
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Popivanov, D., Likova, L. T., & Sauleva, Z.. (2000). EEG frequency dynamics during movements imagery. Acta Physiologica Et Pharmacologica Bulgarica, 26, 115–118.
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Mateeff, S., Dimitrov, G., Genova, B., Likova, L. T., Stefanova, M., & Hohnsbein, J.. (2000). The discrimination of abrupt changes in speed and direction of visual motion. Vision Research, 40, 409–415. http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00185-6
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Conference Papers
Likova, L. T. Face perception as a multisensory process. In Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions, at IS&T HVEI. Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions, at IS&T HVEI: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/Conference/C_HVEI.aspx
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Presentations/Posters
Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2020). Rapid training of supramodal spatial cognition and memory for improved navigation in low vision and blindness. ARVO Issue abstract 2020. ARVO 2020. Retrieved from https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2766791&resultClick=1
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Likova, L. T. (2019). Enhancement of spatial cognition and brain connectivity in people with low vision and blindness. Retrieved from ARVO, Vancouver, Ca
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Likova, L. T., Mei, M., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2019). Is the face schema innate? Evidence from learning faces in the congenital blind. Retrieved from SfN
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Likova, L. T., Mei, M., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2019). Learning face perception without vision: Rebound learning effect and hemispheric differences in blind and sighted. Retrieved from ECVP, Leuven
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Likova, L. T., Nicholas, S. C., & Tyler, C. W.. (2019). Top-down control of spatial memory visualization in early visual cortex. Retrieved from VSS, Fl
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Likova, L. T. (2019). Your brain on memory drawing. Retrieved from VSAC, Leuven (to be presented)
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Likova, L. T. (2018). Brain plasticity and art. Retrieved from Guangzhou Technology Institute
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Tregillus, K. E. M., & Likova, L. T.. (2018). Fiber-tract differences in people with congenital and acquired blindness. http://doi.org/10.1167/18.10.543
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Likova, L. T., & Tyler, C. W.. (2018). Memory Visualization and spatial learning. Retrieved from Nano-symposium at SfN
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Likova, L. T. (2018). Rapid switches of handedness in late adulthood: Neuroplasticity driven by drawing training. Retrieved from Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, Burlingame, Ca
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Tyler, C. W., & Likova, L. T.. (2018). Release of Cone-Rod Suppression as a Key Mechanism for Concussion-Induced Light Sensitivity.
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Likova, L. T. (2018). Spatial Awareness Training via Memory-Drawing: Enhancement of Brain Plasticity, Learning and Memory, and Transfer of Training Effects. Retrieved from MacFarland Seminar, AER Conference, Reno, July 25, 2018
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Likova, L. T. (2018). Spatiomotor and memory training through drawing in the blind. Retrieved from Southern China Normal University
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Likova, L. T. (2017). Art training matters: Enhancement of spatial cognition and brain connectivity. Retrieved from Human Vision and Electronic Imaging Feb 2017
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Likova, L. T. (2017). Granger Causality analysis reveals the role of the hippocampal complex in the memory functions of primary visual cortex. Retrieved from European Conference on Visual Perception
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Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2017). Object understanding and cortical functional reorganization in the blind. Retrieved from National Conference on Neuroscience Research in Bangladesh
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Likova, L. T., Cacciamani, L., Nicholas, S. C., & Mineff, K. N.. (2017). Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. http://doi.org/10.1167/17.10.594
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Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Aesthetic appreciation and perception of 3D shapes through the sense of touch in the blind and the sighted: on the properties of contour curvature and symmetry of 3D tactile shapes.
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Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Aesthetic appreciation and perception of 3D shapes through the sense of touch in the blind and the sighted: on the properties of contour curvature and symmetry of 3D tactile shapes. Retrieved from SfN, San Diego, Ca, USA
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Likova, L. T. (2016). Art, brain plasticity and rehabilitation training in blindness. Retrieved from Professional Development Workshops (PDW13 Invited Speaker), SfN, San Diego, Ca
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Likova, L. T., Mineff, K. N., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2016). Brain reorganization and performance correlates of a rapid switch in handedness induced by drawing training in a left-handed blind individual. Retrieved from SfN, San Diego, Ca, USA
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Tyler, C. W., Nicholas, S. C., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Color components under joint recording from the human retina and cortex with a high-density electrode net.
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Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2016). Dissociable brain networks revealed to single-repetition learning in Braille reading and Braille writing-fromm. Retrieved from ECVP 2016 Perception 45, 164-165
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Likova, L. T., Tyler, C. W., Mineff, K. N., Cacciamani, L., & Nicholas, S. C.. (2016). High-order multisensory mechanisms: Insights from Braille writing and reading. Retrieved from IS&T Int Symp Electron Imaging
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Cacciamani, L., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Memory-guided drawing training increases Granger causal influences from the perirhinal cortex to V1 in the blind. Retrieved from SfN. San Diego Ca, USA
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Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2016). Perception and aesthetic appreciation of textures through the sense of touch: do the blind differ from the sighted?. Retrieved from Annual Envision Conference on Low Vision Rehabilitation & Research. Denver, Co.
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Likova, L. T. (2015). Can brain changes from art training reveal commonalities between the mechanisms of drawing and of music? . Retrieved from Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, San Francisco Ca, USA.
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Likova, L. T. (2015). Cross-modal insights into the controversies of conceptual knowledge representation and temporal pole asymmetry. Retrieved from Perception (Supp). 44, 310.
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Likova, L. T. (2015). Harnessing the power of drawing to drive brain plasticity. Retrieved from Live Webinar on my work on blindness rehabilitation through the Cognitive-Kinesthetic Drawing training, National Endowment for the Arts, National Science Foundation & Inter agency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development. Washington, DC.
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Likova, L. T. (2015). How is conceptual knowledge represented in the temporal pole? A cross-modal perspective and familiarity effects. Retrieved from SfN. Chicago, USA.
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Karim, R., & Likova, L. T.. (2015). Tactile aesthetics in the blind and the sighted. Retrieved from Annual Envision Conference on Low Vision Rehabilitation & Research. Denver, Co.
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Likova, L. T. Face perception as a multisensory process. Date Published 2020, “Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions” symposium, EI/HVEI: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/Conference/C_HVEI.aspx
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Likova, L. T. Rapid training of supramodal spatial cognition and memory for improved navigation in low vision and blindness. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science (iOVS). ARVO 2020. Retrieved from https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2766791
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Likova, L. T. Face perception as a multisensory process. Date Published 01/30/2020, Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions, at IS&T Human Vision and Electronic Imaging: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/
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Likova, L. T. Face perception as a multisensory process. Date Published 01/2020, “Multisensory and Crossmodal Interactions” symposium, EI/HVEI: Burlingame, California. Retrieved from https://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/EI/EI_2020/
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Other Publications
Likova, L. T. (2018). Cognitive-Kinesthetic Method: Hands-on demonstration with trainers and educators for the blind. Retrieved from Satellite Symposium, Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Reno. July, 2018.
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Likova, L. T. (2018). Memory drawing and learning in the class room. Retrieved from Southern China Normal University, Guangzhou
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Likova, L. T., Cacciamani, L., Nicholas, S. C., & Mineff, K. N.. (2017). Top-down working memory reorganization of the primary visual cortex: Granger Causality analysis. Retrieved from Jurnal of Vision
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The Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center supports a wide variety of human brain imaging modalities, including MRI, MRI morphometry, functional MRI, fMR Iretonogrphy, fMRI dynamics, functional connectivity, Granger-causal connectivity, DTI, DTI tractography, whole-head EEG, EEG functional...

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Mechanisms of Photophobia in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Human Subjects: Therapeutic Implications

The purpose of this grant is to identify the mechanisms responsible for generating photophobia in patients who have suffered mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Currently, estimates indicate that this painful condition persists in about 60% of those who suffered from blast-related traumatic brain injury and 30% of those who suffered non-blast-related concussive injuries.

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SL-CN: Harnessing the Power of Drawing for the Enhancement of Learning across Levels of Vision Function

This Science of Learning Collaborative Network brings together researchers and experts from the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, University of Bamberg (Germany), Columbia University and Emory University to investigate how the visual art of drawing can enhance learning. Underlying learning principles and neural mechanisms will be considered, and how these can be harnessed for real-life learning enhancement. Though humans have been drawing for at least 30,000 years, little is understood about brain processes involved in this activity.

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Advanced Spatiomotor Rehabilitation for Navigation in Blindness & Visual Impairment

Successful navigation requires the development of an accurate and flexible mental, or cognitive, map of the navigational space and of the route trajectory required to travel from the current to the target location. The Cognitive-Kinesthetic (C-K) Rehabilitation Training that we have developed in the preceding period utilizes a unique form of blind memory-guided drawing to develop cognitive mapping to a high level of proficiency.

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Spectral ERG analysis of hypersensitivity to light in traumatic brain injury

The purpose of this research study is to use the spectral electroretinogram (ERG) to deteremine how the retinal mechanisms of sufferers from abnormal light sensitivity due to head injury differ from those without abnormal light sensitivity.

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Learning in the Sighted and the Blind through Different Sensory Modalities: Structure and Dynamics of Cortical Reorganization

This project focuses on the emerging area of the neuroscience of art learning. It addresses the important issue of how the brain learns complex skills, specifically the process of drawing, through two different sensory modalities. Visual art, and drawing in particular, engages an orchestrated...

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Human Oculomotor Functions & Their Deficits in Traumatic Brain Injury

Recent studies have established that a high proportion of patients diagnosed with mild (or diffuse) traumatic brain injury (mTBI) exhibit binocular vision dysfunctions, particularly, deficiencies in the binocular coordination of eye movements.

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Stereoscopic motion-in-depth perception: fMRI and neurophysiological studies

This project is designed to advance the integration of high field fMRI in alert macaque monkeys with "informed" neurophysiology, and to apply it in addressing a long-standing research question regarding the neural processing of stereoscopic 3-D motion.

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Advanced Spatiomotor Rehabilitation in Blindness and Visual Impairment

We propose a multidisciplinary approach to effective spatiomotor rehabilitation in blindness and visual impairment. For those who have lost vision, the eye-hand coordination normally available for the manipulation of objects for everyday activities is unavailable and has to be replaced by information from other senses

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Encoding of 3D Structure in the Visual Scene: A New Conceptualization

The multidisciplinary goal was to develop an integrated conceptualization of the mid-level encoding of 3D object structure from multiple surface cues

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Likova Lab: Brain Plasticity, Learning & Neurorehabilitation
A blind person drawing from memory after training with my Cognitive-Kinesthetic Drawing Method
Drawing intervention yields promising changes in the brain
Drawing activates visual cortex in the congenitally blind
Guest Editor, “Multisensory & Crossmodal Interactions”, JPI Special Issue
Likova, BASF talk: The Power of Visual Art to Drive Brain Plasticity for Learning, Memory & Rehabilitation
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