Funding for this research was provided by:
Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Council (Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Council)
Article History
Received: 18 August 2023
Revised: 28 August 2025
Accepted: 29 October 2025
First Online: 14 January 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the protocol of this study was provided by the Iran University of Medical Sciences (#IR.IUMS.REC.1395.95301469).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for the publication of all participants’ images. All of the participants have consented to the submission of the results of this study to the journal.
: Authors Alireza Taheri received a research grant from the “Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Council, Iran” and “Sharif University of Technology”. The authors Mojtaba Shahab, Ali F. Meghdari, and Minoo Alemi declared that they had no conflict of interest.