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@ARTICLE{Friedrich:903657,
author = {Friedrich, Patrick and Patil, Kaustubh R. and Mochalski,
Lisa N. and Li, Xuan and Camilleri, Julia and Kröll,
Jean-Philippe and Wiersch, Lisa and Eickhoff, Simon B. and
Weis, Susanne},
title = {{I}s it left or is it right? {A} classification approach
for investigating hemispheric differences in low and high
dimensionality},
journal = {Brain structure $\&$ function},
volume = {227},
issn = {0044-2232},
address = {Heidelberg},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-05306},
pages = {425–440},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Hemispheric asymmetries, i.e., differences between the two
halves of the brain, have extensively been studied with
respect to both structure and function. Commonly employed
pairwise comparisons between left and right are suitable for
finding differences between the hemispheres, but they come
with several caveats when assessing multiple asymmetries.
What is more, they are not designed for identifying the
characterizing features of each hemisphere. Here, we present
a novel data-driven framework-based on machine
learning-based classification-for identifying the
characterizing features that underlie hemispheric
differences. Using voxel-based morphometry data from two
different samples (n = 226, n = 216), we separated the
hemispheres along the midline and used two different
pipelines: First, for investigating global differences, we
embedded the hemispheres into a two-dimensional space and
applied a classifier to assess if the hemispheres are
distinguishable in their low-dimensional representation.
Second, to investigate which voxels show systematic
hemispheric differences, we employed two classification
approaches promoting feature selection in high dimensions.
The two hemispheres were accurately classifiable in both
their low-dimensional (accuracies: dataset 1 = 0.838;
dataset 2 = 0.850) and high-dimensional (accuracies: dataset
1 = 0.966; dataset 2 = 0.959) representations. In low
dimensions, classification of the right hemisphere showed
higher precision (dataset 1 = 0.862; dataset 2 = 0.894)
compared to the left hemisphere (dataset 1 = 0.818; dataset
2 = 0.816). A feature selection algorithm in the
high-dimensional analysis identified voxels that most
contribute to accurate classification. In addition, the map
of contributing voxels showed a better overlap with moderate
to highly lateralized voxels, whereas conventional t test
with threshold-free cluster enhancement best resembled the
LQ map at lower thresholds. Both the low- and
high-dimensional classifiers were capable of identifying the
hemispheres in subsamples of the datasets, such as males,
females, right-handed, or non-right-handed participants. Our
study indicates that hemisphere classification is capable of
identifying the hemisphere in their low- and
high-dimensional representation as well as delineating brain
asymmetries. The concept of hemisphere classifiability thus
allows a change in perspective, from asking what differs
between the hemispheres towards focusing on the features
needed to identify the left and right hemispheres. Taking
this perspective on hemispheric differences may contribute
to our understanding of what makes each hemisphere special.},
cin = {INM-7},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
pnm = {5251 - Multilevel Brain Organization and Variability
(POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5251},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {34882263},
UT = {WOS:000728454800001},
doi = {10.1007/s00429-021-02418-1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/903657},
}