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Events
Aug
18
Thu
Aug 18 @ 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Presenter: Yuki Minai
Time: 8:30 AM EDT, Thursday 8/18
Location: Mellon Institute 355
Zoom Link: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/93262104110?pwd=WkJXZm1yd0V2dUF3MTNFaUpERXh2Zz09
Meeting ID: 932 6210 4110
Passcode: 907132
Committee: Dr. Matthew Smith, Dr. Byron Yu, Dr. Robert Gaunt, Dr. Leila Wehbe
Title:
Spatiotemporal electrical microstimulation for modulating multi-area neuronal activity and behavior
Abstract:
Brain stimulation has emerged as a crucial scientific and clinical tool. It has been used for artificially controlling brain activity to causally test hypotheses and to treat brain diseases. However, current stimulation approaches cannot flexibly control the pattern of activity in populations of neurons, which limits the applicability of this approach. In this talk, I will present preliminary results characterizing the effect of patterned electrical microstimulation on neural population activity and behavior. These results pave the way toward the development of an electric microstimulation closed loop system to control neural population activity and behavior.
Aug
30
Tue
Aug 30 @ 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Presenter: Ben Richardson
Time: 1 PM ET, Tuesday 8/30
Location: Mellon Institute 416 or
Zoom Link: https://cmu.zoom.us/j/91510842998?pwd=bTF0YXZxSG1HUHNoRVhwTVovaGhSQT09
Title: Using Neural Correlates of Attention to Inform Aided Sound Processing
Committee: Dr. Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, Dr. Chris Brown, Dr. Pulkit Grover, Dr. Jana Kainerstorfer
Abstract:
The brain focuses spatial attention to parse information in a busy, sometimes overwhelming, auditory environment. This allows us to grab information from the sound that is important to us. Our labs use noninvasive brain imaging (fNIRS, EEG) to understand the neural signals that correspond to this process, and how manipulations of sound can improve spatial attention, especially in listeners with hearing loss. My talk will review preliminary fNIRS results demonstrating that delivery of larger-than-life spatial cues corresponds to activity in auditory and attention-related areas.
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