Research
behavioral state, and cognition
I. Goals
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Integrating
electrophysiological, pharmacological, and behavioral approaches
- Investigating the role of monoamines in behavioral arousal, orienting, and attention
- Determining how behavioral states affect attention and memory
- Characterizing neural mechanisms of endogenous event-related potentials
- Studying the mechanisms of face perception as a function of social constraints
- Understanding the neurocognitive etiology of addiction
- Developing a real-time brain computer interface (BCI)
- Predicting paroxysmal EEG disorders (e.g., epilepsy)
II. Questions we are currently asking
- Investigating the role of monoamines in behavioral arousal, orienting, and attention
- Determining how behavioral states affect attention and memory
- Characterizing neural mechanisms of endogenous event-related potentials
- Studying the mechanisms of face perception as a function of social constraints
- Understanding the neurocognitive etiology of addiction
- Developing a real-time brain computer interface (BCI)
- Predicting paroxysmal EEG disorders (e.g., epilepsy)
II. Questions we are currently asking
- How does motivation
affect attention?
- What are the EEG indices of attention bias?
- Is mu-rhythm an index of mirror neuron activity?
- Do autistic individuals show dysfunctional mu-rhythms? Do addicts?
- Can learning to intentionally control mu-rhythms affect other cognitive processes?
- What strategies affect learning to control mu-rhythms in a brain-computer interface?
- What are the EEG indices of attention bias?
- Is mu-rhythm an index of mirror neuron activity?
- Do autistic individuals show dysfunctional mu-rhythms? Do addicts?
- Can learning to intentionally control mu-rhythms affect other cognitive processes?
- What strategies affect learning to control mu-rhythms in a brain-computer interface?
