Project Summary:
Natural sensory inputs are typically complex, and often combine multiple modalities. Human speech, for
example, combines auditory signals with visual cues, such as facial expressions, that inform the interpretation
of the spoken words.
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TitlePopulation Neural Activity Mediating Sensory Perception Across Modalities
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Thomas Robert Clandinin, Surya Ganguli, Mala Murthy, Kristin E Scott
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stanford university
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TitleReadout and control of spatiotemporal neuronal codes for behavior
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Behtash Babadi, Dante R Chialvo, Tommaso Fellin, Mark H Histed, Patrick O Kanold, Wolfgang Losert, John H.r. Maunsell, Stefano Vt Panzeri, Dietmar Plenz, Dmitry Rinberg, Shy Shoham
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university of chicago
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To survive, organisms must both accurately represent stimuli in the outside world, and use that representation
to generate beneficial behavioral actions.
TitleUltrasonic neuromodulation: establishing mechanisms and parameters to optimize targeted neuromodulation and control sensory side-effects
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Michael Ortiz, Shinsuke Shimojo, Mikhail Shapiro
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california institute of technology
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One of the major goals of the BRAIN initiative is to develop technologies capable of interfacing with specific
neural circuits in the human brain.
TitleCircuit mechanisms of evidence accumulation during decision-making
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Zhihao Luo
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princeton university
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Circuit mechanisms underlying evidence accumulation during decision-making
Behavior across many types of decision-making is well described by the gradual accumulation of evidence
toward one of multiple alternatives.
TitleFrom microscale structure to population coding of normal and learned behavior
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Wiliam Mcintyre Debello, Mark H Ellisman, Brian J Fischer, Jose L Pena
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albert einstein college of medicine
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This study aims to understand how the ensemble activity and network architecture of a neuronal population
guides natural and learned behavior.
TitleReversing Synchronized Brain Circuits with Targeted Auditory-Somatosensory Stimulation to Treat Phantom Percepts
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Susan E Shore
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university of michigan at ann arbor
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The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) integrates auditory and somatosensory information through circuitry that
modulates activity of the principal output neurons of the circuit, the fusiform cells.
TitleA unified cognitive network model of language
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Nathan E Crone, Nitin Tandon
Institute
university of texas hlth sci ctr houston
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Most current approaches to understanding the neural basis of cognitive processes are severely limited in
two respects. First, most commonly used methods do not have the temporal (e.g., fMRI) or spatial (e.g.,
MEG/ EEG) resolution to capture the relevant dynamics.
TitleDynamic Neural Mechanisms of Audiovisual Speech Perception
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Charles E Schroeder
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columbia university health sciences
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ABSTRACT – (Title: Dynamic Neural Mechanisms of Audiovisual Speech Perception)
Natural speech perception is multisensory; when conversing with someone that we can see, our brains
combine visual (V) information from face, postural and hand gestures with auditory (A) information from the
voice.
TitleOptimizing flexible, active electrode arrays for chronic, large-scale recording and stimulation on the scale of 100,000 electrodes
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Bijan Pesaran, John Rogers, Kenneth L Shepard, Jonathan Viventi
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duke university
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In this proposal, we will develop next-generation flexible micro-electrocortigraphic (µECoG) and penetrating
electrode arrays using active electronics in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology.
Active electronics enable amplification and multiplexing directly at each ele
TitleQuiet TMS: A Low-Acoustic-Noise Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation System
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Angel V Peterchev
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duke university
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This project will develop a low-noise transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) system. TMS is a technique
for non-invasive brain stimulation using strong, brief magnetic pulses. TMS is widely used as a tool for probing
brain function and is an FDA approved treatment for depression.
TitleCrowd coding in the brain:3D imaging and control of collective neuronal dynamics
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Patrick O Kanold, Wolfgang Losert, Dietmar Plenz
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univ of maryland, college park
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The cortex is a laminated structure that is thought to underlie sequential information processing.