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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TitleA unified cognitive network model of language
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Nathan E Crone, Nitin Tandon
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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.
TitleClosing the Loop on Tremor: A Responsive Deep Brain Stimulator for the Treatment of Essential Tremor
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Kelly D Foote, Aysegul Gunduz
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university of florida
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Essential tremor (ET) is an incurable, degenerative brain disorder that results in increasingly debilitating tremor, and
afflicts an estimated 7 million people in the US (2.2% of the population). While the economic impact of ET is
indeterminate, it is surely quite substantial.
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.
TitleFunctional Architecture of Speech Motor Cortex
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Edward Chang
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university of california, san francisco
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Speaking is one of the most complex actions that we perform, yet nearly all of us learn do it effortlessly.
TitleSubthalamic and corticosubthalamic coding of speech production
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Robert Mark Richardson
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university of pittsburgh at pittsburgh
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Speech production and control is disrupted in a number of neurological diseases that involve the basal ganglia.
Notably, hypophonia and hypokinetic dysarthria (characterized by decreased motor gain) are prevalent in
patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
TitleWide deployment of massively multiplexed nanosystems for brain activity mapping
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Michael L Roukes, Kenneth L Shepard
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california institute of technology
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This project will place into the hands of many experimental neuroscientists validated, massively-multiplexed tools
for recording of neuronal activity, for chemical sensing of neuromodulators, and for highly-patterned optogenetic
stimulation with concurrent electrical recording – in any region of the
TitleHigh-Bandwidth Wireless Interfaces for Continuous Human Intracortical Recording
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Leigh R Hochberg, Arto Nurmikko
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massachusetts general hospital
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Neurologic disorders including cervical spinal cord injury, brainstem stroke, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis can lead to severe paralysis of all fou limbs.