Research topic
Using mathematical and computational models to study neural transformations.
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Human Motor Control and Neuromodulation Laboratory: linking quantitative movement measurements with implanted subthalamic local field potentials and neuromodulation to understand Parkinson’s disease and develop personalized adaptive therapies.
5 lessons · ~27 minutes
Explore the labHow retinal circuits transform visual information, adapt and compute; models that connect predictions to mechanisms.
6 lessons · ~45 minutes
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Decoding and Restoring Movement in Parkinson’s Disease
Beta oscillations: a neural signature of impaired movementDistinguish beta power from threshold-defined burst duration.
Supports: Computational neuroscience
Neural Circuits, Vision, and Computation
What does it mean for a neural circuit to compute?Describe a neural computation as a transformation from input to output.
Supports: Computational neuroscience
Neural Circuits, Vision, and Computation
From neural data to interpretable modelsDescribe a linear-nonlinear model r(t) = f(k * s(t)) and how it is evaluated on held-out data.
Supports: Computational neuroscience
Decode Life: AI & Computational Biology
Brain signals and EEGEEG records scalp voltage influenced by many neural and non-neural sources.
Supports: Computational neuroscience
Decode Life: AI & Computational Biology
Neurons as information-processing systemsMembrane potential reflects electrical and chemical gradients across a neuron.
Supports: Computational neuroscience
Decoding and Restoring Movement in Parkinson’s Disease
AI, gait, and the future of personalized neuromodulationInterpret neural and wearable gait biomarkers within their measurement limits.
Supports: Computational neuroscience
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