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Coordination

This chart measures the reaction time of neurons firing when we are looking at an object. Even an act as simple as looking and reaching to pick up a cup recruits neurons throughout the brain. What are these neurons saying to each other?

Researchers

Maureen Hagan, Yuriria Vazquez Zuñiga, Indie Garwood

Attention

Each time we make a decision, interactions between neurons in different circuits across the brain determine whether we want to choose one option over another. This chart shows one of the decision making options our brain makes. Neurons in different regions of the brain have access to different kinds of information. When we are faced with a choice, the different regions exchange information with each other. Who decides?

Researchers

Agrita Dubey, Katie Wingel, Betty Xu, Simin Huang

Speech

A simple graph showing what our sensory-motor speech have control over and where they are located within the brain. Language is a uniquely human property of the brain but speaking depends on constructing a sensory-motor interface, something all brains must do. How are our brains unique?

Researchers

Greg Cogan, Keith Doelling, Asha Iyer

Optical Interface

We are using a combination of magnetic resonance imaging and large-scale recordings together with electrical and optogenetic stimulation to map the brain. Understanding how neurons work together in large-scale circuits depends on developing new technologies to precisely map, monitor and control neuronal activity across the circuit.

Researchers

John Choi, Katie Wingel, Agrita Dubey, Indie Garwood, Jacob Stefanowicz and Ken Shepard

Brain-machine Interfaces

A brain-machine interface records neural activity from the brain and processes it to generate a control signal. Advanced technologies are needed to treat neurological disorders. We are studying how to sample neural signals in the brain to develop reliable and effective neural interfaces for clinical translation.

Researchers

Yan Wong, Amy Orsborn, Nia Boles, Jessica Kleinbart