Working Groups
Group names, typical meeting times, and points of contact.
Alpha rhythms
Led by Nancy Kopell and Sujith Vijayan
- Mechanisms underlying alpha
- Role of alpha in attention and cognitive tasks
Auditory attention
Led by Dan Polley
- Interaction of thalamus and cortex
- Dynamics of layers in auditory cortex
- Interaction with prefrontal cortex
Beta rhythms
Led by Lara Rangel
- Role of beta in learning, movement, and attention
- Identification of other common beta themes
Methods of data analysis (Fri 10:30-12:00)
Led by Mark Kramer and Uri Eden
- Novel methodology
- Network inference
- Time-Frequency analysis: contours of constant phase
- Estimating phases
Physiology data analysis (Tues 4:00-5:00)
Led by Lara Rangel and Morteza Moazami
- Current lab research
- Data analysis
Temporal Aspects of Neuronal Coding (TANK)
Led by Nancy Kopell and Jonathan Cannon
- Connections between dynamic neural patterns and representation of information
- Dynamics in hippocampus
- Synthesis and modeling of current results in hippocampus research
Sleep & Memory
Led by Charmaine Demanuelle and Bengi Baran
- Brain oscillations during sleep that are critical for learning and memory and how they may go awry in neurological/psychiatric disorders
- Human and animal work
- Computational models
- Aimed to provide a platform for local research groups to present their new hypotheses, experiments and data
For more information, please contact cogweb at math.bu.edu.
