Brain Sciences Center

Our Research Methods

  • gaborExperimental psychology

  • allows researchers to explore the relationship between cognitive processes and behavior.
  • fMRIFunctional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

  • Ultra-high-field fMRI magnets, allow neuroscientists a non-invasive way to delve into the depths of  the active, functioning human brain.
  • modelingLarge scale computer modeling

  • Researchers develop large-scale mathematical models of the brain network and then explicitly simulate these models using high-performance supercomputers.
  • MEGMagnetoencephalography (MEG)

  • Our 248-sensor, whole head MEG instrument brings a new perspective to neuroimaging and research by allowing scientists to watch the brain at work in the speed of milliseconds.
  • population vectorsNeurophysiology

  • is a branch of neuroscience that studies the functioning brain and the accompanying nervous system.
  • single cellSingle cell recordings

  • allows researchers to explore the relationship between cognitive processes and behavior.
  • sonificationSonification

  • Multi-dimensional data arrays are transformed into multi-track musical sequences in the Studio of the Mind.
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Methods

     Researchers at the Brain Sciences Center focus on basic brain mechanisms underlying integrated functions, including:

  • Parkinson’s disease,
  • Alzheimer’s disease,
  • schizophrenia,
  • mental retardation,
  • non-invasive neuroprosthetics,
  • control of movement,
  • motor learning and memory,
  • spatial cognition,
  • language function,
  • language disorders in stroke,
  • facial somesthesia,
  • music perception
  • and sonification of brain signals.