Flexibility and constraints in learning and cognition
Improving brain-computer interfaces
Sensory-motor coordination
"We study how learning, cognition, and sensory-motor coordination are achieved by populations of neurons.”
Histological evaluation of a chronically-implanted electrocorticographic electrode grid in a non-human primate.Degenhart AD*, Eles J*, Dum R, Mischel JL, Smalianchuk I, Endler B, Ashmore RC, Tyler-Kabara EC, Hatsopoulos NG, Wang W**, Batista AP**, Cui XT**.J Neural Eng. 2016 Aug;13(4):046019
Extracellular voltage threshold settings can be tuned for optimal encoding of movement and stimulus parameters.Oby ER, Perel S, Sadtler PT, Ruff DA, Mischel JL, Montez DF, Cohen MR, Batista AP*, Chase SM*.J Neural Eng. 2016 Jun;13(3):036009.