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"As long as our brain is a mystery, the universe - the reflection of the structure of the brain - will also be a mystery." (Santiago Ramon y Cajal) Our lab uses electrophysiological, computational, and psychophysical techniques to answer the following questions:
How do computations emerge from networks of neurons? Learning and cognition are not a product of isolated neurons, but the emergent property of complex networks of neurons. Great progress continues to be made in molecular and cellular neuroscience, as well as in cognitive neuroscience. However, little is known about the intermediary level of analysis: how do networks of neurons generate the complex computations that define human behavior?
How does the brain tell time? Speech and music recognition are two uniquely human abilities that rely on the brain's ability to tell time. However, while much is known about how the brain processes 'spatial' information, such as the orientation of visual stimuli, virtually nothing is known about how the brain discriminates the duration of sounds and sights. Answering the above questions will be necessary both for the development of a general theory of brain function, and to understand the causes of the neurological disorders that impair memory and cognition.
Dean Buonomano, Ph.D. |
