Sliman Bensmaia, PhD | Biological and Bionic hands: Natural neural coding and artificial perception
Gastvortrag
- Datum: 05.03.2019
- Uhrzeit: 16:00 - 17:00
- Vortragende(r): Sliman Bensmaia, PhD
- Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, The University of Chicago, USA
- Ort: MPI für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften
- Raum: Wilhelm Wundt Raum (A400)
My goal is to discover how sensory information is encoded in the
activity of neurons along the somatosensory neuraxis, spanning the senses
of touch and proprioception. To this end, we record neuronal responses,
measure the elicited percepts, and develop mathematical models to link the
neuronal representations to behavior. We then leverage our basic scientific
insights to develop approaches to convey somatosensory feedback through
neuronal microstimulation for use in upper-limb neuroprostheses.