How the human brain constructs the past, present & possible future
Welcome – our laboratory studies the neuroscience of how we perceive & later retrieve information about the world.
We seek to understand how the human brain not only constructs our experience of the world in the present, but also of the past and future. Humans have a remarkable ability to relive our prior perceptual experiences – how is it that we are able to perceive the past? We study the human brain to understand the shared and distinct neural systems which support this ability.
A defining attribute of the laboratory is the unique approach we take to studying the human brain.
We combine neuroscience, neurosurgery and neural engineering to perform direct recordings from within the human brain. This approach allows us to record and modulate the brain at the population and single-neuron scale. Such measurements are more common in non-human animal models. Therefore, a driving impetus for our work is to improve links with research performed in other species, providing an important bridge for translating findings. This work is only possible through a collaborative team effort by committed scientist and clinicians.
Our research vision
We seek to contribute to the immediate and long-term progress of neuroscience and its translational impact on health and disease. We also seek to make these contributions in a way that celebrates science, and its successes in society, while endeavoring to ensure continued progress in the diversity and equity of the scholars in our community.
