Description:

Bijan Pesaran is an associate professor in the Center of Neural Science. His presentation is entitled, "The promise of local field potentials for neuroscience and neural engineering."

Dr. Pesaran's research focuses on experimental and engineering approaches. Multiple area recordings and stimulation will be used to probe the network mechanisms of decision making. Algorithms that predict these choices will then be implemented in real-time systems that will form the basis of a brain-machine interface to translate thought into action. The long-term goal of his research is to understand decision making at the level of brain networks and to apply this knowledge to help paralyzed and locked-in patients.