Reading and writing wirelessly in the non-human primate brain
This is a hybrid event. If you are attending online, the zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85241891234?pwd=cXJ4S0xmNUhHV3FxREx1a1dUTzhxZz09 Meeting ID: 852 4189 1234 Passcode: 006723
Cognitive research in non-human primates has typically involved heavy movement restraints to accommodate brain recording and stimulation equipment. Consequently, it is not clear whether the insights generated in laboratory settings generalize to more ecological contexts, and how natural movements interact with cognitive coding by neuronal populations. I will present new data collected in semi-restrained and fully unrestrained monkeys during the performance of cognitive tasks and natural social interactions. I will also present new optogenetics techniques for the primate brain including viral delivery methods as well as chronic illumination technologies allowing wireless stimulation/inhibition of specific cell populations in freely-moving primates. I will discuss applications of such technologies for both basic and clinical research applications for primates, including humans.
Date: 18 July 2022, 12:00 (Monday, 13th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: Tinsley Building, Mansfield Road OX1 3TA
Venue Details: Seminar room
Speaker: Sébastien Tremblay (University of Pennsylvania)
Organising department: Department of Experimental Psychology
Organiser: Nima Khalighinejad (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: nima.khalighinejad@psy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Nima Khalighinejad (University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Halley Cohen