Project description
How does the brain function? How do the different parts of the brain communicate? Because of the speed the brain operates at, we need to collect data quickly, and so EEG is an excellent approach. This project will explore the different ways we can look for connectivity between different areas of the brain. The project could involve planning and collecting data using a variety of stimuli, analysing the data, and exploring different ways of visualising the results. This could involve constructing a 3d printed head with a string of leds inside to show the transfer of information live.
Supervisors research focus
My research is biomedical signal processing, particular focussed on the brain. Electroencephalography (EEG) allows us to measure brain waves with excellent temporal resolution, so we can see the rapid changes that happen as we think, experience and respond to the world around us. This gives us the chance to study a range of interests, such as disease diagnosis (differences in brains), and connectivity and consciousness (how the brain works as a whole). But there are many sources of noise to make this difficult. We have contributed substantially to artefact reduction algorithms, to enable exploration of high frequencies, or parts of the brain usually hidden by muscle artefact.
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