{"640596":{"#nid":"640596","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Anderson Speed","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnderson Speed\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBME PhD Thesis Proposal\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E Friday, October 30, 2020\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E 3:00PM\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBluejeans Link:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/780409565\/7612?src=calendarLink\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/780409565\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeeting ID:\u003C\/strong\u003E 780 409 565\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor: \u003C\/strong\u003EDr. Bilal Haider\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Gordon Berman\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Dieter Jaeger\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Dan O\u0026rsquo;Connor (Johns Hopkins)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Chethan Pandarinath\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Information Content and Routing of Visuomotor Signals in the Cortex\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ESensorimotor transformations are a hallmark of natural behaviors.\u0026nbsp; The mechanisms by which sensory information is taken in, processed, and transformed into a motor action are not well understood.\u0026nbsp; A common framework in sensorimotor neuroscience suggests that as sensory information is propagated serially up the cortical hierarchy, stimulus-related information is lost and \u0026ldquo;transformed\u0026rdquo; into action-related information.\u0026nbsp; This proposal seeks to directly test two components of this framework.\u0026nbsp; In aim 1, a two-response visual detection task will be developed to allow for the direct interrogation of distinct routes of visuomotor processing.\u0026nbsp; In Aim 2, the information content of neural signals at multiple nodes along the visuomotor pathway will be quantified.\u0026nbsp; In Aim 3, simultaneous recordings from visual and motor areas will allow for the direct measurement of signal propagation through the cortex to assess the route of information flow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Information Content and Routing of Visuomotor Signals in the Cortex "}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2020-10-26 18:08:03","changed_gmt":"2020-10-26 18:08:03","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-10-30T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-10-30T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-10-30T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-10-30 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-10-30 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-10-30 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}