Prof Martin Vinck | Cortical dynamics and inter-areal interactions in attention and prediction
- Location
- 52 Pritchatts Road - Lecture Theatre 1 (G16), Hybrid Event, In person event, Zoom - registration required
- Dates
- Thursday 29 June 2023 (13:00-14:00)
This seminar is free to attend and is open to all, both within and outside the University. Attendance is possible both in-person and on Zoom, details of Zoom registration and physical location can be found above.
We are delighted to announce that the Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH) will welcome Professor Martin Vinck to present a hybrid CHBH Seminar, taking place on the date and time above.
Professor Vinck is Research Group Lead at Ernst Strungmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society and his full biography can be found below.
To arrange a 1:1 meeting with the speaker, please state your interest in the Zoom registration link above, or email chbh@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
CHBH Event Host
Professor Ole Jensen
Cortical dynamics and inter-areal interactions in attention and prediction
Abstract
In this talk, I will discuss our recent work on inter-areal interactions and dynamics in the cortex, focusing on attention and predictive processing. First, I will show evidence for distinct feedforward and feedback modulation of cortical activity with attention, and contrast firing rate vs. coherence based mechanisms. Second, I will discuss our work on the propagation and cell-type specific consequences of rhythmic gamma synchronization, studying both endogenous rhythms as well as optogenetic and flicker stimuli. Third, I will discuss our work on the functional role of rhythmic gamma synchronization in relation to predictive and efficient coding.
Speaker Biography
Research Group Leader at ESI; professor at Donders (neurophysics department). Did Postdoc with Jessica Cardin in Yale. PhD with Cyriel Pennartz / Francesco Battaglia in Amsterdam. Combines both computational and experimental work.
This seminar is free to attend and is open to all, both within and outside the University. Attendance is possible both in-person and on Zoom, details of Zoom registration and physical location can be found above.