Projects
Interactions between frontal and parietal cortex during cognitive control tasks: a combination of fMRI, single unit recordings and optogenetics. KU Leuven
To accomplish virtually any task, we rely on cognitive control in our brain, which includes memory, attention, planning, reasoning, decision making etc. To improve our understanding of the neuronal mechanisms underlying such processes, we aim to investigate the behavioral and functional impact of very short and precise interruptions of activity in key nodes of the brain’s network involved in cognitive control processes. First, we will use ...
The functional role of frontal and parietal cortex in top-down and bottom-up driven processes: a combined optogenetic, electrophysiology and fMRI study. KU Leuven
To accomplish virtually any task, we rely on top-down processing in our brain, that is not directly driven by sensory stimulation. To improve our understanding of the neuronal mechanisms underlying such processes, we aim to investigate the behavioral and functional impact of very short interruptions of activity in key nodes of the brain’s network involved in top-down and bottom-up processes. First, we will use high resolution functional ...
Study on the neural substrate of speech development using fMRI in the zebra finch model. University of Antwerp
Investigating cognitive control with concurrent fMRI and remote control of neuronal signaling using the DREADD (designer receptor exclusively activated by designer drug) method in monkeys KU Leuven
The research project is using a new and remarkable neuro-modulatory method concurrent with functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the cognitive control system in monkeys. The method allows a remote control of neuronal signaling with high cellular specificity and high spatial resolution and is very promising for both fundamental and clinical neuroscience.