BIO/PSY 159, Seminar in Neuroscience, is a class taught by Dr. Joyce Fernandes and familiarizes students with ongoing Neuroscience research at Miami University. The class worked in groups to identify a research lab of our choice. This group chose to explore Dr. Thomas’ research lab in the Psychology department, with interests in cognitive neuroscience. The research involves brain mapping through EEG to examine choice behavior, pattern recognition, and perception. Our project involved learning about the research, followed by disseminating important information for a more general audience. Brain mapping can enhance our understanding of the functional areas of the brain and can have possible implications for the treatment of mental disorders. We have completed various assignments related to this presentation in preparation and have communicated with the professor and graduate student in the lab. Some information we have gathered from a recent research proposal is about the hemifield and bilateral conditions. The hemifield conditions are brain regions and channels that are contralateral to the stimulus. The bilateral condition is having both the left and right hemispheres tracking salience levels of a stimulus in the attentional ERP component. The left hemisphere has proven to have a stronger attentional component, which shows brain activity is slightly left lateralized. The future relevance of this work is to help determine the neural processes that underlie decision making.
Authors: Brynn Hollingsworth, Lauren Bodner, Sydney Larson, Joseph Seidensticker
Faculty Advisor: Joyce Fernandes, Biology
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