Eventos pasados: Manuela Ruzzoli. Proactive self-regulation of cognition based on real-time brain-computer interface

What: Proactive self-regulation of cognition based on real-time brain-computer interface

Where: Zoom Room 2

Who: Manuela Ruzzoli, PhD, Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

When: Thursday, September 3th at 12 PM.

The standard experimental approach in cognitive psychology relies on collecting behavioural and/or physiological data while participants perform a computerised task for several minutes or hours. Data are then analysed off-line and averaged across trials or participants. In contrast, real-time testing focuses on reading performance on-line and adapting task parameters based on the “here and now” participant’s brain-state. Compared to the standard approach, which tests cognition retrospectively, real-time testing reverses the perspective. Knowing and monitoring one (or more) neural expression(s) of a cognitive function, critical brain states (and our knowledge about them) continuously affect the flow of the experiment, which in turn will affect brain responses.
In my talk, I will provide examples of the feasibility (and limitations) of the real-time testing in the domain of visual attention and cognitive control. I will also promote the idea that the real-time approach can be used to test basic hypotheses in cognition, but also to stimulate self-regulation of specific brain functions through training.