6/18(火) 10:00～(JST)　Dr. Salman E. Qasim の特別講演をハイブリッド形式で開催します！

2024.05.15

Tittle

The in-vivo electrophysiology of human memory: how cells and circuits in the human brain enhance memory for high-priority information across cognitive processes

Speaker

Dr. Salman E. Qasim
postdoctoral researcher
Center for Computational Psychiatry and Department of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

Place

ハイブリッド開催
【Onsite】理化学研究所　和光キャンパス　脳科学中央研究棟１F　102,103
【Online】Zoom（要事前登録）

Abstract

Humans forget a majority of what we experience. Why, then, do certain memories persist? Answering this question at a mechanistic level is critical to understanding memory overall, and to devising therapeutic approaches for maladaptive memory biases in psychiatric disorders. I will present my research utilizing direct, intracranial brain recordings in human neurosurgical patients performing memory tasks involving the influence of high-priority information (relating to goals, emotions, and rewards). I will draw connections between the neural biomarkers for memory across these different cognitive processes, at both micro- and meso-scales, and will present hypotheses for how these biomarkers may be causally modulated to downregulate maladaptive memories. By using in-vivo electrophysiology to shine a light on specific neural computations in memory, this work will provide a bridge between research into animal behavior, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical translation.