Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences.
Abstract
GICCS is a multidisciplinary neuroscience research institute whose mission is to understand higher cognitive function-both under normal and pathological conditions. Its major focus areas are: higher auditory processing and language; brain injury and plasticity; computational neuroscience; and drug discovery. GICCS faculty have continued to elucidate the complex mechanisms of higher auditory processing in experimental animals, from bats to primates. Parallel research in humans, using functional brain imaging and cognitive psychology, examines how the human brain deals with complex sounds, particularly those relating to speech. These studies address not only normal language processing but also examine disorders of speech/language, including developmental and acquired dyslexias. Investigators also use tools from cellular/molecular neurobiology and from systems neuroscience to study plasticity after acute or chronic brain injury, as well as after early vision or hearing loss. This includes development of novel pharmacological strategies to limit brain damage and to enhance cognitive function after injury or neurodegeneration. Brain magnetic resonance techniques (including functional imaging) are also used. Computational methods are employed to model sensory processing based upon experimental studies. Predictions based upon mathematical modeling are evaluated in subsequent laboratory experiments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA359604
Entities
People
- Robert S. Ledley