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NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering
Research Project Write-up
Title of Project :
Social Brains: EEG Hyperconnectivity between
operetor pairs whilst actively performing demanding
interdependent goal-oriented tasks.
Name of Supervisor :
Prof. Tassos Bezerianos
Contact Details:
email: [email protected], tel: 66013054
Short Description
Functional neuroimaging has been a major tool for cognitive neuroscience,
experimental psychology, and psychiatry. Noninvasive high-resolution imaging
would provide tremendous benefits to better understanding of the brain mechanisms
behind mental processes, such as perception, attention, learning, etc. Although the
traditional approach of functional neuroimaging is usually applied to a single
participant at a time, there has been the emerging field of using functional
neuroimaging to record the neural activity of multiple participants performing a task
at the same time. In the Cognitive Engineering Group in SiNAPSE, we have
previously conducted experiments exploring the interactions of pilot-copilot pairs
during operation of a NASA flight simulator. The interaction between the brains was
quantified by the temporal sequence of localised electrical activity sources. Here, we
will develop a physics engine within a flight simulator to control for the pilot-copilot
interactions. We will also develop a new method to quantify the neural hyper
connectivity extending our previous analysis using source localization to graph
theoretical approach on cross participant function connectivity. We are seeking highly
motivated and committed student for the data analysis of EEG and complex
behavioural data. The candidate is expected to be confident with applied mathematics
and programming for the data analysis using Matlab and shell scripts. We offer a
friendly, multi-disciplinary team and an ideal environment for learning and selfdevelopment.