Neurophysiology of movement and action perception: Neural activity (spike trains and local field potentials) is recorded from animals trained to execute eye and arm movements and analyzed to gain insight into the movement variables coded by single neurons or populations of neurons. We aim to a) understand how the discharge pattern of neurons control the line of sight and coordinated eye-hand movements, b) understand the neural basis of a fundamental human behavior, grasping, and object manipulation and c) decipher the neural mechanisms of social cognition
Our current efforts focus on:
Neurophysiology of visual attention and memory: We record and analyze neural activity patterns at different spatial scales (single neurons, neuronal populations, neural networks, anatomically defined areas, distinct cortical layers) to reveal the neural code of cognitive variables in visual attention and working memory.
Our goals are:
Education and Training: The group contributes to the education and training of undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students as well as of PhD candidates and Postdoctoral researchers. Further, the group contributes to the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program "BRAIN and MIND sciences".
A. ONGOING PROJECTS
Title: Intra- and Inter-Areal Communication in Primate Brain Networks.B. COMPLETED PROJECTS
Title: Layer-specific characterization and modeling of fronto-parietal dynamics in primate cortical networks, Project number: Τ11ΕΡΑ4-00014, MIS: 5070462Title: Assigning Meaning to the Actions of Other Subjects: Neural Correlates.
Funding Agency and funding scheme: Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) under the “First Call for H.F.R.I. Research Projects to support faculty members and researchers and the procurement of high-cost research equipment”.
Duration: 2019-2023
Title: Decoding cognitive information from populations of neurons towards the development of a brain-machine interface.
Funding Agency and funding scheme: Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) under the “First Call for H.F.R.I. research projects to support Postdoctoral Researchers”.
Duration: 2019-2023
Bridging neural activity and perception
Title: Bridging neural activity and perception: correlations and causality between activity of single neurons, neuronal populations, oscillatory dynamics and attentive behavior (2018 – 2019 & 2020-2021)
Funding Framework: Bodossakis Foundation – Research Grant in Biomedicine
Neural mechanisms of attention during visual search
Title: Neural mechanisms of attention during visual search (2015 - 2017)
Funding Framework: Fondation Sante, Research Grant in Biomedical Sciences
Title: Neural Mechanisms of Visual Search (2014 - 2016)
Funding Framework: ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΑ ΙΙ, Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινωνικό Ταμείο και ΓΓΕΤ
Title: Mental Training in Artificial Agents (2014 - 2016)
Funding Framework: ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΑ ΙΙ, Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινωνικό Ταμείο και ΓΓΕΤ
Title: Mental Simulation of Action (2014 - 2016)
Funding Framework: ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΑ ΙΙ, Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινωνικό Ταμείο και ΓΓΕΤ
Title: Neurophysiology and modeling of action observation (2014 - 2015)
Funding Framework: Bilateral S&T Cooperation Program, GSRT
Title: Interactions between prefrontal cortex and area V4 in attention (2010 - 2013)
Funding Framework: EU/Marie Curie FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG
Title: The role of parietal and prefrontal cortex in visual selection (2010 - 2013)
Funding Framework: Ενίσχυση Μεταδιδακτόρων, ΓΓΕΤ
Title: Attribution of action to the correct agent (2010 - 2013)
Funding Framework: Ενίσχυση Μεταδιδακτόρων, ΓΓΕΤ
RESEARCHERS
For any information regarding the group please contact:
Computational Neurosciences Group,
Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
Nikolaou Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton,
GR 700 13 Heraklion, Crete
GREECE
Tel: +30 2810 391800
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Mrs. Maria Papadaki - secretary)
Tel.: +30 2810 391805
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Mrs. Yiota Rigopoulou - secretary)