Lectures related to Executive functions

Columnar Processing in the Cortex

Explores columnar processing in the cortex, decision-making tasks, and the transition from spatial information to action.

Neuroprosthetics: Hallucinations and Self Distortions

Explores hallucinations, self distortions, cognitive decline, and altered sensorimotor processing in neuroprosthetics.

Introduction to Cognitive Control

Introduces cognitive control, the process influencing behavior and supporting flexible responses.

Neuroprosthetics: Decoding Human Brain Activity

Explores decoding human brain activity for decision-making, behavior control, and speech processing, with implications for neuroprosthetics.

Dominance and Social Hierarchy

Explores dominance and social hierarchy in humans, including indicators of dominance, hormones' role, and leadership in contemporary societies.

Gene interactions and networks

Explores gene interactions, regulatory networks, genetic variability, and computational models for genetic dynamics.

Understanding Stress

Explains the effects of stress on the body and cognition.

Theory of reinforcement learning: Introductory question

Covers the theory of reinforcement learning, exploring exploration/exploitation dilemma and continuous state/action spaces.

Frontal Cortex Oscillations: Coordination Mechanism

Explores how slow cortical oscillations in the frontal cortex coordinate brain networks and impact memory processes, with a focus on cognitive control and healthy aging.

Introduction to synaptic plasticity

Covers synaptic plasticity, types of synapses, Hebb's postulate, LTP, LTD, and network oscillations in the hippocampus.

Nutritional Interventions for Mental Health

Explores the impact of nutrition on mental health, emphasizing personalized nutritional interventions and the challenges faced in traditional treatments.

Sensory learning with neural networks

Explores sensory representations, perception, memory, cognitive control, and neural networks.

Interactive Learning Strategies: Active vs Passive Learning

Explores active and passive learning strategies, brain activity, memory, and concept maps.

Neuroepigenetics: Chromatin Structure and Regulation

Explores neuroepigenetics, focusing on chromatin structure, regulation, and epigenetic inheritance in neurodevelopment.

Understanding Neuroscience

Explores the multidisciplinary nature of modern neuroscience and its impact on brain function.

Sequential pattern mining for robust event detection

Presents a method for event detection from news using limited resources, making it robust to noise and language-independent.

Sleep Science: Understanding the Dormitory Typology

Explores the typology of dormitories, stages of sleep, and the importance of good sleep for brain and body health.

Layered control: Motor control in vertebrates to robots

Covers layered control architectures from vertebrates to robots, including deliberative control and its drawbacks.

Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation for Mental Disorders

Explores the challenges and advancements in using deep brain stimulation for treating mental disorders through circuit-oriented approaches.

Motor Control in Vertebrates

Explores the hierarchical organization of motor control in vertebrates and layered control architectures.