Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships 2005/2006

Rachel Kalmar
Neurosciences

I am interested in understanding how ensembles of neurons collectively encode and transmit information, and how this neural activity underlies complex behavior and cognition. Using a combination of behavioral, physiological and computational approaches, I will explore how the brain computes values, how this computation drives decision making, and the applications of this value assessment in the context of neural prosthetic development