Home Department: Computer Science
Mentor: Tirin Moore (Neurobiology)

"High-Density Neural Recordings and Electrical Microstimulation Uncover Corollary Discharge Circuits in the Visual System"

Corollary discharge is a mechanism that has evolved to distinguish self-generated signals from those coming from the outside world. This mechanism has been hypothesized as why the world appears stable to us despite frequent eye movements, but it has never been tested. Catherine’s project will test this hypothesis using a novel approach combining large-scale, high-density recordings with electrical microstimulation in non-human primates. She will record and stimulate in prefrontal and visual cortex to elucidate corollary discharge circuits for the first time. Importantly, unlike other circuit-dissection techniques, this novel approach is easily translatable to humans.