Faculty

Supratim Ray

Office : Ground floor of PRL at Central Animal Facility
Phone : 080-22933437
E-Mail : sray[at]iisc.ac.in
web : https://cns.iisc.ac.in/sray/

Research Areas

Mechanisms of attention and gamma oscillations; Modeling and Signal Processing; Brain-Computer Interfacing

Research Details

Our lab studies the neural basis of selective attention, with a focus on a brain rhythm called “gamma” (30-80 Hz), which is modulated by attentional load and is thought to be linked to high-level cognitive processes. Attentional mechanisms have been studied at several different recording scales – from single neurons in monkeys to diffuse population measures such as electro-encephalography (EEG) in humans. However, the relationship between signals recorded from such different scales is poorly understood. The long-term goal of this research is to elucidate the mechanisms of attention by linking the neural recordings obtained from these vastly different scales. This involves recording of electrical activity from the brains of both humans and non-human primates using a variety of techniques while they are engaged in certain cognitive tasks, development of advanced signal processing techniques to build the “links” across recording scales, and mathematical modeling of brain signals, including gamma oscillations, using dynamical system approach as well as detailed biophysical models. Establishment of this cross-species, cross-scale link between brain signals has far reaching applications, such as in Brain-computer Interfacing (BCI) and clinical diagnosis of brain disorders.