Come to the first FSSHH (Friday Student Seminar and Happy Hour) of the year!
Food and drink and fun; plus learn about the cool work of one of your fellow grad students.
WHO: Matt Fifer, a second year student from Dr. Thakor's lab is giving the talk
WHAT: Decoding grasp kinematics from human electrocorticography (ECoG)
WHERE: Traylor 709
WHEN: 5pm Friday August 27th.
Title:
Decoding grasp kinematics from human electrocorticography (ECoG)
Abstract:
Human electrocorticography (ECoG) is a neural recording modality used for seizure localization in epileptic patients prior to resection surgery. We measured ECoG amplitude in 4 subjects and attempted to predict the degree of grasp aperture during a slow grasping motion of the hand. Decoding accuracy was found to be high (mean r > 0.6), to be relatively invariant to wrist rotation angle, and to require relatively few electrodes to achieve maximal performance. This work is promising for the potential future development of a reliable, low-footprint ECoG-driven neuroprosthetic. Future work is targeting the application of similar methods to more natural reach-to-grasp motions.
