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SUMMARY:Perceptual and cognitive changes induced by decoded fMRI neurofeed
 back - Kazuhisa Shibata
DTSTART:20151019T130000Z
DTEND:20151019T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Real-time fMRI neurofeedback methods have been increasingly po
 pular in cognitive neuroscience fields. A major reason for this is that re
 al-time fMRI neurofeedback methods have potential to allow researchers to 
 test whether a brain region is causally related to a certain type of infor
 mation processing related to perception\, cognition\, and behavior. Howeve
 r\, there are several methodological concerns about conventional neurofeed
 back methods. To address these concerns\, we recently developed a new real
 -time fMRI neurofeedback method\, which we call decoded fMRI neurofeedback
  (DecNef\; Shibata et al.\, Science\, 2011). In this talk\, I will present
  two our recent studies using DecNef. In the first study\, we found that v
 isual perceptual learning of an orientation can be induced by DecNef. In t
 he second study\, we show that a higher socio-cognitive function\, facial 
 preference\, can be changed by DecNef. Our studies show that DecNef can wo
 rk as a powerful tool for cognitive neuroscience to better clarify causal 
 relationships between a brain region and a certain type of information pro
 cessing in humans.
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, CBL Rm #438 (http:/
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