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Neuroscientist | Asst. Prof. at IIT Gandhinagar
Working on precision brain networks, thalamus, working memory, attention, and meditation
Prev: Postdoctoral Fellow@Buckner Lab, Harvard; PhD@Boston University; II(I)T Delhi; IISc
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The python based toolbox is available online: github.com/Kushagra-Rod...
Work done by an amazing team Dr. Suruchi Fialoke, Prof. Rahul Garg, Kushagra Rode, Aniruddha Deb from IIT Delhi.
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Like in this analysis of the Pieman audio dataset, specific interesting scenes in the movie elicited strong responses across individuals, which TSA nicely captures nicely.
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This is where our method TSA comes into the picture, it is a model free analysis technique that allows cognitive scientists to find robust and nonlinear brain activations across a whole range of cognitive tasks thus opening up the avenues for more naturalistic task designs.
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The gold standard of the field has been General Linear Model (GLM) which allows to find strong, reliable activations but it is limited by model assumptions such as linear behavior of the brain. But the brain is highly non-linear especially in higher order brain regions.
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Usually Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) data acquired through fMRI is slow and sluggish. To determine if a brain region is involved in a given cognitive task, careful task design and methods are required.
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The less jargon in your paper, the simpler it feels, and the harder it gets to be accepted 🤷.
Would love to write easy-to-access papers though.
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- I got my office ready
- The first version of the lab website launched
- Created lab design requirements
- Attended a Robotics symposium
Lots of exciting science and teaching happening!
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- One paper was accepted
- One paper is being finalized
- One paper reviewed
- Lots of faculty meetings
- Met with a Japanese delegation
- One Qualifying exam attended
- Acted as an external on postdoc interviews
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- Met with 20+ students about positions in the lab
- Attended MSc. Mid-Sem thesis presentations
- Proposed two courses for the next year
- Applied for two external research grants
- Wrote Ethics Committee proposal for five research projects
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We are also hiring Postdocs, so reach out if interested (the ads would be out in couple of weeks).
If you are a Bachelors/Masters student and would like to do a project or thesis (atleast 4 months), please reach out.
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We investigate the localization and dynamics of various cognitive functions, how these processes are disrupted in cognitive disorders, and whether predictive models can be developed to better understand and diagnose these conditions. 😁 😇
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Wow! That's amazing! Great work!
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Thanks a lot, Sara!
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I will be hiring Postdocs, grad students (MS/PhD), would float out those advertisements soon after joining). If you are interested reach out to me.
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I'd be studying higher-level cognition like working memory, attention, and meditation. A future goal would be understand how disorders impact the function of the brain and how therapeutic interventions can help.
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IIT is a great place for new faculty and has a dedicated Cog Sci dept, one of the few places in the country.
I'd be working on integrative neuroscience, which bridges and brings together various aspects of neurosciences like neuroimaging, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, theory, and philosophy.
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We have a method for finding variability/synchronized activity across trials/subjects. Demonstrating it for DMN variability in this paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The toolbox will be usable pretty soon.
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The progress in aviation and space flights in the early days was amazing! Sometimes I think about it and wonder, what have I done during my PhD 😅
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The work of Patanjali on mind and cognitive science is brilliant and not well known outside the Yogic circles. He talked about different mental states, methods to have control over the mind, causes of misery, how cravings and aversions arise, and so much more. I can write a whole book about it.
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Love the Logo! If it was left-right flipped, it could double up a C, just saying! A pretty neat design and cool website!
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I am just curious how we would define "surprise" or "emergence" here, there is a sense of subjectivity and domain expertise to understand these in AI models. An old eg - AlphaGo's move 37 in its game 2 against Lee Sedol was touted as unexpected but brilliant www.johnmenick.com/writing/move...
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Congratulations Ev! I cannot think of anyone who deserves it more. Such inspiring work!