I am a PhD student studying neural network dynamics. During the course of my PhD I will construct a computational model of the neural network dynamics underpinning different aspects of cognition using publicly available, multimodal neuroimaging data. I will use this model to suggest regions and parameters for non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS). Then, by empirically testing the suggested stimulation parameters, I hope to lower the switch cost in task-switching paradigms. This could improve task performance, provide a deeper mechanistic understanding of NIBS’s effects, and further expand the potential of this rapidly developing technique

Projects:

1. Task switching paradigm: The task switching game was built to be easily configured to the demands of different experiments. It was built to reduce visual confounds, and can be played during in-lab experiments, from an MR scanner, or remotely, as a web-based game.

Play the game here - Task switching paradigm

The code can be viewied here: https://github.com/daniellekurtin/task_switching_paradigm