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David Blake works in the field of learning and neuroplasticity using sensory cortex as a primary preparation. His PhD was awarded in 1995 from Johns Hopkins University, Dept Biomedical Engineering, for studies on neural coding of tactile roughness. Thereafter he worked on sensory learning and neuroplasticity, first at UCSF. He co-invented a type of cortical implant that enabled the tracking of responses in primates throughout learning, and has since broadened his perspective both in an integrative direction to study how the brain learning principles can inform machine learning, and in a reductionist direction to study the cell signalling pathways relevant in neuroplasticity caused by learning. He is currently tenured at Georgia Regents University. He is a member of the American Physiological Society and Society for Neuroscience, and his work is funded by NIH and NSF
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How brain implants will alter society |
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Session: Brain: What we need to know - health
Title: How brain implants will alter society.
A brain implant is a device that enables coupling between brain activity and external devices. They can be used to record brain activity, to cause brain activity, and to provide feedback during brain activity. Brain implants have had a small footprint in neuroscience research since the 1970s, but a boost in funding in the late 1990s, coupled with advances in capabilities of computers to sample information, led to an explosion of research. Historical and current topics in brain implants will be presented with a focus on how new neurophysiological implants will alter the future in health and non-health applications. The impact of brain implant science on the field of machine learning will also be explored. |
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