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May 31 (Monday), 16:00 CET (17:00 Moscow time) Moscow MEG Center Webinar Series:
#EEGManyLabs: Investigating the Replicability of Influential EEG Experiments.
Yuri Pavlov, PhD (Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Tuebingen, Senior Research Scientist at Ural Federal University), the leading coordinator of the #EEGManyLabs project.
07.04.2021
a seminar was held on Eye contact in autism and its link to the imbalance of excitation and inhibition in the brain.
by Nouchine Hadjikhani, MD, PhD (Professor, Harvard University, University of Gothenburg)
MEGNord
Given the current situation with Coronavirus (COVID-19), MEG NORD will take place in May 2021.
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03.03.2021
a seminar was held on Классификация коротких записей МЭГ с помощью сверточных нейронных сетей для определения намеренных фиксаций взгляда
by Anastasia Ovchinnikova, Senior research fellow, PhD in Physico-Mathematical Sciences
24.02.2021
a seminar was held on Основы преобразования сигнал МЭГ в пространство источников by Victoria Manyukhina,Junior researcher
Video of the seminar on YouTube!
RIA Novosti about the MEG-center
On the website of the news Agency "RIA Novosti" there is a new article dedicated to the research involving MEG-Center scientists "Ученые совместили магнитные поля мозга и глаза для управления компьютером"
17.02.2021
a seminar was held on application of mixed models in data processing
by Ksenia Saifulina, Junior researcher and Vera Tretyakova, Research fellow, PhD in Chemical Sciences
Video of the seminar on YouTube.NEW ARTICLE!
In "Frontiers in Neuroscience" (Q1 of the Scopus database)
MEG-based detection of voluntary eye fixations used to control a computer
Congratulations to the authors!
Ovchinnikova A.O., Vasilyev A.N., Zubarev I.P., Kozyrskiy B.L. and Shishkin S.L.(2021) MEG-based detection of voluntary eye fixations used to control a computer. Front. Neurosci. 15:619591. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.619591
02.02.2021
a seminar was held on Studies of neurocognitive interfaces by the MEG-Center group
by Sergei Shishkin, senior researcher, PhD The seminar covered the works of the MEG-Center's Neurocognitive Interfaces group – conducted, ongoing, and planned.
Video of the seminar on YouTube.20.01.2021
a seminar was held on the article Left hemispheric deficit in the sustained neuromagnetic response to periodic click trains in children with ASD by Elena Orekhova, senior researcher, PhD
Abstract
Background: Deficits in perception and production of vocal pitch are often observed in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the neural basis of these deficits is unknown. In magnetoencephalogram (MEG), spectrally complex periodic sounds trigger two continuous neural responses—the auditory steady state response (ASSR) and the sustained field (SF). It has been shown that the SF in neurotypical individuals is associated with low-level analysis of pitch in the ‘pitch processing center’ of the Heschl’s gyrus. Therefore, alternations in this auditory response may reflect atypical processing of vocal pitch. The SF, however, has never been studied in people with ASD. Methods: We used MEG and individual brain models to investigate the ASSR and SF evoked by monaural 40 Hz click trains in boys with ASD (N = 35) and neurotypical (NT) boys (N = 35) aged 7–12-years. Results: In agreement with the previous research in adults, the cortical sources of the SF in children were located in the left and right Heschl’s gyri, anterolateral to those of the ASSR. In both groups, the SF and ASSR dominated in the right hemisphere and were higher in the hemisphere contralateral to the stimulated ear. The ASSR increased with age in both NT and ASD children and did not differ between the groups. The SF amplitude did not significantly change between the ages of 7 and 12 years. It was moderately attenuated in both hemispheres and was markedly delayed and displaced in the left hemisphere in boys with ASD. The SF delay in participants with ASD was present irrespective of their intelligence level and severity of autism symptoms. Limitations: We did not test the language abilities of our participants. Therefore, the link between SF and processing of vocal pitch in children with ASD remains speculative. Conclusion: Children with ASD demonstrate atypical processing of spectrally complex periodic sound at the level of the core auditory cortex of the left-hemisphere. The observed neural deficit may contribute to speech perception difficulties experienced by children with ASD, including their poor perception and production of linguistic prosody.
RIA Novosti about the MEG-center
On the website of the news Agency "RIA Novosti" there is a new article dedicated to the MEG center research "Заучивание искусственных слов помогло открыть неизвестный механизм памяти"
RIA Novosti about the MEG-center
On the website of the news Agency "RIA Novosti" there is a new article dedicated to the MEG center research "Ученые выяснили, как эмоции и ценности помогают нам видеть предметы"
Our Q1 Publications in 2020!
Infant EEG theta modulation predicts childhood intelligence. Scientific Reports
RIA Novosti about the MEG-center
On the website of the news Agency "RIA Novosti" there is a new article dedicated to the MEG center research Ученые выяснили, как именно "хранятся" слова в мозге
Biomag 2020
Given the current situation with Coronavirus (COVID-19), Biomag 2020 will take place in August - September 2021.
RIA Novosti about the MEG-center
On the website of the news Agency "RIA Novosti" there is a new article dedicated to the MEG center research "Российские ученые объяснили один из парадоксов зрительного восприятия"
NEW ARTICLE!
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Orekhova, Prokofyev, Nikolaeva, Schneiderman, Stroganova Additive effect of contrast and velocity suggests the role of strong excitatory drive in suppression of visual gamma response // PLoS ONE 15(2): e0228937