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Lecture Rescheduled: Wednesday 7th April (15:15-16:45) 

This lecture is an online discussion organised under our CCSS Societal Discussion Series: Fundamentals of Complex Systems. In this lecture series, we focus on more philosophical and overarching issues of complex systems.

For the foreseeable future, lectures will remain predominantly online.

Speaker Overview

Dr Jacabo Sitt is Director of Research at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM). He has applied his background in Physics to the field of Psychiatry, with his research focusing on the Neuroscience of Consciousness. His research aims at specifically testing the causal role of neural markers of consciousness using different experimental models, neuro-imaging methods and stimulation techniques. He specialises in neuro-imaging signal analysis, mathematical modelling, nonlinear dynamics, information theory, and machine learning.

Abstract

Uncovering the neural mechanisms that allow conscious access to information is a major challenge of neuroscience. An incomplete list of still open questions include, What are the necessary brain computational properties to permit access to a stream of conscious contents? What is the relationship between conscious perception, self-awareness and multi-sensory processing of bodily signals? How these processes change when the brain transitions to an ‘unconscious’ state (like sleep, anaesthesia or pathological conditions)? Can we externally trigger state-of-consciousness (SOC) transitions by means of stimulation? In this presentation I will present my work focus in these relevant scientific and clinical questions. 

I will present our latest developments including different pre-clinical and clinical experimental models (brain-injuries and/or anesthesia), neuro-imaging methods (EEG, fMRI or brain/body interactions) and stimulation techniques (tES, auditory/somatosensory/visual stimulation). Overall I will try to demonstrate that the integration of multimodal neural information provides critical information to characterise the state-of-consciousness in physiological and pathological conditions and might help to predict novel optimal therapeutic strategies.

Meeting Details

There will be 45-min lecture from the speaker, followed by a 45-min Question & Answer session.

To attend the lecture, please click this at 15:15 on Wednesday 7th April 2021.

The event will be held via Zoom.