Brent Doiron
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of Pittsburgh
Thackeray Hall - Rm 505.
Pittsburgh, PA, 15206
Tel: (412) 624-1759
Fax: (412) 624-8397
email: bdoiron “at” pitt “dot” edu
The brain is a complicated "machine", and despite the great interest of a broad group of academics and clinicians, there is still only limited knowledge of how the brain computes. An important step in understanding brain behavior is to relate neural processing to the dynamics of both single neurons and networks of neurons. To this end, my research uses a combination of stochastic and nonlinear dynamics, information theory, and neural modeling to explore mathematical models of brain and their relation to idealized coding tasks. In particular, I have focused on investigating the impact of correlations and rhythms across neural populations on the representation and processing of sensory stimuli.