Special talk May 2024
Developing Wearable (OPM) MEG for Naturalistic Neuroscience
Speaker: Dr Robert Seymour
9th May 2024
Abstract: This talk outlines unique challenges facing OPMs in terms of interference; demonstrate that OPMs can measure neural activity during movement; and introduce our setup combining OPMs and virtual reality to study the encoding and retrieval of autobiographical memories.
Bio: Dr. Robert Seymour is a Research Fellow at University College London. His research uses magnetoencephalography to answer fundamental questions across cognitive and clinical neuroscience. His PhD used conventional SQUID-MEG to study brain connectivity during visual processing in autism spectrum disorder. During his postdoctoral research at UCL he has developed wearable MEG with the goal of conducting more naturalistic neuroimaging experiments involving movement. In the future, Rob aims to use wearable MEG to advance our understanding of natural social interactions, including in neurodiverse populations.