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Jim DiCarlo is the Peter de Florez Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence. Dr. DiCarlo’s work explores whether
these computer “digital twin” models of the brain could help guide safe, non-invasive ways to influence brain activity. In his talk, he explains how such a model could be used to design specific patterns of light. When this carefully designed light
is added to what the eye naturally sees, it can precisely influence activity in groups of neurons in the inferior temporal cortex. Since neural activity in this visual brain area may be connected to emotional states like anxiety, this research could eventually open the door to non-invasive approaches that may benefit mental well-being in the future.
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Jim DiCarlo is the Peter de Florez Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence. Dr. DiCarlo’s work explores whether
these computer “digital twin” models of the brain could help guide safe, non-invasive ways to influence brain activity. In his talk, he explains how such a model could be used to design specific patterns of light. When this carefully designed light
is added to what the eye naturally sees, it can precisely influence activity in groups of neurons in the inferior temporal cortex. Since neural activity in this visual brain area may be connected to emotional states like anxiety, this research could eventually open the door to non-invasive approaches that may benefit mental well-being in the future.
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