ERB 315<\/a><\/p>\nResearch Interests<\/h2>\n
Computational visual neuroscience: neuronal mechanisms underlying spatial representation, visual motion perception, perception and action, using functional neuroimaging, psychophysics and computational modeling.<\/p>\n
Theoretical Engineering and Neuroinformatics: development of computational tools to facilitate and automate the analysis of large volume of fMRI and MEG data and find patterns in the data (data mining). We will both build the tools for general use, and apply them to specific research projects in brain science.<\/p>\n
Current Research<\/h2>\n
Dr. Vaina\u2019s main areas of current interest involve: (a) models of visual motion analysis in the human brain based on computational, psychophysical, structural and functional-neuroanatomical methods; (b) functional plasticity-learning and neurocovery: physchophysics, functional neuroimaging and neuronal network models; (c) Functional MRI of the human visual system.<\/p>\n
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Selected Recent Publications<\/h2>\n
Vaina L.M., Rushton S.K. \u201cWhat neurological patients tell us about the use of optic flow\u201d Int. Rev .Neurobiol. 44: 293-313 (2000)<\/p>\n
Vaina L.M., Soloviev S., Bienfang D.C., Cowey A. \u201cA lesion of cortical area V2 selectively impairs the perception of the direction of first-order visual motion\u201d Neuroreport 11(5): 1039-44 (2000)<\/p>\n
Vaina L.M., Cowey A., Kennedy, D. \u201cThe Neuroanatomical Damage Producing Selective Deficits To First Or Second Order Motion In Stroke Patients Provides Further Evidence For Separable Mechanisms\u201d Human Brain Mapping 7: 67-77 (1999)<\/p>\n
Clifford C.W.G., Vaina L.M. \u201cA Computational Model of Selective Deficits in First- and Second-order Motion Processing\u201d Vision Research 39: 113-130 (1999)<\/p>\n
Clifford C.W., Vaina L.M. \u201cAnomalous perception of coherence and transparency in moving plaid patterns\u201d Brain Res. Cogn. Brain Res. 8(3): 345-53 (1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Professor, Biomedical Engineering Research Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine Brain and Vision Laboratory Phone: (617) 353-2455; Fax: (617) 353-6766 Email: vaina@bu.edu Office: ERB 315 Research Interests Computational visual neuroscience: neuronal mechanisms underlying spatial representation, visual motion perception, perception and action, using functional neuroimaging, psychophysics and computational modeling. Theoretical Engineering and Neuroinformatics: development of computational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3705,"featured_media":0,"parent":547,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3705"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/985\/revisions\/992"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ophthalmology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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