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SUMMARY:STUDIES OF THE HUMAN BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING EXPERIMENTAL AND NATURA
 L CONDITIONS USING INTRACRANIAL ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY AND ELECTRICAL BRAIN 
 STIMULATION - Professor Josef Parvizi\, Associate Professor of Neurology a
 nd Neurological Sciences\, Stanford University
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Human brain is traditionally studied in controlled experimenta
 l conditions using functional imaging or scalp EEG wherein confounds of th
 e natural environment are intentionally eliminated. Given the complexity o
 f environmental factors and social interactions in our real life\, it rema
 ins unknown if a region of the human brain has similar activity during con
 trolled experimental conditions and during real-life settings. In this pre
 sentation\, I will present a historical overview of localization of functi
 ons in the brain and review some of our most recent studies with intracran
 ial electrocorticography (ECoG) and electrical brain stimulation in patien
 ts undergoing neurosurgical evaluations. I will compare our data from cont
 rolled experimental and natural conditions and will present videos of pati
 ents while their brains are being stimulated. \n\n\n\nBIO\nJosef Parvizi i
 s an Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanfor
 d University and specializes in the field of epilepsy surgery with interes
 t in functional mapping of the brain using a combination of functional ima
 ging\, intracranial EEG\, and electrical brain stimulation. Parvizi gradua
 ted from the University of Oslo with MD Cum Laude in 1996 and earned his P
 hD in neurosciences from the University of Iowa in 1999. He completed his 
 medical internship at Mayo Clinic\, neurology residency at Harvard\, and e
 pilepsy fellowship at UCLA. He has earned numerous teaching and research a
 wards and his research is currently funded by the National Institute of He
 alth (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) as well as several privat
 e foundation grants.  \n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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