Dr. Carlos Trenado will give a seminar on “Performance improvement in humans through neuroscience approaches” on 15 January at 4 pm. The abstract of the talk and a short bio is shared below.

Bio:
Carlos Trenado is a neuroscientist and neurotechnologist with several years of experience in clinical neuroscience. He has been a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Public Health of University of Maryland College Park, University Hospital Freiburg and University Hospital Düsseldorf. He is currently a research fellow at the Systems Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Unit of Saarland University. His research interests include investigation of neural mechanisms of multisensory integration, cognition and perception in humans by using pharmacological, behavioral and neuromodulation interventions as well as computational modeling.

Abstract:
Multisensory integration (MI) refers to simultaneous processing of stimuli from different sensory modalities which gives place to a neural response reflecting fusion of information. Interestingly, previous work has shown that MI favors enhancement on performance in a number of perceptual and behavioral domains. In this respect, I will argue about stochastic resonance as a promising approach to enhance motor and cognitive performance in humans and emphasize some medical and technological applications.