Dr Denise Moerel (Western Sydney University)

Title: Dynamic neural encoding of visual information in individual and interacting brains

Abstract:

Our goals shape how the brain processes visual information, but separating the contributions of various cognitive processes remains a challenge. In this talk, I will demonstrate how well-controlled stimuli, combined with multivariate decoding techniques applied to time-resolved neural data (EEG/MEG), can help disentangle the specific role of selective attention in modulating visual processing from other cognitive functions such as visual short-term memory and decision-making. Extending these approaches from single brains to interacting brains further allows us to examine how information processing converges and diverges across individuals during shared behaviour, helping to tease apart the distinct cognitive processes that underpin successful cooperation.

Bio:

Denise Moerel is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development at Western Sydney University. Her research investigates how perception enables complex behaviour, such as social interaction, and how attention facilitates these processes. She uses research methodologies such as EEG and MEG in combination with multivariate decoding methods.