This is a conversation with Dr. Catie Chang, a Sally and Dave Hopkins Faculty Fellow and assistant professor in the departments of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Chang runs the neurdylab, which aims to increase the understanding of the human brain by advancing functional neuroimaging methodology.

Dr. Chang's homepage: https://www.cchanglab.net/

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Timestamps:

[1:00] First exposure to neuroscience, MIT and Stanford memories

[7:00] The brain, MRI vs fMRI, identifying correlated signal changes in the brain over time

[10:00] fMRI imaging, thesis work on temporal dynamics

[15:00] fMRI vs. FNIRs, limitations of fMRI, modeling the influence of respiratory and cardiac activity in BOLD signals

[26:00] Open questions in signal processing, interpreting neural circuits

[30:00] Addressing subjective experience from study participants, group patterns vs. unique patterns of brain signals

[35:00] Bridging the gap between lab study and practice and the role of AI in populations vs. individuals

[40:00] Addressing ethical concerns about the ability to attribute brain signal artifacts to the emotional states of an individual

[44:00] "Neuroscience edge cases" in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat, open questions in neuroscience

[48:00] The role of understanding the brain in emulating intelligence

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