Journal
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/abb7a5
Keywords
iEEG; ECoG; sEEG; iES; human cognition
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [2R37NS21135, K99NS115918]
- National Institute of Mental Health (Conte Center) [P50 MH109429]
- James S. McDonnell Foundation [220020448]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [320030_188737, P300PA_174451]
- Interfaculty Research Cooperation 'Decoding Sleep: From Neurons to Health & Mind' of the University of Bern
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [320030_188737, P300PA_174451] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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By recording neural activity directly from the human brain, researchers gain unprecedented insight into how neurocognitive processes unfold in real time. We first briefly discuss how intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) recordings, performed for clinical practice, are used to study human cognition with the spatiotemporal and single-trial precision traditionally limited to non-human animal research. We then delineate how studies using iEEG have informed our understanding of issues fundamental to human cognition: auditory prediction, working and episodic memory, and internal cognition. We also discuss the potential of iEEG to infer causality through the manipulation or 'engineering' of neurocognitive processes via spatiotemporally precise electrical stimulation. We close by highlighting limitations of iEEG, potential of burgeoning techniques to further increase spatiotemporal precision, and implications for future research using intracranial approaches to understand, restore, and enhance human cognition.
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