Christopher Petkov, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Department
Neurosurgery
Research areas
- Translational systems neuroscience, from primates to human patients
- Cognitive neuroscience: learning, memory, scene analysis and language precursors
- Neuronal mechanisms, circuits and computational modelling
- Audio-visual sensory integration for concept formation
- Brain predictive coding, fronto-temporal interactions and intolerance to uncertainty
- Primate neuroscience of direct relevance for neurology and neurosurgery patient work
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