Electrophysiological/ Computational Core

目标 作为电生理学和计算核心的核心B将开发用于处理和分析来自人类和非人类灵长类研究的脑电数据的标准方法，这些方法可用于识别镜像神经元系统(MNS)的活动。无论是标准的非参数谱估计方法，还是基于参数建模、小波分析和脑活动独立分量分析的最新方法，都将被用来识别婴儿、儿童和成人以及非人类灵长类动物的Mu样反应。此外，皮质源分析还将为下面所述的MU活动的生成器提供窗口。该核心将为在人类婴儿(项目I和项目II)、人类儿童(项目I和项目IV)和人类成人(项目I和IV)以及非人灵长类婴儿(项目I和项目III)和非人灵长类成人(项目III)观察和实施期间检查镜子系统的电生理数据收集项目提供基础支持。

Objectives Core B, the electrophysiology and computational core, will develop standard methods for processing and analysis of EEG data from both human and non-human primate studies that can be used to identify mirror neuron system (MNS) activity. Both standard nonparametric spectral estimation methods and more recent methods based on parametric modeling, wavelet analysis, and independent component analysis of brain activity will be used to identify mu like responses in infants, children and adults and in the non-human primate studies. Moreover, cortical source analysis will also provide a window to the generators of the mu activity as described below. This core will provide foundational support to each of the Projects for collecting electrophysiological data examining the mirror system during observation and performance of action in human infants (Projects I and II), human children (Project I and IV) and human adults (Projects I and IV) as well as non-human primate infants (Projects I and III) and non-human primate adults (Project III).