Targeted read-out, analysis, and control to elucidate dynamic-emotional processing
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Allen, Brian D. (Brian Douglas)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.
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Edward S. Boyden.
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Many psychological disorders, such as panic disorder, are episodic in nature, with unpredictable onsets and similarly unpredictable durations. That the severe symptoms of these disorders come in waves rather than remain at a level of stasis poses a daunting challenge for pharmacological approaches that lack temporal precision. Here, a set of technologies and approaches for examining and treating these conditions are developed, using techniques to monitor brain activity and shut down specific brain sub-regions at times critical to the recall of emotional memory.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2010. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-62).
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2010Department
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.