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Will Saban

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Office:  2121 Berkeley Way, 3rd floor
Email:  willsaban.at.berkeley.edu 

 Across domains of study, I hope to further understand the interaction between two axes: 
(i) Cortical-Subcortical neural mechanisms. 
(ii) Volitional-Reflexive cognitive processes. ​
It is my hope to build a model that will consistently map the dynamic relationship between these two axes that are changing in a neuro-evolutionary manner.
​I apply three methodological strategies to determine whether Cortical-Subcortical mechanisms have a functional role in motor (e.g., sequence learning) and cognitive (e.g., arithmetic) processes:
(i) Patients studies: Patients with Cerebellar ataxia or Parkinson disease, who have degenerative diseases that affect subcortical regions (i.e., the Cerebellum or the Basal Ganglia). 
I have recently developed PONT: A Platform for Online Neuropsychological Testing. 
(ii) Archer Fish, which lacks a fully developed cortex and is an evolutionary older specie.
(iii) Sensitive behavioral manipulation to probe the contribution of subcortical - monocularly segregated - regions in humans.
if you have any questions, please send us an email to ivrycognac@berkeley.edu.
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