Novel Multimodal Neural, Physiological, and Behavioral Sensing and Machine Learning for Mental States
Start Date
8/1/2024
Completion Date
11/30/2028
Summary
In this program, the investigators will develop novel multimodal neural-behavioral-physiological monitoring tools (software and hardware), and machine learning models for mental states within social processes and beyond. The tools consist of a multimodal skin-like wearable sensor for physiological and biochemical sensing; a conversational virtual human platform to evoke naturalistic social processes; audiovisual affect recognition software; synchronization tools; and machine learning methods to model the multimodal data. The investigators will demonstrate the tools in healthy subjects without neural recordings and in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who already have intracranial EEG (iEEG) electrodes implanted based on clinical criteria for standard monitoring to localize seizures, which is unrelated to our study.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to No maximum
Interventions
Virtual human social interaction
Cold pressor test
Conditions
Locations
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
Downey, California 90242
United States
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California 90007
United States