Dr. Monica K. Hurdal
Florida State University, U.S.A.
and Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Mathematics and Brain Mapping
Functional processing of the human brain occurs on the highly convoluted cortical surface called the grey matter. I will present some mathematical models I have used to localize neural activity in the visual cortex from EEG (brain wave) data. I will also present methods for unfolding and flattening the fissured surface of the cortex to create flat maps of the brain which can be used to visualize and localize functional activity from PET and MRI scans.