Benjamin Baden

Biography

I am a HDR student in the Visual Physiology and Neurobotics Laboratory at the University of Adelaide, under Dr. Steven Wiederman and Prof. David O'Carroll (Lund University, Department of Biology). My current research focuses on Selective Attention in the Dragonfly brain utilising a range of techniques including Intracellular electrophysiology and neuroanatomy. I am interested in uncovering the fundamental mechanisms that 'bridge the gap' between Neuroscience and Psychology via a mechanistic understanding of how neural networks result in information processing and, ultimately, psychological processes such as perception, cognition, consciousness, and behaviour. I am particularly interested in the computational theory of mind and how neurons work together to act as an information processing device - a computer - analogous to the heart's function as a 'pump', as well as Connectomics and an understanding of network topology and motifs that contribute to information processing.

Research Interest

Medicine,Medical Education,Research,etc