Welcome to the Oxford centre for Human Brain Activity
OHBA is a state-of-the-art experimental centre for investigating the functioning human brain. Multiple methods are available for measuring or altering neural activity, or for measuring different types of behavioural outputs.We carry out research into both fundamental and clinical neuroscience, as well as developing analysis methods. We aim to promote intellectual exchanges within Oxford as well as with other Institutions. |
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External links: Department of Psychiatry Department of Experimental Psychology FMRIB - Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the brain OCMR - University of Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research Oxford Neuroscience University of Oxford |
 Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Electroencephalography (EEG) Eyetracking Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Analysis |
OHBA on BBC's Horizon exploring the nature and role of unconscious perception
'Out of Control?' Episode 10. Available on i-player until 17 April 2012.Kia Nobre was interviewed by the Horizon team for an episode exploring the importance of the unconscious mind in our day-to-day lives. To demonstrate how little of the visual world we actually process, she scanned George Wallis in the MEG system performing one of the tasks he has developed for his doctoral research. Despite being very well practised in his own task, he was only able to detect change in 2-3 items at a time. This shows how little of the visual world is really accessible for conscious tasks. The hour-long programme covered several groups' research, including using toy helicopters to demonstrate how little explicit understanding we have of how we guide our own actions, and also how we may unconsciously choose to ignore negative messages. Paul Azzopardi from the Department of Experimental Psychology was also interviewed about his research into the nature of blindsight. |
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