Gurnoor Kaur
Pronouns: she/her
Research Mentor(s): Omar Ahmed
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Psychology / LSA
Program: UROP
Session: Session 5 (2:40pm – 3:30pm)
Authors: Yashmeet Kaur, Anna Shinohara, Faraz Hassan, Omar Sohail, Karandeep Singh, Jeet Das
Abstract
Dr. Omar Ahmed’s lab research focuses on understanding how neurons are able to complete the task of navigating around space with/without cues and what part of the neural system fails in people with neurological and psychiatric disorders. The aim is to eventually repair the neurons and computations, helping those unable to navigate because of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy. My part of the project builds on the work already completed in the lab and integrates a new behavior protocol and a motor control software into the current behavior control set-ups.
