Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

Various speech and hand motor tasks are conducted in the EMU. Patients who have been implanted with SEEG electrodes will be recruited for this study. The main premise of this study is presenting stimuli to these individuals, or asking them to perform particular tasks to increase understanding of how the brain supports these abilities. Since different experiments target different cortical regions, each patient will participate in an experiment that is relevant to their electrode placement. Each session, lasting no more than 1.5 hours, includes breaks every 15 minutes.

Eye Tracking Task 

Navigation Task 

This study explores how playing a computer game affects memory formation and retrieval. 

Audiovisual Memory Task

The patients will participate in a visual-auditory task using the sensory cart. 

Motor Task 

In this task the patient will perform two different motor activities: Cued Movement and 2D. 

Naturalistic Movie Task 

Participants will be watching a short movie “Bang! You’re Dead”, a 1961 episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” , and will then will be asked to recognize different movie clips.

Language Learning Task 

 Patients will be listening to different speech and then asked to label each speech segments as New or Old.

Intracranial EEG Signal Analysis: Quantification of the Signal Frequency and Topographic Localization

This study evaluates the use of image processing techniques in the management of patients undergoing invasive intracranial recording for refractory epilepsy.

Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

This study involves the collection and analysis of clinical data from participants with epilepsy. 

Women with Epilepsy Across the Lifespan

This study aims to investigate whether women with epilepsy (WWE) receive care for gender-specific and sex-specific health issues as recommended in guidelines. 

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