Dr. Ueli Rutishauser

Biography

Ueli Rutishauser is a faculty associate at the California Institute of Technology, focusing on systems neuroscience. His research investigates the neural mechanisms underlying learning, memory, and decision making. He employs advanced techniques such as in-vivo single-unit electrophysiology, intracranial electrocorticography, and eye tracking, combined with behavioral and computational approaches. Rutishauser's overarching goal is to leverage unique neurosurgical opportunities to enhance our understanding of the human nervous system. He has been instrumental in pioneering techniques for human single-neuron recordings and advancing tools and methods in neurosurgery that facilitate these experiments. His recent work emphasizes the neural mechanisms of episodic memory, single-trial learning, and the representation of novelty and familiarity within the human hippocampus, amygdala, and basal ganglia, alongside the exploration of theta rhythm and the neural representation of faces and emotions.

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