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Research | Papers/Abstracts | Collaborators | Personal | Miscellaneous
I am currently a PhD student in neuroscience under the supervision of Associate Professor David Liley and Dr Joeseph Ciorciari in the Brain Dynamics Research Unit at the Brain Sciences Institute (SUT). The goal of my research is to charaterise the unique and somewhat paradoxical changes in electroencephalogram (EEG) dynamics which occur during the inhalation of Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas). These empirical findings aim to complement the mathematical modelling of EEG dynamics during anaesthesia currently being perfomed by other members in the Brain Dynamics Research Unit.
PhD Thesis topic (2005 - Present):
An exploration of the electroencephalographic dynamics induced by nitrous oxide inhalation in humans.
-Interested volunteers can refer to the BSI website for more information about study participation.
Prior to this work I completed an undergraduate degree - BSc(psychology/psychophysiology) - with honours by research in psychophysiology (H1), along with research assistant work in functional neuroimaging (fMRI) with Professor David Crewther.
Honours Thesis topic (2004):
Theoretically motivated ARMA analysis of a pharmaco-EEG signal: electrophysiologically quantifying sedation.
Multi-focal fMRI demonstrates cortical visual field retinopy. (POS-THU-178).
Foster B.L.,Crewther D.P., & Crewther S.G.
Australian Neuroscience Society 2004, Melbourne, Australia.Efficient retinotopic mapping of occipital cortex through application of a multi-focal paradigm to fMRI. (TH277).
Foster, B.L., Crewther, D.P., Crewther, & S.G.
Human Brain Mapping 2004, Budapest, Hungary.Efficient mapping of multiple attributes with fMRI and individual variation. (TU216).
Crewther, D.P, Wheaton, K., Foster, B.L., Rutkowski, J.S., Waites, T., & Crewther, S.G.
Human Brain Mapping 2004, Budapest, Hungary.
T1 MRI cranial image. Using voxel grey scale thresholds the cerebral cortex has been
segmented from the skull into a 3D rendering. The convoluted cortex is then inflated
to achieve a smooth surface with sulci/gyri boundaries maintained.
Performed with Brain Voyager (Brain Innovation).
© Brett Foster 2007