# Core B: Electrophysiology Core

> **NIH NIH P01** · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · 2020 · $159,894

## Abstract

Core B
Project Summary
The development of reliable, valid and innovative measures of the functioning of the mirror neuron system
(MNS), particularly for use with human infants and children is a critical task in order to understand the plasticity
and development of this system and its influence on the emergence of social cognition. Core B's aims have
been to develop methods for the acquisition and processing of EEG that could identify EEG Event Related
Desychronization (ERD) in different age populations and to support the use of these methods in both human
and non-human populations across the different projects for assessment of the MNS. These aims were
achieved over the past five years. Methods for the acquisition, processing, and analysis of brain electrical
activity in human and non-human primates were developed and form the basis for the ability of investigators in
in all four projects in the current proposal to be able to acquire, process, and analyze EEG during different
tasks and with different age populations. The goals for Core B in the current proposal are to first, build on the
achievements of Core B over the past years, with continued support for fidelity of EEG acquisition, processing
and analysis of data in the projects; second, develop methods for modeling brain activity acquired with fMRI
and EEG to enhance source localization; third, engage in the development of novel and innovative methods
for the analysis of EEG network activity and fMRI functional connectivity during tasks involving action
execution and observation; and fourth, provide statistical support to the projects in the core. Innovative
methods for both source localization and brain network connectivity will be made available to members of the
Program Project and ultimately disseminated to the scientific community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9997956
- **Project number:** 5P01HD064653-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
- **Principal Investigator:** Nathan A Fox
- **Activity code:** P01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $159,894
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2010-09-10 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9997956

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9997956, Core B: Electrophysiology Core (5P01HD064653-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9997956. Licensed CC0.

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