Saba Gharaei

Dr. Saba Gharaei is a Research Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU), affiliated with the Division of Neuroscience (Eccles Institute of Neuroscience) within the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR). She is part of the Arabzadeh Group, focusing on neural coding and multisensory integration. Her research spans visual and somatosensory systems, with emphasis on how the brain processes sensory information across modalities. Key areas include the role of the superior colliculus in modulating cortical responses and the integration of visual/whisker signals in rodents.

• Education: PhD in Neuroscience (specific degree details not explicitly stated).
• Affiliations: ANU Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, Arabzadeh Group.

Research Interests: Her work investigates multisensory integration mechanisms, neural pathways in sensory processing, and behavioral neuroscience. Specific topics include classical conditioning, reinforcement learning, and visual motion perception in primates. Recent studies highlight the superior colliculus’s role in somatosensory-cortical interactions and cross-modal signal integration.

Publications: Dr. Gharaei has contributed to seminal studies on sensory integration, including work on rat visual-whisker signal integration (2018) and marmoset visual motion processing (2013). Her 2020 paper on somatosensory-cortical modulation in the superior colliculus advanced understanding of neural coding pathways.

Grants/Labs: Active in collaborative projects within the Arabzadeh Group, focusing on neural coding and neurophysiological techniques. No explicit grant details provided in texts.