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Dr. Golan Karvat is a Visiting Scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) within the University of Cambridge, holding a prestigious Walter Benjamin postdoctoral fellowship. He conducts research at the Memory Control Lab under Programme Leader Michael Anderson, focusing on linking thought emergence to electrophysiological responses through non-invasive neuroimaging and computational approaches.
His research spans cognitive neuroscience, electrophysiology, and computational modeling, investigating how spontaneous brain activity competes with evoked responses to shape consciousness and behavior. This work has direct clinical implications for brain-computer interfaces in locked-in patients and treatments for psychiatric disorders including OCD, PTSD, and depression. He employs M/EEG, signal processing, and machine learning in healthy human subjects to study temporal integration, attentional mechanisms, and neural oscillation dynamics.
Analysis of his publication record reveals an evolution from autism spectrum disorder research using mouse models (2011-2016) to cutting-edge human cognitive neuroscience (2020-2024). Recent work emphasizes alpha oscillations in attention and temporal processing, while pioneering real-time neural detection for neurofeedback applications. His articles consistently bridge fundamental neural mechanisms with clinical interventions for psychiatric conditions.
Scientific Awards:
- Walter Benjamin postdoctoral fellowship
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Dr. Karvat is an integral member of the Memory Control Lab at Cambridge, collaborating extensively with Ilan Diester's group (University of Freiburg) on optogenetics and rodent behavior, and with T. Kimchi on autism models. His work contributes to the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience and the Cambridge Clinical Research Centre in Affective Disorders, focusing on translational applications of basic neuroscience discoveries.
