A Platform for Cognitive Monitoring of Neurosurgical Patients During Hospitalization

Intracranial recordings in epilepsy patients are increasingly utilized to gain insight into the electrophysiological mechanisms of human cognition. There are currently several practical limitations to conducting research with these patients, including patient and researcher availability and the cogn...

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Main Authors: Omer Ashmaig, Liberty S. Hamilton, Pradeep Modur, Robert J. Buchanan, Alison R. Preston, Andrew J. Watrous
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.726998/full
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author Omer Ashmaig
Omer Ashmaig
Liberty S. Hamilton
Liberty S. Hamilton
Liberty S. Hamilton
Pradeep Modur
Robert J. Buchanan
Robert J. Buchanan
Robert J. Buchanan
Robert J. Buchanan
Alison R. Preston
Alison R. Preston
Alison R. Preston
Alison R. Preston
Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
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Robert J. Buchanan
Alison R. Preston
Alison R. Preston
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Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
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description Intracranial recordings in epilepsy patients are increasingly utilized to gain insight into the electrophysiological mechanisms of human cognition. There are currently several practical limitations to conducting research with these patients, including patient and researcher availability and the cognitive abilities of patients, which limit the amount of task-related data that can be collected. Prior studies have synchronized clinical audio, video, and neural recordings to understand naturalistic behaviors, but these recordings are centered on the patient to understand their seizure semiology and thus do not capture and synchronize audiovisual stimuli experienced by patients. Here, we describe a platform for cognitive monitoring of neurosurgical patients during their hospitalization that benefits both patients and researchers. We provide the full specifications for this system and describe some example use cases in perception, memory, and sleep research. We provide results obtained from a patient passively watching TV as proof-of-principle for the naturalistic study of cognition. Our system opens up new avenues to collect more data per patient using real-world behaviors, affording new possibilities to conduct longitudinal studies of the electrophysiological basis of human cognition under naturalistic conditions.
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spelling doaj.art-99c0144362ac4280a3888d928ca842a22022-12-21T20:47:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612021-11-011510.3389/fnhum.2021.726998726998A Platform for Cognitive Monitoring of Neurosurgical Patients During HospitalizationOmer Ashmaig0Omer Ashmaig1Liberty S. Hamilton2Liberty S. Hamilton3Liberty S. Hamilton4Pradeep Modur5Robert J. Buchanan6Robert J. Buchanan7Robert J. Buchanan8Robert J. Buchanan9Alison R. Preston10Alison R. Preston11Alison R. Preston12Alison R. Preston13Andrew J. Watrous14Andrew J. Watrous15Andrew J. Watrous16Andrew J. Watrous17Andrew J. Watrous18Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesCenter for Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesDepartment of Neurology, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesInstitute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesDepartment of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesSeton Brain and Spine Institute, Division of Neurosurgery, Austin, TX, United StatesDepartment of Neurology, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesSeton Brain and Spine Institute, Division of Neurosurgery, Austin, TX, United StatesDepartment of Neurosurgery, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesCenter for Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesInstitute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesDepartment of Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesDepartment of Neurology, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesCenter for Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesInstitute for Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States0Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United StatesIntracranial recordings in epilepsy patients are increasingly utilized to gain insight into the electrophysiological mechanisms of human cognition. There are currently several practical limitations to conducting research with these patients, including patient and researcher availability and the cognitive abilities of patients, which limit the amount of task-related data that can be collected. Prior studies have synchronized clinical audio, video, and neural recordings to understand naturalistic behaviors, but these recordings are centered on the patient to understand their seizure semiology and thus do not capture and synchronize audiovisual stimuli experienced by patients. Here, we describe a platform for cognitive monitoring of neurosurgical patients during their hospitalization that benefits both patients and researchers. We provide the full specifications for this system and describe some example use cases in perception, memory, and sleep research. We provide results obtained from a patient passively watching TV as proof-of-principle for the naturalistic study of cognition. Our system opens up new avenues to collect more data per patient using real-world behaviors, affording new possibilities to conduct longitudinal studies of the electrophysiological basis of human cognition under naturalistic conditions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.726998/fulliEEG (intracranial EEG)movies and other mediaepilepsy monitoring and recordingnaturalisticbehavior and cognitionvideo games
spellingShingle Omer Ashmaig
Omer Ashmaig
Liberty S. Hamilton
Liberty S. Hamilton
Liberty S. Hamilton
Pradeep Modur
Robert J. Buchanan
Robert J. Buchanan
Robert J. Buchanan
Robert J. Buchanan
Alison R. Preston
Alison R. Preston
Alison R. Preston
Alison R. Preston
Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
Andrew J. Watrous
A Platform for Cognitive Monitoring of Neurosurgical Patients During Hospitalization
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
iEEG (intracranial EEG)
movies and other media
epilepsy monitoring and recording
naturalistic
behavior and cognition
video games
title A Platform for Cognitive Monitoring of Neurosurgical Patients During Hospitalization
title_full A Platform for Cognitive Monitoring of Neurosurgical Patients During Hospitalization
title_fullStr A Platform for Cognitive Monitoring of Neurosurgical Patients During Hospitalization
title_full_unstemmed A Platform for Cognitive Monitoring of Neurosurgical Patients During Hospitalization
title_short A Platform for Cognitive Monitoring of Neurosurgical Patients During Hospitalization
title_sort platform for cognitive monitoring of neurosurgical patients during hospitalization
topic iEEG (intracranial EEG)
movies and other media
epilepsy monitoring and recording
naturalistic
behavior and cognition
video games
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.726998/full
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