Mathematics and Neuroscience

Paul Hege 

Have you ever wondered what actually happens in your brain when you are solving
a mathematical problem? While the basic principles of brain operation are still
unknown, we can get some hints using magnetoencephalography (MEG), a method
based on measuring the minute magnetic fields that emerge from your skull while
you think. But it turns out that the interpretation of the resulting data again
poses some unique mathematical and statistical questions. In this talk I want to
share some of the experiences I gained from working in a neuroscience lab over
the last few years, and give a short overview of some of the approaches we have
come up with to analyze neuroscience data using mathematical methods.