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DESCRIPTION:Abstract:  Quality of life and definitions of death are both of
 ten based on the concept of personhood – a status given by one human being
  to another as a result of their relationship and successful interaction. 
 Unfortunately\, this important attribute is frequently not given to indivi
 duals who do not have the ability to communicate or to interact with other
 s. My research is concerned with enhancing the quality of life of non-comm
 unicative persons and their caregivers by using novel technologies to reve
 al and elicit signs of their personhood. Through my research\, I have deve
 loped technologies based on signals from the autonomic nervous systems of 
 children with severe and profound disabilities that can be used to reveal 
 responses to external stimuli\, and as the source of physiologically-gener
 ated music (e.g. biomusic). I have also developed technologies based on el
 ectroencephalographic (EEG) signals recorded directly from the brain that 
 may be used to assess levels of consciousness and cognitive ability in sil
 ent persons. My ultimate goal is to implement such technologies into home 
 and healthcare settings\, in order to improve communication\, enrich inter
 action\, and enhance the personhood of non-communicative persons and their
  caregivers.    Bio:  Dr. Blain-Moraes is a postdoctoral fellow in the Dep
 artment of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan. Trained as a biom
 edical engineer at the University of Toronto\, her primary research intere
 sts focus on building new technologies to develop communication and intera
 ction with individuals who are unable to move or speak. Her doctoral work 
 explored the potential of using autonomic nervous system signals from chil
 dren with severe disabilities for communication. In her current postdoctor
 al work\, Dr. Moraes is collaborating with anesthesiologists to record EEG
  from individuals whose levels of consciousness are being deliberately mod
 ulated. The goal of this research is to understand the neural correlates o
 f conscious experience in order to detect consciousness in individuals who
  are non-communicative. She aims to implement these technologies into home
  and healthcare settings such that all individuals can retain meaningful c
 ommunication and interaction with their family and caregivers\, regardless
  of their level of (dis)ability.
DTSTART:20140318T180000Z
DTEND:20140318T193000Z
LOCATION:1160 av des Pins ouest\, CA\, Goodman Cancer Research Centre\, Roo
 m 501\, 1200 Pine Avenue West
SUMMARY:Harnessing physiological signals to enhance the personhood of non-c
 ommunicative individuals
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 siological-signals-enhance-personhood-non-communicative-individuals-234
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