Jonathan Viventi, an NYU WIRELESS Professor has received a $400,000 grant from the Army Research Office.  Viventi is exploring uses for high-density neural recording to understand some of the brain’s most basic capabilities.  His project aims to demystify the human auditory system, specifically examining the signals associated with paying attention and absorbing information in the presence of noise.

For example, the research could help determine how we can better carry on a conversation in a noisy restaurant. The project is a collaboration with Yale Cohen in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.