Dr Suresh Muthukumaraswamy
My two main areas of research are:
- The mechanisms the brain uses to process information related to the observation of actions performed by other people. The primary empirical techniques that I have used to address this topic have been the neurophysiological techniques, MEG and EEG. I have also developed a theoretical framework for how this type of processing takes place in the brain.
- Examining the physiological relationship between the fMRI BOLD response and neurophysiological measures such as MEG.
Other topics that I have researched include aspects of, vision, mental imagery, synaptic plasticity, behavioural learning and the auditory system.
Selected Publications
Muthukumaraswamy, S.D., Edden, R.A.E, Jones, D.K., Swettenham, J.B. & Singh K.D. (2009). The level of GABAergic inhibition predicts peak gamma frequency and fMRI amplitude in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA., 106 (20). 8356-61. (.pdf)
Muthukumaraswamy, S.D., & Singh K.D. (2008). Spatiotemporal frequency tuning of BOLD and Gamma band MEG responses compared in primary visual cortex. NeuroImage, 40, 1552-1560. (.pdf)
Muthukumaraswamy, S.D., Johnson, B.W., Gaetz, W.C., Cheyne, D.O. (2006). Neural Processing of Observed Oro-Facial Movements Reflects Multiple Action Encoding Strategies in the Human Brain. Cognitive Brain Research, 1071, 105-112. (.pdf)
Muthukumaraswamy, S.D., Johnson, B.W., & McNair, N.A.(2004). Mu rhythm modulation during observation of a goal-directed grasp.Cognitive Brain Research, 19, 195-201. (.pdf)