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Suzy Chiazzari

Posted At : August 31, 2011 7:58 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Suzy Chiazzari is recognised as a leader in the field of Holistic Design and Colour Therapy. She is the author of seven books on holistic living, Colour Scents, Flower Psychometry and Colour therapy. Her work has been featured on radio, television and in many newspapers and magazines. She is a gifted and experienced healer, international lecturer and workshop leader. Suzy is on the panel of experts for several magazines and also on the international board for the association for Holistic Design and founder of the International Wheel of Colour Association (IWOC). She began painting and drawing at an early age, and later lived and worked in an ecological village self-help scheme supported by UNESCO, in India. Suzy returned to London where she obtained her first degree in Education specialising in the Visual Arts, but later returned to college to study Interior Design and Creative Perfumery with a leading Perfume house. For several years, she ran her own design consultancy in London specialising in creating healing homes and work interiors using colour and environmental design. Her personal experience of the therapeutic use of colour led her to study Colour Therapy to advanced level accredited by the Institute of Complementary Medicine and later she explored and researched the links between colour therapy healing and other complementary therapies including Aromatherapy, Flower Essences and Herbal Medicine.

Suzy is now a respected member of many organisations including the International Association of Colour, British Flower and Vibrational Essence Association and Association of Stress Consultants and Associate Member of the British Institute of Architects (RIBA). She is also the founder of The International Wheel of Colour (IWOC). In 1992 Suzy moved to Devon, England, where she founded The Holistic Design Institute and Iris School of Colour Therapy which she now runs. She also offers a Summer programme of practical seminars and master classes which are attended by people from all over the world.

For more information visit: www.IrisColour.co.uk.

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Decoding fMRI brain states in real-time.

Posted At : August 31, 2011 3:05 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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This article reviews a technological advance that originates from two areas of ongoing neuroimaging innovation-(1) the use of multivariate supervised learning to decode brain states and (2) real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rtfMRI). The approach uses multivariate methods to train a model capable of decoding a subject's brain state from fMRI images. The decoded brain states can be used as a control signal for a brain computer interface (BCI) or to provide neurofeedback to the subject. The ability to adapt the stimulus during the fMRI experiment adds a new level of flexibility for task paradigms and has potential applications in a number of areas, including performance enhancement, rehabilitation, and therapy. Multivariate approaches to real-time fMRI are complementary to region-of-interest (ROI)-based methods and provide a principled method for dealing with distributed patterns of brain responses. Specifically, a multivariate approach is advantageous when network activity is expected, when mental strategies could vary from individual to individual, or when one or a few ROIs are not unequivocally the most appropriate for the investigation. Beyond highlighting important developments in rtfMRI and supervised learning, the article discusses important practical issues, including implementation considerations, existing resources, and future challenges and opportunities. Some possible future directions are described, calling for advances arising from increased experimental flexibility, improvements in predictive modeling, better comparisons across rtfMRI and other BCI implementations, and further investigation of the types of feedback and degree to which interface modulation is obtainable for various tasks.

Neuroimage. 2011 May 15;56(2):440-54. Epub 2010 Jun 30. LaConte SM. Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. slaconte@cpu.bcm.edu

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