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Kaspar MeyerAdjunct Assistant Professor (Research) of PsychologyContact Information E-mail: kaspar.meyer@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-4758 Office: HNB 120D |
Education |
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 M.D. , University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2006
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B.S. Pre-med, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 2003
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Adjunct Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, 2012-
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Resident Physician in Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland, 2012-
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Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, 2010-2012
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, 2009-2010
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Visiting Scholar (sponsored by Swiss National Science Foundation), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, 2007-2009
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Resident Physician in Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Münsterlingen, Switzerland, 2006-2007
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Research Assistant in Neuroeconomy, University of Zürich, Switzerland, 2005-2006
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Research Assistant in Neurophysiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 2001-2005
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| My main interest lies in the elucidation of the neural bases of perception and consciousness. So far, my work has included both theoretical models and empirical studies, the latter with an emphasis on functional magnetic resonance imaging. Since July 2012, I have also worked as a resident physician in anesthesiology at Zürich University Hospital in Switzerland. I would eventually like to establish a research project situated in the area of overlap between cognitive neuroscience and clinical anesthesiology, as it appears that these two fields can greatly benefit from one another: on the one hand, anesthesiology can create exciting new research approches for cognitive neuroscience, as it allows us to purposefully alter a person's state of consciousness; on the other, cognitive neuroscience can be used to elucidate how that loss of consciousness can be explained in neurophysiological and neuropharmacological terms. | |
Publications |
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Book Chapter |
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Damasio, A., Meyer, K.
(2009).
Consciousness: An Overview of the Phenomenon and of Its Possible Neural Basis. The Neurology of Consciousness pp. 3-14. Elsevier. Link
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Journal Article |
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Man, K., Kaplan, J. T., Damasio, A., Meyer, K.
(2012).
Sight and sound converge to form modality-invariant representations in temporo-parietal cortex. J Neuroscience.
Vol. 32, pp. 16629-16636. Link
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Kaplan, J. T., Meyer, K.
(2012).
Multivariate pattern analysis reveals common neural patterns across individuals during touch observation. NeuroImage.
Vol. 60, pp. 204-212. Link
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Meyer, K.
(2012).
Another remembered present. Science.
Vol. 335, pp. 415-416. Link
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Meyer, K., Kaplan, J. T., Essex, R., Damasio, H., Damasio, A.
(2011).
Seeing touch is correlated with content-specific activity in primary somatosensory cortex. Cerebral Cortex.
Vol. 21, pp. 2113-2121. Link
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Meyer, K.
(2011).
Primary sensory cortices, top-down projections and conscious experience. Progress in Neurobiology.
Vol. 94, pp. 408-417. Link
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Meyer, K., Kaplan, J. T.
(2011).
Cross-modal multivariate pattern analysis. Journal of Visualized Experiments.
Vol. 57, pp. e3307. Link
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Meyer, K., Kaplan, J. T., Essex, R., Webber, C., Damasio, H., Damasio, A.
(2010).
Predicting visual stimuli on the basis of activity in auditory cortices. Nature Neuroscience.
Vol. 13, pp. 667-668. Link
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Meyer, K., Damasio, A.
(2009).
Convergence and divergence in a neural architecture for perception and memory. Trends in Neurosciences.
Vol. 32, pp. 376-382. Link
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Damasio, A., Meyer, K.
(2008).
Behind the looking glass. Nature.
Vol. 454, pp. 167-168. Link
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Meyer, K.
(2008).
How does the brain localize the self?. Science. Link
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Meyer, K., Rouiller, E. M., Loquet, G.
(2007).
Direct comparison between properties of adaptation of the auditory nerve and the ventral cochlear nucleus in response to repetitive clicks. Hearing Research.
Vol. 228, pp. 144-155. Link
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Knoch, D., Pascual-Leone, A., Meyer, K., Treyer, V., Fehr, E.
(2006).
Diminishing reciprocal fairness by disrupting right prefrontal cortex. Science.
Vol. 317, pp. 829-832. Link
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Loquet, G., Meyer, K., Rouiller, E. M.
(2003).
Effects of intensity of repetitive acoustic stimuli on neural adaptation in the ventral cochlear nucleus of the rat. Experimental Brain Research.
Vol. 153, pp. 436-442. Link
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Honors and Awards |
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Grant for Prospective Researchers, awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation ($ 70,000.-), 2007-2009
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