Research programme
CODELAB
To develop a new generation of brain science (and train scientists) focused on explaining complex real-world behavioural patterns.
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- Arko Ghosh
CODELAB (Cognition in the digital environment laboratory) aims to discover the neural and behavioral processes underlying real-world behavior. We focus on day-to-day smartphone interactions in conjunction with a range of data: from neural data stemming from brain implants to laboratory tasks. Our pursuit to unravel real-world behavior leverages the rapidly growing fields of data science and complexity science. The focus on the real world has a growing imprint – from capturing how we age to discovering fundamental patterns like multi-day behavioral rhythms. We also play a foundational role in launching spin-offs that focus on solving real-world problems using the science and technology developed in our laboratory. Not just that, but we actively partner with clinics to leverage our new-found fundamental understanding of the human brain and behavior fordeveloping digital health systems of the future.
We want our research to be inclusive – may you be a high school student seeking your first research experience or have a doctorate degree seeking to extend your horizon. Our team uniquely gathers from a senior research-focused mentor (Arko Ghosh) as well as a senior teaching-focused mentor (Guido Band).
Members
Arko Ghosh (Research focused); Wen Yu Wan; Ruchella Kock; Guido Band (Teaching focused).
MSc Thesis students
Lysanne Groenewegen, Kira Temme, Barbora Michalidesová.
2024
- Ceolini E., Ridderinkhof K.R. & Ghosh A. (2024), Age-related behavioral resilience in smartphone touchscreen interaction dynamics , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(25): e2311865121.
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2023
- Ceolini E. & Ghosh A. (2023), Common multi-day rhythms in smartphone behavior, npj Digital Medicine 6.
Article in journal: refereed - Kock R., Ceolini E., Groenewegen L. & Ghosh A. (2023) Neural processing of goal and non-goal-directed movements on the smartphone, Neuroimage: Reports 3(2): 100164
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2022
- Ceolini E., Brunner I., Bunschoten J., Majoie M.H.J.M., Thijs R.D. & Ghosh A. (2022), A model of healthy aging based on smartphone interactions reveals advanced behavioral age in neurological disease, iScience 25(8): 104792.
Article in journal: refereed - Ceolini E, Kock R.M.D., Band G.P.H., Stoet G. & Ghosh A. (2022), Temporal clusters of age-related behavioral alterations captured in smartphone touchscreen interactions, iScience 25(8): 104791.
Article in journal: refereed - Ruit M. van de & Ghosh A. (2022), Can you hear me now?: Momentary increase in smartphone usage enhances neural processing of task-irrelevant sound tones, Neuroimage: Reports 2(4): 100131.
Article in journal: refereed - Reichenbacher T., Aliakbarian M., Ghosh A. & Fabrikant S.I. (2022), Tappigraphy: continuous ambulatory assessment and analysis of in-situ map app use behaviour, Journal of Location Based Services 16(3): 181-207.
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2021
- Duckrow R., Ceolini E., Zaveri H.P., Brooks C. & Ghosh A. (2021), Artificial neural network trained on smartphone behavior can trace epileptiform activity in epilepsy, iScience 24(6).
Article in journal: refereed - Massar S.A.A., Xin Yu Chua, Chun Siong Soon, Ng A.S.C., Ong J.L., Chee N.I.Y.N., Tih Shih Lee, Ghosh A. & Chee M.W.L. (2021), Trait-like nocturnal sleep behavior identified by combining wearable, phone-use, and self-report data, npj Digital Medicine 4.
Article in journal: refereed - Westbrook A., Ghosh A., Bosch R. van den, Määttä J.I., Hofmans L. & Cools R. (2021), Striatal dopamine synthesis capacity reflects smartphone social activity, iScience 24(5).
Article in journal: refereed - Huber R.: Ghosh A. (2021), Large cognitive fluctuations surrounding sleep in daily living, iScience 24(3): 102159.
Aticle in journal: refereed - Ghosh A. & Ceolini E. (2021), Method and computer program for monitoring touchscreen events of a handheld device.
Other
2020
- Pfister J.P. & Ghosh A. (2020), Generalized priority-based model for smartphone screen touches, Physical Review E 102(1): 012307.
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2019
- Borger J.N., Huber R. & Ghosh A. (2019), Capturing sleep-wake cycles by using day-to-day smartphone touchscreen interactions, npj Digital Medicine 2: e73.
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2018
- Ghosh A. & Ceolini E. (2018), Method and computer program for monitoring touchscreen events of a handheld device , (European Patent Register (2021)).
- Balerna M. & Ghosh A. (2018), The details of past actions on a smartphone touchscreen are reflected by intrinsic sensorimotor dynamics, npj Digital Medicine 1(1): 4.
Article in journal: refereed - Akeret K., Vasella F., Geisseler O., Dannecker N., Ghosh A., Bruggen P., Regli L. & Stienen M.N. (2018), Time to be "smart"- opportunities Arising From Smarthphone-Based Behavioral Analysis in Daily Patient Care, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 12: 303.
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2016
- De Havas J., Ghosh A., Gomi H. & Haggard P. (2016), Voluntary motor commands reveal awareness and control of involuntary movement, Cognition 155: 155-167.article in journal: refereed
2015
- Longo M.R., Ghosh A. & Yahya T. (2015), Bilateral Symmetry of Distortions of Tactile Size Perception, Perception 44(11): 1251-1262.
Article in journal: refereed - Haenzi S., Stefanics G., Lanaras T., Calcagni M. & Ghosh A. (2015), Botulinum Toxin-A dose dependent perceptual loss on the hand after its cosmetic use on the face, Cortex 63: 118-120.
Article in journal: refereed - De Havas J., Ghosh A., Gomi H. & Haggard P. (2015), Sensorimotor organization of a sustained involuntary movement, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9: e185.
Article in journal: refereed - Gindrat A.D., Chytiris M., Balerna M., Rouiller E.M. & Ghosh A. (2015), Use-dependent cortical processing from fingertips in touchscreen phone users, Current Biology 25(1): 109-116.
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2014
- Haenzi S., Stefanics G., Lanaras T., Calcagni M. & Ghosh A. (2014), Altered cortical activation from the hand after facial botulinum toxin treatment, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 1(1): 64-68.
Article in journal: refereed - Sydekum E., Ghosh A., Gullo M., Baltes C., Schwab M. & Rudin M. (2014), Rapid functional reorganization of the forelimb cortical representation after thoracic spinal cord injury in adult rats, NeuroImage 15(87): 72-79.
Article in journal: refereed - Hänzi S. & Ghosh A. (2014), Tactile underrepresentation of the forehead along the vertical axis, Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 125(4): 856-858.
Article in journal: refereed - Ghosh A. & Haggard P. (2014), The spinal reflex cannot be perceptually separated from voluntary movements, The Journal of Physiology 592(1): 141-152.
Article in journal: refereed - Ghosh A., Rothwell J. & Haggard P. (2014), Using voluntary motor commands to inhibit involuntary arm movements, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281: e1139.
Article in journal: refereed - Moraitis T. & Ghosh A. (2014), Withdrawal of voluntary inhibition unravels the off state of the spontaneous blink generator, Neuropsychologia 65: 279-286.
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2013
- Ghosh A., Wyss M.T. & Weber B. (2013), Somatotopic astrocytic activity in the somatosensory cortex, Glia 61(4): 601-610.
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2012
- Ghosh A., Peduzzi S., Snyder M., Schneider R., Starkey M. & Schwab M.E. (2012), Heterogeneous spine loss in layer 5 cortical neurons after spinal cord injury, Cerebral Cortex 22(6): 1309-1317.
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2010
- Ghosh A., Haiss F., Sydekum E., Schneider R., Gullo M., Wyss M.T., Mueggler T., Baltes C., Rudin M., Weber B. & Schwab M.E. (2010), Rewiring of hindlimb corticospinal neurons after spinal cord injury, Nature Neuroscience 13(1): 97-104.
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2009
- Arvanian V.L., Schnell L., Lou L., Golshani R., Hunanyan A., Ghosh A., Pearse D.D., Robinson J.K., Schwab M.E., Fawcett J.W. & Mendell L.M. (2009), Chronic spinal hemisection in rats induces a progressive decline in transmission in uninjured fibers to motoneurons, Experimental Neurology 216(2): 471-480.
Article in journal: refereed - Ghosh A., Sydekum E., Haiss F., Peduzzi S., Zörner B., Schneider R., Baltes C., Rudin M., Weber B. & Schwab M.E. (2009), Functional and anatomical reorganization of the sensory-motor cortex after incomplete spinal cord injury in adult rats, The Journal of Neuroscience 29(39): 12210-12219.
Article in journal: refereed - Sydekum E., Baltes C., Ghosh A., Mueggler T., Schwab M.E. & Rudin M. (2009), Functional reorganization in rat somatosensory cortex assessed by fMRI: Elastic image registration based on structural landmarks in fMRI images and application to spinal cord injured rats, NeuroImage 44(4): 1345-1354.
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2008
- Eid T., Ghosh A., Wang Y., Beckström H., Zaveri H.P., Lee T.S., Lai J.C., Malthankar-Phatak G.H. & De Lanerolle N.C. (2008), Recurrent seizures and brain pathology after inhibition of glutamine synthetase in the hippocampus in rats, Brain 131(8): 2061-2070.
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2007
- Ghosh A., Keng P.C. & Knauf P.A. (2007), Hypertonicity induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells in the presence of intracellular potassium, Apoptosis 12(7): 1281-1288.
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2006
2024
- De smartphone als bewaker van hersengezondheid?
- Detecting Mental and Neurological Abnormalities with a Smartphone Screen
2023
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You, too, have a bodily rhythm – and it affects your behaviour
- Matija Čuljak win the 2022 FSW Thesis Prize
2021
2014
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