Welcome

Welcome to the Internet home of award-winning cognitive scientist and educator Bart Moore.  I study and teach topics dealing with the structure and function of mental operations as revealed through multiple levels of experimental, theoretical, and applied cognitive science.

Much of my work deals with neural information processing.  This includes experimental investigations of how brains acquire, represent, and compute visual and auditory sensory information, as well as how and when we decide to move our muscles.  For instance, I built and demonstrated an autonomous human brain-machine interface system capable of predicting and modulating voluntary movement without the participant’s involvement or even their conscious experience.

I have also used artificial neural networks to design and evaluate computational models of biophysical circuits like those found in the human retina.  Lately, I have leveraged the considerable power and utility of statistical machine learning to reveal hidden patterns in large anatomical and physiological databases.

I also work to apply what I have learned to improve the lives of those who have information processing disabilities.  For example, I recently co-invented and demonstrated a method for better understanding how and where in the human brain speech perception is dysfunctional.

My current focus is teaching. I have taught a plethora of courses at different institutions, with topics spanning from philosophy to biology and computer sciences. At Rice University I serve as Director of the Cognitive Sciences program and am currently responsible for teaching students topics that include cognitive psychology, sensation and perception, computational modeling, and methods of cognitive science.

I invite you to schedule a meeting with me to talk about whatever you like!

An example figure from a project where I used artificial neural networks to study natural ones.