Jonathan A. Cortés Silva
Jonathan Cortés studied Psychology in the University of Chile, opting at the beginning of his career for training in science. This led him to be part of the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences of his University, however, his wishes for wanting to have a more direct approach to the understanding of the nervous system made him join the Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), the most important neuroscience research center in Chile. In this context, and due to his interests in learning about new areas within brain research, during the year 2017 he was a guest scientist in the group of Theoretical Neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organization, led by Professor Dr Fred Wolf, a physicist of excellence in Germany who allowed him to enter the exciting world of Computational Neuroscience. Already in this place, and attracted by the understanding of brain dynamics at a deeper level, Jonathan sought the opportunity to continue his doctoral studies in Germany, being currently part of a collaborative project between Professor Wolf and Professor Annekatherin Schacht, in order to give a dynamic understanding to phenomena such as learning and visual perception, based on research with Electroencephalography.
Research interests
Computational Neuroscience
Visual Perception
Associative Learning
Current Project
A Dynamical Description of Early and Later ERP Effects by Modulation of the Motivational Salience in Associative Learning Paradigm.
CV
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Education
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| 06/ 2017 –present |
University of Göttingen, PhD Studies |
| 03/ 2016 – |
University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Psychology Studies, Diplomado |
| 03/ 2012 – 12/ 2015 |
University of Chile, Santiago de Chile Psychology Studies, Licenciado, 1st Academic Degree |
| Working Experience | |
| 01/ 2017 – 03/ 2017 | Guest Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Research Group of Prof. Dr. Fred Wolf, Theoretical Neurophysics, Göttingen, Germany. |
| 08/ 2016 – | Research at the investigation: Advanced Kernel for Ocular Research and Web Intelligence (AKORI). Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI, www.bni.cl ). Chile. |
| 03/ 2016 – 07/ 2016 |
Intern at the Laboratory of Neurosystems, Research Group of Prof. Dr. Pedro E. Maldonado A., Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile. Line of Research: Visual Perception, Main Sequence Theory (www.neurosistemas.cl). |
| 01/ 2014 – 12/ 2014 | Research Assistant at the Investigation: Laborda M, (2013). Preventing the Recovery from Extinction in Animal Models of Anxiety and Addictions. FONDECYT. Chile. |
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06/ 2013 – 12/ 2014 |
Research Assistant at the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neurosciences / Learning Laboratory, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chile. |
Funding
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03/ 2013– 12/ 2016 |
Scholarship University of Chile, Maintenance Grant. |
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03/ 2013– 12/ 2017 |
Scholarship Municipal Government Maipú for Academic Excellence. |
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07/ 2017– 10/ 2017 |
Scholarship Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ), Göttingen, Germany. |