Gregory Cogan | Scholars@Duke

Gregory Cogan
Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery

Dr. Cogan's research focuses on speech, language, and cognition. This research uses a variety of analytic techniques (e.g. neural power analysis, connectivity measures, decoding algorithms) and focuses mainly on invasive human recordings (electrocorticography - ECoG) but also uses non-invasive methods such as EEG, MEG, and fMRI. Dr. Cogan is also interested in studying cognitive systems in the context of disease models to help aid recovery and treatment programs.

Current Research Interests

Human electrophysiology (ECoG, µECoG, EEG, MEG), speech perception, speech production, working memory, sensory-motor integration, neuronal speech representations, language processing, relation between neuroscience and cognition, neuronal networks, neural decoding, epilepsy

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Clinical Science Departments 2021
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neurology, Epilepsy and Sleep, Neurology 2021

Contact Information

200 Trent Drive, Duke South Bl, Box 3807, Durham, NC 27710
gregory.cogan@duke.edu (919) 684-9493
Cogan Lab

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department Of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University 2015 - 2017
- Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park 2011
- M.Sc., University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) 2006
- B.A., Queens University 2004
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018 - 2021
- Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Clinical Science Departments 2017 - 2020
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Director of Research, Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Duke University
  Co-Director, Cognitive, Auditory, and Neural Bases of Language and Speech Research Group, Duke University
Recognition
In the News
- MAR 31, 2020 Medical Xpress
  
  Researchers take another step closer to mind-reading computer
- OCT 4, 2019 The Chronicle
  
  MEDx connects School of Medicine and Pratt to encourage research collaboration
- DEC 16, 2016 EurekAlert!
  
  Researchers' discovery of new verbal working memory architecture has implications for AI
- JAN 15, 2014 CBS News
  
  Scientists: Speech comes from both sides of the brain, not one
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Canada (Country)
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Otolaryngology Surgeon- Scientist career Path (OSSP) program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2027
- A Wireless µECoG Prosthesis for Speech awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2026
- Next-Generation Wireless Intracranial Electrode Arrays for Post-traumatic Epilepsy awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity 2021 - 2024
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Next-Generation SEEG Electrode Arrays for Epilepsy awarded by CTSI 2020 - 2021
- Decoding of Speech for Neural Prostheses Using High-density Electrocorticography and Machine Learning awarded by DIBS Incubator Award 2020 - 2021
- Next-Generation Electrode Arrays for Recording and Modulation in the Brain awarded by CTSI 2018 - 2019
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Chiang, C.-H., Wang, C., Barth, K., Rahimpour, S., Trumpis, M., Duraivel, S., … Viventi, J. (2021). Flexible, high-resolution thin-film electrodes for human and animal neural research. J Neural Eng, 18(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ac02dc
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  - Trumpis, M., Chiang, C.-H., Orsborn, A. L., Bent, B., Li, J., Rogers, J. A., … Viventi, J. (2021). Sufficient sampling for kriging prediction of cortical potential in rat, monkey, and human µECoG. J Neural Eng, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/abd460
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  - Cogan, G. B. (2020). Translating the brain. Nat Neurosci, 23(4), 471–472. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-0616-8
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  - Teng, X., Cogan, G. B., & Poeppel, D. (2019). Speech fine structure contains critical temporal cues to support speech segmentation. Neuroimage, 202, 116152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116152
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  - Cogan, G. B., Iyer, A., Melloni, L., Thesen, T., Friedman, D., Doyle, W., … Pesaran, B. (2017). Manipulating stored phonological input during verbal working memory. Nat Neurosci, 20(2), 279–286. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4459
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  - Cogan, G. B. (2016). I see what you are saying. Elife, 5. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.17693
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  - Cogan, G. B., Kirshenbaum, S. R., Walker, J., & Poeppel, D. (2015). A kiss is not a kiss: visually evoked neuromagnetic fields reveal differential sensitivities to brief presentations of kissing couples. Neuroreport, 26(14), 850–855. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0000000000000435
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  - Cogan, G. B., Thesen, T., Carlson, C., Doyle, W., Devinsky, O., & Pesaran, B. (2014). Sensory-motor transformations for speech occur bilaterally. Nature, 507(7490), 94–98. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12935
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  - Zion Golumbic, E., Cogan, G. B., Schroeder, C. E., & Poeppel, D. (2013). Visual input enhances selective speech envelope tracking in auditory cortex at a "cocktail party". J Neurosci, 33(4), 1417–1426. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3675-12.2013
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  - Cogan, G. B., & Poeppel, D. (2011). A mutual information analysis of neural coding of speech by low-frequency MEG phase information. J Neurophysiol, 106(2), 554–563. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00075.2011
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  - Riley, J., & Cogan, G. (2007). A two mechanism model of pure word deafness. University of Maryland Working Papers in Linguistics, 201–221.
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- Conference Papers
  - Sharma, S., Muh, C. R., Serafini, S., Chou, N. D., Spears, T. G., Hodges, S. E., … Grant, G. A. (2019). Multimodality Language Mapping Using Cortical Stimulation in Paediatric Patients With Epilepsy. In Neurosurgery (Vol. 66, pp. 141–141).
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Teaching & Mentoring
Advising & Mentoring
- Aaron Earle-Richardson   2021-
  
  Masters Student, Duke University
  
  Palee Abeyta 2020-
  
     Research Tech, Duke University
  
  Suseendrakumar Duraivel   2018-
  
  PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
  
  (Co-supervised with Jon Viventi)
  
  Aidan Rogers                                                                                                  2020-2022
  
  Masters Student, Duke University
  
  Present: Clinical Research Coordinator, Mt. Sinai Hospital
  
  Alex Shields                                                                                                    2020-2021
  
  Masters Student, Duke University
  
  Present: Human Factors Engineer, Genetech
  
  Nami Reddy                                                                                                    2019-2020
  
  Undergraduate Research Assistant
  
  Juliette Gerber                                                                                                2019-2020
  
     Undergraduate Research Assistant
  
  Present: Clinical Research Coordinator, Weill Cornell Medicine
  
  Sarah Hodges                                                                                                 2018-2020
  
  Medical Student
  
  Present: Neurosurgery Resident, Yale University
  
  Sahana Giridharan                                                                                          2018-2019
  
  Undergraduate Volunteer
  
  Anna Thirakul                                                                                                 2017-2022
  
  Research Tech/Clinical Research Coordinator, Duke University
  
  Present: Clinical Research Coordinator Sr., Duke University Medical Center
  
  Shervin Rahimpour                                                                                         2017-2021
  
  Research Year, Residency, Duke University
  
  Present: Neurosurgery Faculty, University of Utah
  
  Seth Foster   2017-2019
  
  Research Tech, Duke University
  
  Present: Associate Software Engineer, Ansible
  
  Andrew Bartuska                                                                                           2017
  
  Undergrad Thesis Committee, Neuroscience with Distinction, Duke University
Teaching Activities
- 2011    Guest lecturer, Sensory-motor integration V80.0302 NYU
  
  2009    Guest lecturer, Auditory Perception and Cognition G89.3392 NYU
  
  2007    Teaching Assistant, Phonetics and Phonology LING 322 UMD
  
  2007    Instructor, Introduction to Linguistics LING 200 UMD
  
  2006    Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Linguistics LING 200 UMD

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

In the News

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers

Advising & Mentoring

Teaching Activities