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Human Cognitive Neuroscience at the Single Neuron Level Scientific Focus The Neurtex Brain Research Institute performs research on how emotion memory and decisions are represented by the activity of single neurons in the human brain. Using recordings gathered during experiments with epilepsy patients who have implanted electrodes we are able to detect the firing of single neurons in the conscious human brain. Correlating changes in this firing with the patients thoughts provides an unprecedented view of the operation of the human brain at the level of its fundamental computational units single neurons. Datasets The NBRI is presently analyzing data recorded in the former Brain Modeling Laboratoryat the Barrow Neurological Institute as well data from collaborators in other laboratories.