Welcome to the Internet home of 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 natural and artificial intelligence.  This includes experimental and theoretical 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 engineered 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 build and test theoretical models of biophysical circuits like those found in the human eye.  In another project, I leveraged the considerable power and utility of statistical machine learning to reveal hidden patterns in a massive database of human neuroanatomical and physiological recordings.

I also work to apply what I have learned to improve the lives of those who have information processing disabilities.  For example, I co-invented and demonstrated a method for understanding how the human brain processes speech information and detect biomarkers of dysfunctional phonological processing.

My current focus is teaching the wonderful students at Rice University. I teach a wide range of courses, with topics spanning from philosophy and cognition to experimental and theoretical neurosciences. At Rice 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.