Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Courtesy Appointments, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Robotics Institute
Steven Chase is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Chase uses brain-computer interfaces to study motor learning and skill acquisition. His work stands to provide a better understanding of how movement information is represented in networks of neurons in the brain and will inform the development of neural prosthetics.
Chase was a Wimmer Faculty Fellow in 2013-14 and the recipient of a National Institutes of Health Individual National Research Service Award in 2002. His work has been supported by the NIH, DARPA, and the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.
2006 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
1999 MS, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
1997 BS, Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
PNAS
Research from BME’s Steve Chase was recently highlighted in PNAS Journal Club. Chase and his Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition colleagues are exploring why people “choke” under pressure and what exactly happens in the brain when they do.
Scientific American
A team of researchers, including BME’s Steve Chase, discovered that a population of neurons in macaques’ motor cortices was responsible for the monkeys failing a high-stakes, high-reward task.
CMU Engineering
New research reveals a first-of-its-kind neural explanation for choking under pressure: a deficit in motor preparation induced by an overly large potential “jackpot” payoff.
Washington Post
BME’s Steve Chase weighed in on the phenomenon of choking under pressure in the latest “Brain Matters” column in The Washington Post, drawing from ongoing collaborative research he’s part of with University of Pittsburgh’s Aaron Batista.
CMU Engineering
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh examine what happens in the brain when it’s presented with learning a new task, but also asked to recall a familiar one.
ESPN Radio 102.7
BME’s Steve Chase was interviewed on ESPN Radio’s “The Night Talker with Trey Elling” on July 5. Joined by his longtime University of Pittsburgh collaborator, Aaron Batista, the pair shared new developments in their ongoing research related to choking under pressure and its application to the world of sports.
Scripps News
In an interview with Scripps News, BME’s Steve Chase lent his insight about brain-controlled interfaces (BCIs) to a segment discussing the recent FDA approval for Neuralink to conduct its first round of human trials. Chase uses BCIs to study motor learning and skill acquisition.
theScore
As NBA and NHL playoffs heat up, BME’s Steve Chase and Adam Smoulder spoke with theScore about their ongoing, collaborative research that explores why people choke under pressure.
CMU Engineering
Biomedical engineering researchers analyzed existing methods that are used to interpret calcium imaging recordings, and proposed a novel method that combines two leading approaches.
CMU Engineering
A therapy to aid patients with amblyopia, also known as “lazy eye,” is the focus of a new pilot study by Carnegie Mellon researchers.
CMU Engineering
A new perspectives piece co-authored by Carnegie Mellon University researchers relates machine learning to biological learning.
NSF
Steve Chase, Matt Smith, and Byron Yu were recently awarded a $3 million grant from the NSF to support research investigating internal states in the brain, including motivation, attention, and arousal, using brain-computer interfaces.
