Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Neuroscience Institute
Courtesy Appointments, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Robotics Institute
Steven Chase designs brain-computer interfaces to study cognitive processes such as learning, memory, 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 is jointly appointed in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and holds courtesy appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Robotics Institute. Chase is an IAMBE fellow, a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award and the Dean’s Early Career Fellowship, and was a Wimmer Faculty Fellow in 2013-14. His work has been supported by the NIH, NSF, DARPA, IARPA, the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
2006 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
1999 MS, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
1997 BS, Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology
CMU Engineering
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced that Steven Chase has been inducted into its College of Fellows.
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.
