Dr. Ahveninens mission is to apply novel and improved techniques to
achieve more accurate estimates of human brain function than previously
achieved. His work focuses on neuroimaging of human auditory system,
auditory working memory and higher-order auditory cognition using
techniques including fMRI, MEG/EEG and TMS/EEG. In his initial work at
the Martinos Center, he used these techniques to elucidate the
functional subsystems of human auditory cortex and to examine how
attention and information from other sensory systems affect
auditory processing.

Currently, he leads a project that pursues neuronal mechanisms of
auditory working memory using fMRI-guided MEG/EEG and simultaneous
TMS/EEG in healthy subjects, as well as intracranial EEG recorded from
human pre-surgical patients. His second project examines novel ways to
infer feedback and feedforward influences from non-invasive neuroimaging
data using ultra-high-resolution 7T fMRI and MEG/EEG. In his third
major project, he and his colleagues use model free neuroimaging
approaches to map the intrinsic functional organization of human AC in
individual subjects. The work they conduct in these projects is
supported by NIDCD. In addition to his primary projects, he contribute
to the development of novel data analysis methods and clinical cognitive
neuroimaging studies on brain disorders and dysfunctions.