Arko Ghosh
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. A. Ghosh
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 5123
- a.ghosh@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-2924-5146
Arko Ghosh is Assistant Professor at Leiden University and member of CODELAB.
Arko Ghosh is Assistant Professor at Leiden University and member of CODELAB.
Research
My research program is to develop a new generation of brain science (and training scientists) focused on explaining complex real-world behavioral patterns. We actively partner with clinics to leverage our new-found fundamental understanding of the human brain and behavior for developing modern digital health systems.
To discover the neural and behavioral processes underlying real-world behavior we focus on day-to-day smartphone interactions in conjunction with a range of data: from neural data stemming from brain implants to laboratory tasks. Our pursuit to unravel real-world behavior leverages the rapidly growing fields of data science and complexity science.
Our focus on the real world has a growing imprint – from capturing how we age to discovering fundamental patterns like multi-day behavioral rhythms. We also play a foundational role in launching spin-offs that focus on solving real-world problems using the science and technology developed in our laboratory.
Background
BS (Neuroscience) Trinity College, CT, USA
PhD (Neuroscience) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Prior to focusing on the area of Neuroscience & Digital Behavior, I have contributed to the fields of Spinal Cord Injury, Movement Sciences and Translational Medicine. My work has been recognized by various grants & awards including the ETH-Medal and the Society-in-Science Branco Weiss Fellowship.
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Psychologie
- Cognitieve Psychologie
- Kock R., Ceolini E., Groenewegen L. & Ghosh A. (2023), Neural processing of goal and non-goal directed movements on the smartphone , Neuroimage: Reports 3(2): 100164.
- Ceolini E. & Ghosh A. (2023), Common multi-day rhythms in smartphone behavior , npj Digital Medicine 6: 49.
- Ceolini E., Brunner I., Bunschoten J., Majoie M.H.J.M., Thijs R.D. & Ghosh A. (2022), A model of healthy aging based on smartphone interactions reveals advanced behavioral age in neurological disease, iScience 25(8): 104792.
- Ceolini E, Kock R.M.D., Band G.P.H., Stoet G. & Ghosh A. (2022), Temporal clusters of age-related behavioral alterations captured in smartphone touchscreen interactions, iScience 25(8): 104791.
- Ruit M. van de & Ghosh A. (2022), Can you hear me now?: Momentary increase in smartphone usage enhances neural processing of task-irrelevant sound tones, Neuroimage: Reports 2(4): 100131.
- Reichenbacher T., Aliakbarian M., Ghosh A. & Fabrikant S.I. (2022), Tappigraphy: continuous ambulatory assessment and analysis of in-situ map app use behaviour, Journal of Location Based Services 16(3): 181-207.
- Duckrow R., Ceolini E., Zaveri H.P., Brooks C. & Ghosh A. (2021), Artificial neural network trained on smartphone behavior can trace epileptiform activity in epilepsy, iScience 24(6).
- Massar S.A.A., Xin Yu Chua, Chun Siong Soon, Ng A.S.C., Ong J.L., Chee N.I.Y.N., Tih Shih Lee, Ghosh A. & Chee M.W.L. (2021), Trait-like nocturnal sleep behavior identified by combining wearable, phone-use, and self-report data, npj Digital Medicine 4.
- Westbrook A., Ghosh A., Bosch R. van den, Määttä J.I., Hofmans L. & Cools R. (2021), Striatal dopamine synthesis capacity reflects smartphone social activity, iScience 24(5).
- Huber R.: Ghosh A. (2021), Large cognitive fluctuations surrounding sleep in daily living, iScience 24(3): 102159.
- Ghosh A. & Ceolini E. (2021), Method and computer program for monitoring touchscreen events of a handheld device. [other].
- Pfister J.P. & Ghosh A. (2020), Generalized priority-based model for smartphone screen touches, Physical Review E 102(1): 012307.
- Borger J.N., Huber R. & Ghosh A. (2019), Capturing sleep-wake cycles by using day-to-day smartphone touchscreen interactions, npj Digital Medicine 2: e73.
- Balerna M. & Ghosh A. (2018), The details of past actions on a smartphone touchscreen are reflected by intrinsic sensorimotor dynamics, npj Digital Medicine 1(1): 4.
- Akeret K., Vasella F., Geisseler O., Dannecker N., Ghosh A., Bruggen P., Regli L. & Stienen M.N. (2018), Time to be "smart"- opportunities Arising From Smarthphone-Based Behavioral Analysis in Daily Patient Care, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 12: 303.
- De Havas J., Ghosh A., Gomi H. & Haggard P. (2016), Voluntary motor commands reveal awareness and control of involuntary movement, Cognition 155: 155-167.
- Longo M.R., Ghosh A. & Yahya T. (2015), Bilateral Symmetry of Distortions of Tactile Size Perception, Perception 44(11): 1251-1262.
- Haenzi S., Stefanics G., Lanaras T., Calcagni M. & Ghosh A. (2015), Botulinum Toxin-A dose dependent perceptual loss on the hand after its cosmetic use on the face, Cortex 63: 118-120.
- De Havas J., Ghosh A., Gomi H. & Haggard P. (2015), Sensorimotor organization of a sustained involuntary movement, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 9: e185.
- Gindrat A.D., Chytiris M., Balerna M., Rouiller E.M. & Ghosh A. (2015), Use-dependent cortical processing from fingertips in touchscreen phone users, Current Biology 25(1): 109-116.
- Haenzi S., Stefanics G., Lanaras T., Calcagni M. & Ghosh A. (2014), Altered cortical activation from the hand after facial botulinum toxin treatment, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 1(1): 64-68.
- Sydekum E., Ghosh A., Gullo M., Baltes C., Schwab M. & Rudin M. (2014), Rapid functional reorganization of the forelimb cortical representation after thoracic spinal cord injury in adult rats, NeuroImage 15(87): 72-79.
- Hänzi S. & Ghosh A. (2014), Tactile underrepresentation of the forehead along the vertical axis, Clinical Neurophysiology 125(4): 856-858.
- Ghosh A. & Haggard P. (2014), The spinal reflex cannot be perceptually separated from voluntary movements, The Journal of Physiology 592(1): 141-152.
- Ghosh A., Rothwell J. & Haggard P. (2014), Using voluntary motor commands to inhibit involuntary arm movements, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281: e1139.
- Moraitis T. & Ghosh A. (2014), Withdrawal of voluntary inhibition unravels the off state of the spontaneous blink generator, Neuropsychologia 65: 279-286.
- Ghosh A., Wyss M.T. & Weber B. (2013), Somatotopic astrocytic activity in the somatosensory cortex, Glia 61(4): 601-610.
- Ghosh A., Peduzzi S., Snyder M., Schneider R., Starkey M. & Schwab M.E. (2012), Heterogeneous spine loss in layer 5 cortical neurons after spinal cord injury, Cerebral Cortex 22(6): 1309-1317.
- Ghosh A., Haiss F., Sydekum E., Schneider R., Gullo M., Wyss M.T., Mueggler T., Baltes C., Rudin M., Weber B. & Schwab M.E. (2010), Rewiring of hindlimb corticospinal neurons after spinal cord injury, Nature Neuroscience 13(1): 97-104.
- Arvanian V.L., Schnell L., Lou L., Golshani R., Hunanyan A., Ghosh A., Pearse D.D., Robinson J.K., Schwab M.E., Fawcett J.W. & Mendell L.M. (2009), Chronic spinal hemisection in rats induces a progressive decline in transmission in uninjured fibers to motoneurons, Experimental Neurology 216(2): 471-480.
- Ghosh A., Sydekum E., Haiss F., Peduzzi S., Zörner B., Schneider R., Baltes C., Rudin M., Weber B. & Schwab M.E. (2009), Functional and anatomical reorganization of the sensory-motor cortex after incomplete spinal cord injury in adult rats, Journal of Neuroscience 29(39): 12210-12219.
- Sydekum E., Baltes C., Ghosh A., Mueggler T., Schwab M.E. & Rudin M. (2009), Functional reorganization in rat somatosensory cortex assessed by fMRI: Elastic image registration based on structural landmarks in fMRI images and application to spinal cord injured rats, NeuroImage 44(4): 1345-1354.
- Eid T., Ghosh A., Wang Y., Beckström H., Zaveri H.P., Lee T.S., Lai J.C., Malthankar-Phatak G.H. & De Lanerolle N.C. (2008), Recurrent seizures and brain pathology after inhibition of glutamine synthetase in the hippocampus in rats, Brain 131(8): 2061-2070.
- Ghosh A., Keng P.C. & Knauf P.A. (2007), Hypertonicity induced apoptosis in HL-60 cells in the presence of intracellular potassium, Apoptosis 12(7): 1281-1288.
- Weinmann O., Schnell L., Ghosh A., Montani L., Wiessner C., Wannier T., Rouiller E., Mir A. & Schwab M.E. (2006), Intrathecally infused antibodies against Nogo-A penetrate the CNS and downregulate the endogenous neurite growth inhibitor Nogo-A, Molecular Cellular Neurosciences 32(1-2): 161-173.
- Co-founder & scientific advisor