Associate Professor Dept. of Biological Sciences Div. of Physiology & Neurobiology College of Arts and Sciences University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle #305220 University of North Texas Denton, Texas 76203-5017 USA Life Sciences Complex A246C (map) (940) 565-3261 (office) (940) 565-3821 (fax) E-mail: nicoladie.tam@unt.edu   Faculty Profile

Office hours: MWF 9 - 10 am (Life Sciences Complex A246C)

 

BIOL 1720.003 Biology for Science Majors II, MWF 8 am, ENV 125

BIOL 4220.001 Neuropsychopharmacology, MWF 11 am, ENV 125

BIOL 4900.757 Special Problems, to be arranged

BIOL 5220.001 Neuropsychopharmacology, MWF 11 am, ENV 125

BIOL 5900.757 Special Problems, to be arranged

BIOL 6900.757 Special Problems, to be arranged

2018
Tam, N. (2018). An alternative method for deriving infinite series using long division for school-aged students. International Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 5(1): 35-38.

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2017
Tam, N. D., Pollonini, L. & Zouridakis, G. (2017)  Computational method for representing the simultaneous hemodynamic relationship between oxy-hemoglobin delivery and deoxy-hemoglobin extraction in neural tissues. American Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering.  3(6):54-63.

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2016
Tam, N. D. (2016)  EMOTION-III Model: A theoretical framework for social empathic emotions in autonomous control systems. The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal, 10, 132-146.

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Tam, N. D. (2016). Self-Corrective Autonomous Systems using Optimization Processes for Detection and Correction of Unexpected Error Conditions. IAES International Journal of Robotics and Auroamation, 5(4), 262-276. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijra.v5i4.4167

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Tam, N. D., Pollonini, L. & Zouridakis, G. (2016)  Decoding movement direction using phase-space analysis of hemodynamic responses to arm movements based on functional near-infrared spectroscopy.  Proceedings of IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, pp. 1580-1583.

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2015

Tam, ND (2015)  Quantitative assessment of sad emotion. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 4(2), 36-43. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20150402.11

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Tam, N. D. (2015).  Computational interactions between decision and emotion. BMC Neuroscience, 16(Suppl 1):P244. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-16-S1-P244

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Tam, N. D., & Zouridakis, G. (2015). Differential temporal activation of oxy- and deoxy-hemodynamic signals in optical imaging using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). BMC Neuroscience, 16(Suppl 1):P245. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-16-S1-P245

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2014

Tam, ND, & Smith, KM (2014)  Cognitive computation of jealous emotion. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 3(6-1), 1-7. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.s.2014030601.11

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Tam, ND (2014)  A decision-making phase-space model for fairness assessment. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 3(6-1), 8-15. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.s.2014030601.12

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Tam, ND (2014)  Rational decision-making process choosing fairness over monetary gain as decision criteria. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 3(6-1), 16-23. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.s.2014030601.13

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Tam, ND & Zouridakis, G (2014)  Temporal decoupling of oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin hemodynamic responses detected by functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging. 1(2):18-28. doi: 10.14738/jbemi.12.146

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Tam, ND (2014)  Hexagonal pixel-array for efficient spatial computation for motion-detection pre-processing of visual scenes. Advances in Image and VideoProcessing. 2(2):26-36. doi: 10.14738/aivp.22.153

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Tam, ND (2014)  Quantification of happy emotion: Proportionality relationship to gain/loss. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. 3(2):60-67. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20140302.15

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Tam, ND (2014)  Quantification of happy emotion: Dependence on decisions. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. 3(2):68-74. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20140302.16

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Tam, ND (2014) Quantification of fairness perception by including other-regarding concerns using a relativistic fairness-equity model. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal. 1(4):159-168. doi: 10.14738/assrj.14.291

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Tam, ND (2014) Quantification of fairness bias in relation to decisions using a relativistic fairness-equity model. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal. 1(4):169-178. doi: 10.14738/assrj.14.292

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Tam, ND (2014)  Reduction of student's exam grade performance when spending more time in an exam. British Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science. 4(8):1125-1139. doi: 10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9901

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Tam, ND; Zouridakis, G (2014) Decoding Movement Direction from Motor Cortex Recordings Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Infrared Spectroscopy: Theory, Developments and Applications. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY. (in press)

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Tam, ND (2014) Optical imaging of prefrontal cortex hemodynamic response in executive function induced by increased cardiovascular activity. BMC Neuroscience. 15(Suppl 1):P34. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-15-S1-P34

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Tam, ND (2014) Computational optimization problems in social interaction and empathic social emotion. BMC Neuroscience. 15(Suppl 1):P35. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-15-S1-P35

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2013

Tam, ND & Zouridakis, G (2013)  Optical imaging of motor cortical hemodynamic response to directional arm movements using near-infrared spectroscopy. International Journal of Biological Engineering 3(2): 11-17. DOI: 10.5923/j.ijbe.20130302.01

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Tam, ND (2013) Improvement of processing speed in executive function immediately following an increase in cardiovascular activity. Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology. Vol. 2013, 21276 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/212767

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Tam, ND (2013)  Digital equivalence of biological neural AND-gate, OR-gate and MIN-Gate.  International Journal of Computer and Information Technology. 2(5):822-827.

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2012

Tam, ND (2012) Optical imaging of motor cortical activation using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. BMC Neuroscience 13(Suppl 1):P27 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-13-S1-P27

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Tam, ND (2012) Derivation of the evolution of empathic other-regarding social emotions as compared to non-social self-regarding emotions. BMC Neuroscience 13(Suppl 1):P27 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-13-S1-P28

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2011

Tam, DN (2011) Computation in Emotional Processing: Quantitative Confirmation of Proportionality Hypothesis for Angry Unhappy Emotional Intensity to Perceived Loss. Cognitive Computation. 3(2): 394-415. [Author generated preprint.pdf]

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Tam, DN (2011) Quantification of emotional bias by an Emotional-Gain Model. BMC Neuroscience 12(Suppl 1):P326 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-12-S1-P326

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Tam, DN (2011) Quantification of fairness bias by a Fairness-Equity Model. BMC Neuroscience 12(Suppl 1):P327 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-12-S1-P327

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Tam, DN (2011) Gender difference of emotional bias in sharing love. BMC Neuroscience 12(Suppl 1):P328 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-12-S1-P328

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Tam, DN (2011) Contributing factors in judgment of fairness by monetary value. BMC Neuroscience, 12(Suppl 1):P329 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-12-S1-P329

 

Computational Neuroscience Lab

 

Research areas:

 

Behavioral Neuroscience:

• Emotional Processing (ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5)
• Cognitive processing (ref1, ref2, ref3)
• Social emotional cognition (ref)
• Decision-making and conflict-management control (ref1, ref2)
• Exercise Neuroscience How aerobic activities effects on cognitive performance improvements
• Neuropsychopharmacology

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Neuroprosthetics:

• Neuro-Prosthetic motor control for assisting paralyzed patients (ref)
• Electrode designs

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Neuroengineering Robot Control:

• Autonomous Robot Control for self-organizing, self-learning, self-adaptive system
• Robotic navigation controls

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Cardiovascular-Cognitive Interactions:

• Improvement of cognitive function induced by increased cardiovascular activity in physical exercise

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Computational Neuroscience:

• Computational brain models (ref1, ref2, ref3)
• Neural Simulator
• Neural Signal Decoding (ref)
• Neural Spike Train Analysis (ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9)

• Simultaneously recorded multiple-unit neuronal network analysis (ref1, ref2, ref3)
• Parallel processing of neural network
• Evolutionary Neuroscience

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Experimental Neuroscience:

• Optical Imaging using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) (ref)
• EEG analysis
• Motor control
• Cognitive processing

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Biological Basis of Gender Difference:

• Biological Basis of Gender Difference and Sexual Dimorphism (ref)

• Nina Cherian (MS student)
• Lauren Ray (MS student)
• Crystal Jackson (MS student)
• Vanessa Star (MS student)
• Nathan Peterson (MS student)
• Aditya Dash (Ph.D. student)

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