2010
Tam, D. (2010) Variables governing emotion and decision-making: human objectivity underlying its subjective perception. BMC Neuroscience 2010, 11(Suppl 1):P96. Nineteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Conference. San Antonio, Texas, July 24 – 30, 2010.
Tam, D. (2010) Tam, D. (2010) Temporal associative memory (TAM) by spike-timing dependent plasticity. BMC Neuroscience, 11(Suppl 1):P105. Nineteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Conference. San Antonio, Texas, July 24 – 30, 2010.
Tam, D. (2010) Computational criteria for establishing reflex from plasticity to hardwiring. BMC Neuroscience 2010, 11(Suppl 1):P110. Nineteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Conference. San Antonio, Texas, July 24 – 30, 2010.
Tam, D (2010) Gender difference in emotional perception of love in a decision-making task. 40th Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting Abstract. Nov. 13-17, San Diego, CA.
Tam, D (2010) Imitation learning paradigm in the teaching of neuroscience. 40th Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting Abstract. Nov. 13-17, San Diego, CA.
2009
Tam, D. (2009) A theoretical model of emotion processing for optimizing the cost function of discrepancy errors between wants and gets. BMC Neuroscience 2009, 10 (Suppl 1):P11. Eighteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Conference. Berlin, Germany, July 18 - 23, 2009
Tam, D. (2009) A theoretical analysis of an alternative CUSUM statistic called CUSUM-slope for detecting signals from background noise in a low signal-to-noise environment. BMC Neuroscience 2009, 10 (Suppl 1):P83. Eighteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Conference. Berlin, Germany, July 18 - 23, 2009
Tam, D. (2009) A theoretical framework for happy emotion as a self-assessment measure of congruency between objective and subjective reality - The EMOTION-II model. 39th Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting Abstract. Oct. 17-21, Chicago, IL.
Tam, D. (2009) Increase in learning and memory retention by associative reinforcement learning. 39th Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting Abstract. Oct. 17-21, Chicago, IL.
2008
Tam, D. (2008) Theoretical derivation of EMOTION-I
model for emotional feel of sensation. BMC Neuroscience
2008, 9(Suppl 1):P79 Seventeenth Annual Computational
Neuroscience Conference. Portland, OR, July 19 – 24,
2008.
Tam, D. (2008) Theoretical derivation of EMOTION-II
model for happy and unhappy emotions. BMC Neuroscience
2008, 9(Suppl 1):P80 Seventeenth Annual Computational
Neuroscience Conference. Portland, OR, July 19 – 24,
2008.
Tam, D. (2008) Introducing an evolutionary EMOTION-I
model for the emergent of emotional feel in sensation.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Nov. 15 – 19,
Washington, DC.
Tam, D. (2008) Integration of behavioral neuroscience
in teaching using a theoretical framework. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Nov. 15 – 19, Washington,
DC.
2007
Tam, D. (2007) A self-adaptive burst-detection algorithm.
Sixteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Conference.
Toronto, Canada. July 16 – 20, 2006.
Tam, D. (2007) Detecting burst with a self-adaptive
detection algorithm. Society for Neuroscience Abstract.
Nov. 3 – 7, San Diego, CA.
Tam, D. (2007) Engineering system approach to teach
neuroscience. Society for Neuroscience Abstract.
Nov. 3 – 7, San Diego, CA.
2006
Tam, D. C. (2006) Computational Mechanisms for Physiological
Adaptation and Reflex Conditioning. Fifteenth Annual
Computational Neuroscience Conference. Edinburgh,
Scotland. July 16 – 20, 2006.
Tam, D. C. (2006) Comparison between computational
mechanisms for formation of synaptic plasticity and
physiological reflexes. Society for Neuroscience
Abstract. Oct. 14 – 18, Atlanta, GA.
Tam, D. C. (2006) Collaborative learning paradigm
for neuroscience education. Society for Neuroscience
Abstract. Oct. 14 – 18, Atlanta, GA.
2005
Tam, D. C. (2005) Evolutionary Computational Mechanisms
for Embedding Physiological Responses into Genetic
Reflexes. Fourteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience
Conference. Madison, WI. July 17 – 21, 2005.
Tam, D. C. (2005) Computational mechanisms for consolidating
physiological responses into genetic reflexes. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Nov. 12 – 16, Washington,
DC.
Tam, D. C. (2005) Teaching critical thinking in neuropsychopharmacology.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Nov. 12 – 16,
Washington, DC.
2004
Tam, D. C. (2004) Motion Detection in Hexagonal Arrays
of Insect Ommatidia. Thirteenth Annual Computational
Neuroscience Conference. Baltimore, MD. July 18 – 20,
2002.
Tam, D. C. (2004) Computational Model of Signal Processing
in Compound Eye. Society for Neuroscience Abstract.
Oct. 23 – 27, San Diego, CA. Vol. 30.
Tam, D. C. (2004) Interactive Feedback Assessment
for Teaching Large-Size Neuroscience Classes. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Oct. 23 – 27, San
Diego, CA. Vol. 30.
2003
Tam, D. C. (2003) Computational Efficiency of Hexagonal
Arrays in Compound Eyes. Twelvth Annual Computational
Neuroscience Conference. Chicago, IL. July 21 – 25,
2002.
Tam, D. C. (2003) Computational Efficient Circuitry
for Motion Detection in Compound Eyes. Society for
Neuroscience Abstract. Nov. 9 – 13, New Orleans,
LA. Vol. 29.
Tam, D. C. (2003) Problem-based Inquiry Learning
Paradigm for Neuroscience Education. Society for
Neuroscience Abstract. Nov. 9 – 13, New Orleans,
LA. Vol. 29.
2002
Tam, D. C. (2002) Real-Time Estimation of Predictive
Firing Rate. Eleventh Annual Computational Neuroscience
Conference. Chicago, IL. July 21 – 25, 2002.
White, J. A. and Tam, D. C. (2002) Computational
Efficiency of Hexagonal Arrays in Compound Eyes.
Eleventh Annual Computational Neuroscience Conference.
Chicago, IL. July 21 – 25, 2002.
Tam, D. C. (2002) Estimation of Predictive Firing
Rate in an Epoch in Real-Time. Society for Neuroscience
Abstract. Nov. 2 – 7, Orlando, FL. Vol. 28.
Tam, D. C. (2002) Active Learning in Neuroscience
Education using an On-Line Learning Community. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Nov. 2 – 7, Orlando,
FL. Vol. 28.
2001
Tam, D. C. (2001) A Spike Train Analysis for Quantifying
Inhibitory Near-Synchrony in Spike Firings. Neurocomputing
Tenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Conference.
San Francisco, CA. June 30 – July 5, 2001
Tam, D. C. (2001) An Alternate Burst Analysis for
Detecting Intraburst Firings Based on Interburst
Periods. Neurocomputing Tenth Annual Computational
Neuroscience Conference. San Francisco, CA. June
30 – July 5, 2001
Tam, D. C. (2001) A 3-Cell Spike Train Analysis for
Detecting Inhibitory Near-Synchrony in Spike Firings.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Nov. 10 - 15,
San Diego, CA. Vol. 27.
Tam, D. C. (2001) A Biological-Survival Model Approach
to Teach Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology and Neuropsychopharmacology.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Nov. 10 - 15,
San Diego, CA. Vol. 27.
2000
Tam, D. C. (2000) A Multi-Unit Spike Train Analysis
for Quantifying Phase-Relationships of Near-Synchrony
Firings. Ninth Annual Computational Neuroscience
Conference. Brugge, Belgium. July 16 – 20,
2000.
Tam, D. C. (2000) A multi-unit spike train analysis
for quantifying phase-relationships of near-synchrony
firings.. Ninth Annual Computational Neuroscience
Conference. Brugge, Belgium. July 16 – 20,
2000.
Tam, D. C. (2000) A Spike Train Analysis for Correlating
Burst Firings in Neurons. Ninth Annual Computational
Neuroscience Conference. Brugge, Belgium. July 16 – 20,
2000.
Tam, D. C. (2000) A Spike Train Phase-Plane Analysis
for Quantifying Phase-Relationships of Near-Synchrony
Firings. Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol.
26. Nov. 4-9, 2000. New Orleans, LA.
Tam, D. C. (2000) An Engineering Approach to Teach
the Basic Principles of Neuroscience: Design Principles
vs. Evolution. Society for Neuroscience Abstract.
Vol. 26. Nov. 4-9, 2000. New Orleans, LA.
1999
Tam, D. C. (1999) A Spike Train Analysis for Detecting
Spatio-temporal Integration in Neurons. Eighth Annual
Computational Neuroscience Conference. Pittsburgh,
PA. July 18 – 22, 1999.
Tam, D. C. (1999) A Spike Train Analysis for Detecting
Spatial Integration in Neurons. Eight Annual Computational
Neuroscience Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. July 18 – 22,
1999.
Tam, D. C. (1999) A stochastic multi-unit spike train
analysis for detecting the contribution of spatio-temporal
integration on spike generation in neurons. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 25. Nov. 23-28, 1999.
Miami Beach, FL. p. 1415.
Tam, D. C. (1999) A systematic approach to teach
the fundamental principles of scientific inquiry
in neuroscience methods and theories. Society for
Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 25. Nov. 23-28, 1999.
Miami Beach, FL. p. 265.
1998
Tam, D. C. (1998) A spike train analysis for detecting
temporal integration in neurons. Seventh Annual
Computational Neuroscience Conference Abstract,
Santa Barbara,
CA, July 26-30. pp. 162.
Tam, D. C. (1998) A spike train analysis for detecting
the temporal integration of spikes in neurons.
Sixteenth Annual Conference on Biomedical Engineering
Research
in Houston.
Tam, D. C. (1998) A stochastic spike train analysis
for detecting the dependence of spike generation
on spatial integration in neurons. Society for
Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 24. Nov. 7-12, 1998.
Los Angeles,
CA.
1997
Tam, D. C. (1997) Regularity in Spike Firing with
Random Inputs Detected by Method Extracting Contribution
of Temporal Integration of a Pair of Incoming
Spikes to the Firing of a Neuron. Sixth Annual
Computational
Neuroscience Conference Abstract, Big Sky, MT,
July 6-10. pp. 159.
Tam, D. C. (1997) A spike train analysis for
extracting the dependence of temporal summation
in spike generation
of one neuron on the doublet spike firing of
another. Fifteenth Annual Conference on Biomedical
Engineering
Research in Houston.
Tam, D. C. (1997) A Spike Train Analysis for
Detecting the Dependence of Temporal Summation
Contributing
to the Excitation or Suppression of Spike Firing
in Neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstract.
Vol. 23. Oct. 25-30, 1997. New Orleans, LA. pp.
2099.
1996
Tam, D. C. and Fitzurka, M. A. (1996) Inter-arrival
time spike train analyses for detecting spatial
and temporal summation in neurons. Fifth Annual
Computational
Neuroscience Conference Abstract, Boston, MA,
July 14-17. pp. 196.
Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1996) A joint
cross interval difference analysis for detecting
coupling
trends between neurons. Fifth Annual Computational
Neuroscience Conference Abstract, Boston, MA,
July 14-17. pp. 52.
Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1996) Hybrid
analyses of neuronal spike train data for pre-and
post-cross
intervals in relation to interspike interval
differences. Fifth Annual Computational Neuroscience
Conference
Abstract, Boston, MA, July 14-17. pp. 53.
Tam, D. C. (1996) A spatio-temporal correlation
spike train analysis for detecting firing patterns
in neurons.
Fourteenth Annual Conference on Biomedical
Engineering Research in Houston.
Tam, D. C. (1996) A spike train analysis for
detecting the dependence of spike generation
of one neuron
on the doublet spike firing of another. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 22. Nov. 16-21,
1996.
Washington, DC. pp. 133.
Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1996) A Cross
Interval spike train analysis technique (Pre-CI/ISID/Post-CI)
for revealing the coupling relationships between
the firing Patterns of neuron- pairs. Society
for
Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 22. Nov. 16-21,
1996. Washington, DC. pp. 133.
Laufer, S. R., Gross, G. W. and Tam, D. C.
(1996) HEPES buffer suppression of spontaneous
neuronal
network activity. Society for Neuroscience
Abstract. Vol. 22. Nov. 16-21, 1996. Washington,
DC. pp.
1377.
1995
Tam, D. C. (1995) A Time-Scale Invariant Method
for Detection of Changes and Oscillations
in Neuronal Firing Intervals. Fourth Annual Computational
Neuroscience
Conference Abstract, Monterey, CA, July 12-15.
Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1995) First
Order Interspike Interval Difference Phase
Plane Analysis
of Neuronal Spike Train Data. Fourth Annual
Computational Neuroscience Conference Abstract,
Monterey, CA,
July 12-15.
Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1995) Second
Order Interspike Interval Difference Phase
Plane Analysis
of Neuronal Spike Train Data. Fourth Annual
Computational Neuroscience Conference Abstract,
Monterey, CA,
July 12-15.
Tam, D. C. (1995) A new interspike interval
analysis for detecting sequential firing
trends in neurons.
Thirteenth Annual Conference on Biomedical
Engineering Research in Houston. p. 43
Tam, D. C. and Fitzurka, M. A. (1995) A spatio-temporal
spike train analysis for correlating firing
patterns in neurons. Society for Neuroscience
Abstract.
Vol. 21. p.148. Nov. 11-16, 1995. San Diego,
CA.
Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1995) First
and second order interspike interval difference
phase
plane
analyses of neuronal spike trains. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 21. p.148.
Nov. 11-16,
1995. San Diego,
CA.
Tam, D. C. (1995) Spatio-Temporal Organization
of Neural Firing Patterns in Networks. Workshop
on Traversing
Scales of Organization, at Bethesda, MD,
June 16-17.
1994
Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1994) A New
Spike Train Analysis for Detecting Trends
in Firing
Patterns in Neurons. Third Annual Conference
on Computational
Neural Systems. Monterey, CA.
Tam, D. C. (1994) A new higher-order interspike
interval analysis for detecting sequential
firing trends in
neurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstract.
Vol. 20. p.1203. Nov. 13-18, 1994. Miami
Beach, FL.
Tam, D. C. (1994) Spike Train Analysis
for Detecting Synchronized Firing among
Neurons
in Networks.
Metroplex Institute of Neural Dynamics
Conference Abstract.
Tam, D. C. (1994) A stochastic time-series
analysis for detecting excitation-inhibition.
First World
Congress on Computational Medicine, Public
Health and Biotechnology.
Tam, D. C. (1994) A new post-conditional
correlation method for extracting inhibition
coupling between
neurons. Twelfth Annual Conference on Biomedical
Engineering Research in Houston. p.84.
Fitzurka, M. A. and Tam, D. C. (1994) A
new statistical measure for detecting trends
in firing patterns
in neurons couplings among neurons in a
network.
First
World Congress on Computational Medicine,
Public Health and Biotechnology
Zouridakis, G. and Tam, D. C. (1994) Identification
of Spike Profiles using Fuzzy-Logic Classifiers.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol.
20. p.1203. Nov. 13-18, 1994. Miami Beach,
FL.
Zouridakis, G. and Tam, D. C. (1994) A
fuzzy-logic approach to the recognition
and classification
of multi-neuronal activity. First World
Congress on
Computational Medicine, Public Health and
Biotechnology
1993
Tam, D. C. (1993) A multi-conditional correlation
statistics for detecting spatio-temporally
correlated firing patterns. Second Annual
Conference on
Computational Neural Systems. Washington,
D.C.
Tam, D. C. (1993) A new post-conditional
correlation method for extracting excitation-inhibition
coupling between neurons. Society for
Neuroscience Abstract.
Vol. 19, p. 1598.
Tam, D. C. (1993) A multi-conditional
time-series analysis for detecting spatio-temporally
correlated firing patterns in spike trains.
Eleventh Annual
Conference on Biomedical Engineering
Research
in Houston.
Tam, D. C. (1992) A new multi-conditional
statistical measure for detecting spatio-temporally
correlated
firing patterns in multiple spike trains.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol.
18, p. 318.
Tam, D. C. (1993) A multi-neuronal vectorial
phase-space analysis for detecting dynamical
interactions in
firing patterns of biological neural
networks. First Annual Conference on
Computational
Neural Systems.
San Francisco, CA.
Tam, D. C. and Hutson, R. K. (1993) An
object-oriented paradigm for the design
of realistic neural
simulators. First Annual Conference on
Computational Neural
Systems. San Francisco, CA.
Gross, G. W. and Tam, D. C. (1993) Dynamical
changes of functional connectivity in
cultured networks.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol.
19, p. 1598.
Kenyon, G. T. and Tam, D. C. (1993) An
entropy measure for revealing deterministic
structure
in spike train
data. First Annual Conference on Computational
Neural Systems. San Francisco, CA.
Zouridakis, G. and Tam, D. C. (1993)
Identification of spike profiles using
fuzzy-logic classifiers.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol.
19, p. 1598.
1992
Tam, D. C. (1992) A new multi-conditional
statistical measure for detecting spatio-temporally
correlated
firing patterns in multiple spike trains.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract.
Vol. 18, p. 318.
Tam, D. C. and Kenyon, G. T. (1992)
Novel Cross-Interval Maps for Identifying
Attractors
from Multi-Unit
Neural Firing Patterns. Second Annual
Conference on Nonlinear
Dynamical Analysis of the EEG.
Tam, D. C. (1992) Statistical analytical
methods for detecting temporally correlated
firing
patterns in neural networks. Tenth
Annual Conference on
Biomedical Engineering Research in
Houston. p. 146.
Kenyon, G. T. and Tam, D. C. (1992)
Deterministic entropy measures for
investigating complex
spatio-temporal order in multi-unit
spike train data. Tenth Annual
Conference on Biomedical Engineering
Research in Houston. p. 144.
Tam, D. C. and Kenyon, G. T. (1992)
Simulating interconnected neural systems
using an
object-oriented programming
paradigm. Tenth Annual Conference on
Biomedical Engineering Research in
Houston. p. 83.
Tam, D. C. and Kenyon, G. T. (1992)
A vectorial statistical method for
detecting
correlated
firing patterns in
neurons. Biophysical Society Abstract.
Vol. 16, p.A175.
Kenyon, G. T. and Tam, D. C. (1992)
An object-oriented paradigm for simulating
physiological processes
in extended biological structures.
Biophysical
Society
Abstract. Vol. 16, p.A175.
Kenyon, G. T. and Tam, D. C. (1992)
Using the asymptotic Kolmogorov entropy
to
identify deterministic
structures
in multi-unit spike trains. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 18,
p. 318.
Zouridakis, G. and Tam, D. C. (1992)
Multi-unit spike discrimination using
wavelet transforms.
Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 18,
p. 318.
Tam, D. C. (1992) Methods for investigating
the neurophysiological functions of
the central nervous
system. Society
of Chinese Bioscientists Symposium
Abstract.
Tam, D. C. (1992) A vectorial statistical
measure for detecting temporally correlated
firing
patterns in multiple spike trains.
Society of Chinese
Bioscientists Symposium Abstract.
1991
Tam, D. C. (1991) A vectorial statistical
method for analyzing stochastic firing
patterns in
large numbers of neurons in parallel.
The Second Keck
Symposium on Computational Biology
Abstract.
Tam, D. C. (1991) A spatial-temporal
mapping neural circuit for decoding
interspike-intervals in spike
train. Ninth Annual Conference on
Biomedical Engineering Research in
Houston.
Tam, D. C. and Kenyon, G. T. (1991)
A novel vectorial measure for detecting
temporally
correlated firing
patterns in multiple spike trains.
Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 17,
p. 125.
Boney, D. G., Feinswog, L. J., Hutson,
R. K., Kenyon, G. T. and Tam, D.
C. (1991) An
object-oriented
paradigm for simulating inter-connected
neural systems. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract. Vol. 17,
p. 126.
Feinswog, L. J., Hutson, R. K., Kenyon,
G. T. and Tam, D. C. (1991) An object-oriented
paradigm
for
simulating neurophysiological processes.
The Second Keck Symposium on Computational
Biology
Abstract.
1990
Tam, D. C. (1990) Functional significance
of bi-threshold firing of neurons.
Society for
Neuroscience Abstract.
Vol. 16, p. 1091.
Tam, D. C. (1990) Hebbian synapse
and its relation to cross-correlation
function
in associative
conditioning learning. Eighth Annual
Conference
on Biomedical
Engineering Research in Houston.
p. 5.
Tam, D. C. (1990) Visual-motor
integration: What role does cerebellar
cortical
neurons participate
in movement control in monkeys?
Eighth Annual Conference on Biomedical
Engineering
Research
in Houston.
p. 39.
1989
Tam, D. C. and McMullen, T. A.
(1989) Hebbian synapses as cross-correlation
functions
in delay line circuitry
Society for Neuroscience Abstract
Vol. 15, p. 777.
Alkon, D. L., Vogl, T. P., Blackwell,
K. T. and Tam, D. C. (1989) Pattern
recognition and
storage
by an
artificial network derived from
biological systems. Neural Network
Models of
Conditioning and Action:
the Twelfth Symposium on Models
of Behavior at Harvard University.
1988
Tam, D. C. and Perkel, D. H.
(1988) Identification of firing
patterns
in multiple spike
trains using a neural network
employing the back-propagation
error correction learning algorithm.
Society for Neuroscience
Abstract, Vol. 14, p. 260.
Tam, D. C., Perkel, D. H.,
and Tucker, W. S. (1988) Correlation
of multiple
neuronal spike
trains using
the back-propagation error
correction
algorithm. INNS 88 International
Neural Network Society
First Annual Meeting.
Tam, D. C., Perkel, D. H.,
and Tucker, W. S. (1988) Temporal
correlation of multiple neuronal
spike
trains using the back-propagation
error correction
algorithm.
INNS 88 International Neural
Network
Society First Annual Meeting.
Tam, D. C. (1988) An improved
reinforcement learning model
for associative
search network. IEEE International
Conference on Neural Network
1988.
Ojakangas, C. L., Onstott,
D. K., Tam, D. C., Ebner, T.
J.
(1988)
Changes in hand kinematics
during
a quantifiable learning paradigm
in
primates. Society for Neuroscience
Abstract, Vol.
24, p. 260.
1987
Tam, D. C., Ebner, T. J., and
Knox, C. K. (1987) Correlation
between
Purkinje cell
simple spike
activity and movement kinematics
during closed-loop, visually
guided multi-joint movement
with altered gain and delay
feedback.
Society for
Neuroscience Abstract,
Vol. 13, p.604.
1986
Tam, D. C., Ebner, T. J.,
and Knox, C. K. (1986)
Technique for evaluation
of
Purkinje cell activity
during closed-loop visually
guided movement requiring
continual
fine movement error
correction.
Society
for Neuroscience Abstract,
Vol.
12, p.1418.
1985
Tam, D. C., Knox, C. K.,
and Ebner, T. J. (1985)
Cross-interval correlation
of firing
pattern
of simultaneously recorded
neighboring cerebellar
Purkinje
cells. Society
for Neuroscience Abstract,
Vol. 11, p.1035.
1982
Tam, D. C., Ebner, T.
J., and Bloedel, J.
R. (1982)
The response
properties
of DSCT
cells
to periodic
mechanical stimuli.
Society for Neuroscience Abstract,
Vol. 8,
p. 957.