IIIT Hyderabad launches advanced BrainLab for human brain research

IIIT Hyderabad has launched BrainLab, an advanced EEG research facility supported by the Department of Science and Technology. Equipped with high-density and mobile EEG systems and eye-tracking technology, the facility will enable cognitive neuroscience research involving participants from Indian populations

Hyderabad: The International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) has launched BrainLab, an advanced human electroencephalography (EEG) research facility aimed at enabling research into how the human brain processes information, attention, perception and behaviour.

The facility has been established with support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under its Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (DST-FIST) programme.

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The Cognitive Science Lab (CSL) received the grant in 2024 under the Life Sciences FIST (FIST-LS) programme. The grant-winning team comprised Prof. Bapi Raju, Dr Vishnu Sreekumar, Dr Bhaktee Dongaonkar, Dr Vinoo Alluri, Dr Priyanka Srivastava and Dr Kavita Vemuri.

BrainLab is equipped with a 128-channel high-density EEG system, a 32-channel mobile EEG system and a digitiser for precise tracking of electrode positions.

An advanced research-grade eye-tracking system has also been integrated with the EEG setup, allowing researchers to synchronise brain activity with gaze patterns and pupil-based measures of attention.

The new infrastructure will enable IIIT-H researchers to conduct controlled cognitive neuroscience experiments involving participants from Indian populations and generate original datasets, reducing reliance on datasets collected elsewhere.