# Mark Richardson Professor of Neurosciences in the Department of Neurosurgery ![Mark Richardson](/sites/g/files/omnuum5491/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2025-05/Mark%20Richardson%20_0.png?itok=2cIkSPGr) location\_on Massachusetts General Hospital 50 Blossom St. Boston, MA 02114 smartphone [(617) 726-8849]() email laptop\_windows [Publications](https://bit.ly/RMRpubs) laptop\_windows [Laboratory Website](https://brainmodulationlab.org) Dr. Richardson directs the Brain Modulation Lab, a human systems neuroscience lab studying brain electrophysiology and behavior in patients undergoing surgery for epilepsy, movement disorders, and psychiatric disease. A major focus of the lab’s work is understanding the role basal ganglia thalamocortical loops in speech perception and production. - ## Affiliations [Harvard Ladder Faculy](/affiliations/harvard-ladder-faculy) [HMS](/affiliations/hms) [Massachusetts Eye and Ear](/affiliations/meei) [MGH - Boston Campus](/affiliations/massachusetts-general-hospital-Boston) [MGH - Martinos Center - Charlestown](/affiliations/massachusetts-general-hospital-martinos-center-charlestown) - ## People [Faculty](/people/faculty) - ## Research Interests [Auditory Neuroscience, Central](/research-interests/auditory-neuroscience-central) [Auditory Neuroscience, Periphery](/research-interests/auditory-neuroscience-periphery) [Cognitive Neuroscience of Language and Music](/research-interests/cognitive-neuroscience-language-and-music)