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Department of Psychology Colloquium Series “A Social Affective Neuroscience Perspective on Health Goals” Elliot Berkman, PhD University of Oregon Friday, April 26th, 2013 3:00 PM Martin Colloquium Center 4127 Sennott Square Abstract: Studies on health goals such as smoking cessation … Continue reading →

Rapid flexibility of the motor cortex in novel situations Marc H. Schieber, MD, PhD Professor Departments of Neurology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Visual Sciences and Biomedical Engineering University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, NY … Continue reading →

The Cowan Young Investigator Lectures at CNBC Jessica Cantlon, Ph.D. Brain & Cognitive Sciences University of Rochester Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:00 pm Social Room, Mellon Institute Math, Monkeys, and the Developing Brain Thirty thousand years ago, humans kept track … Continue reading →

Believing and Time: A Neural Mechanism for Decision Making Michael Shadlen, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and HHMI Investigator Kavli Institute of Brain Science Department of Neuroscience Columbia University Thursday, April 4, 2013 4:00 p.m. 328 Mellon Institute

University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychology Language for communication: Language comprehension and the communicative basis of word order Ted Gibson, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Friday, April 5th, 2013 3:00 PM Martin Colloquium Center 4127 Sennott Square Perhaps the most … Continue reading →

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Thanos Tzonoupoulis, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Mechanisms and Functions of Synaptic and Intrinsic Plasticity in Normal and Pathological Auditory Processing 3:30 p.m. Mellon Institute Conference Room Wednesday, April 10, 2013 John Williams, Ph.D., Vollum Institute Acute … Continue reading →

Brain Maps to Mechanisms: Neural Circuit Molecular Architecture Stephen J. Smith, PhD Professor Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA Tuesday April 16, 2013 4:00pm 1495 Biomedical Science Tower

Please join us on Monday for a PAL lead by Alessandro Oltramari. Monday, April 1st at noon 340B Baker Hall Title: “A Cognitive System for Visual Intelligence” Abstract: Inasmuch as humans understand their surroundings by coupling perception with knowledge, cognitive-inspired … Continue reading →

Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar Series Maura Boldrini, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Columbia University Research Scientist Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division New York State Psychiatric Institute “Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Major Depression” Monday, April 8, 2013 12:00-1:00 PM 16th … Continue reading →

The following message is from Mike Tarr: The following message is from Mike Tarr: Jessica Cantlon will deliver the Cowan Young Investigator Lecture on April 25th. Her cv is attached, and talk information is below. If you are interested in … Continue reading →