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CMU Language Technologies Institute Colloquium: Talk by Josh McDermott, MIT – March 1, CMU Wean Hall 7500, 2:30
CMU Language Technologies Institute Colloquium Title: Understanding audition via sound analysis and synthesis Speaker: Josh McDermott, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT Date: 1 March 2013 Time: 2.30-3.30 PM Location: WEH 7500, CMU Abstract: Humans infer many important things … Continue reading
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Events: Week of February 18th
Upcoming Events: · Monday, February 18th, Department of Psychiatry with Shin-ichi Kano, MD, PhD, “Brain disorders in a dish: toward a mechanistic understanding of mental illness” · Tuesday, February 19th, Department of Psychiatry with Minae Niwa, PhD, “Developmental trajectory of … Continue reading
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REMINDER: The Neural Substrate for Tool Usage and Imitation in Non-Human Primates
The Neural Substrate for Tool Usage and Imitation in Non-Human Primates: Exploring Evolutionary Mechanisms of Human Intelligence Atsushi Iriki, D.D.S., Ph.D. Senior Team Leader Symbolic Cognitive Development RIKEN Brain Institute Research Professor Kyoto University Japan Monday, February 18, … Continue reading
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Maria Bleil Seminar
Maria Bleil, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry University of California San Francisco “Reproductive aging over the life course: Understanding inter-relations between ovarian function, psychological health, and cardiovascular risk” Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:00 -11:00 am WPIC 413
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PIER Speaker Series: Adele Diamond, Feb. 18 and 19
PIER SPEAKER SERIES There are two upcoming PIER talks which may be of interest to members of the department. Adele Diamond will be here on Monday, February 18th and Tuesday, February 19th. Adele Diamond is a professor of developmental and … Continue reading
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BME Seminar Announcement
The following BME seminar may be of interest to members of the department. “Towards a Predictive Science of Network-Based Biological Systems” Danielle Bassett, Ph.D. Sage Junior Research Fellow Departments of Physics and Psychological and Brain Sciences University of California, Santa Barbara … Continue reading
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Of Turntabilism and The Brain (blog link)
Dr. Tim Verstynen is now an official blogger over at Psychology Today, working on a column called White Matter Matters. His inaugural post discusses the similarities between a contemporary musical genre and how movements are encoded by the motor cortex in the … Continue reading
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Department Colloquium Today: Margaret Clark
Margaret S. Clark, PhD Professor of Psychology Yale University “Why Do People With Low Self-Esteem Struggle to Form and Maintain Close Relationships?” Monday, February 4, 2013 4:30-6:00 pm A53 Baker Hall/Steinberg Auditorium Successful close relationships require people to non-contingently support … Continue reading
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