News & Talks

News

Neuroscience is a rapidly developing field. I will post neuroscience-related news items here from time to time.

Smith, K. (2017). How to map the circuits that define us. Nature News, 548(7666), 150. Retrieved August 10, 2017, from http://www.nature.com/news/how-to-map-the-circuits-that-define-us-1.22437
Cohen, M. X. (2017). Where Does EEG Come From and What Does It Mean? Trends in neurosciences, 40(4), 208–218. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2017.02.004

Talks

This is a list of talks that students may wish to attend. Attendance is not required, however. Reports on the talks could serve as the basis of one or more blog posts or a paper.

David Leopold, Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 12:05 - 1:20 pm, 5 HHD Building

“High-level Visual Specialization in the Brain: Linking Single Neurons to fMRI Networks”

Jim Trimmer, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 4:00pm - 5:00 pm

TBA

Jesse Goldberg, Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 4:00pm - 5:00 pm, 108 Wartik

“Dopaminergic Error Signals in Birdsong Suggest a General Model of Basal Ganglia Dependent Learning”

Yi Eve Sun (UCLA), Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 4:00pm - 5:00 pm, 108 Wartik

TBA

Avital Rodal (Brandeis University), Wednesday, November 1, 2017 - 4:00pm - 5:00 pm, 108 Wartik

TBA

Wen-Cheng Xiong (Augusta University), Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 4:00pm - 5:00 pm, 108 Wartik

“Retromer and Neurodegenerative Disorders”

Robert Stern (Boston University School of Medicine), Wednesday, December 6, 2017 - 4:00pm - 5:00 pm, 108 Wartik

“Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: What We Think We Know Now and What We Need to Know Next”