Past Events

Exploring the Mind Speaker Series - Karen Dobkins, UC San Diego ( 267 Cousteau Pl, Davis: CMB Large Conference Room, from 2009-10-02 12:10:00 to 2009-10-02 13:00:00) — by Ron Chow

Atypical Visual Development in Infants at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders

Exploring the Mind Speaker Series - Dr. Edward Vogel, University of Oregon (267 Cousteau Place, CMB Large Conference Room, from 2009-09-25 12:10:00 to 2009-09-25 13:00:00) — by Ron Chow

Individual Differences in Release Time from Attentional Capture

CMB Research Rounds - Dr. Melanie Palomares, University of South Carolina (267 Cousteau Place, CMB Large Conference Room, from 2009-09-24 16:00:00 to 2009-09-24 17:00:00) — by Faraz Farzin

“Connecting the Dots: Development of Visual Integration”

ERP Boot Camp (Center for Mind and Brain, from 2009-07-20 08:00:00 to 2009-07-29 17:00:00) — by Valerie Beck

The ERP Boot Camp is a workshop series on ERP methods that is organized and led by Steve Luck. It is designed for beginning and intermediate ERP researchers--at any career stage--who would like to obtain a firm grasp of the fundamentals of ERP research.

CMB Monday Seminar (Attention)- Javier Lopez-Caldron (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-06-22 16:00:00 to 2009-06-22 17:30:00) — by Marissa Gamble

 

CMB Monday Seminar (Methods)- Rene Scheeringa (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-06-15 16:00:00 to 2009-06-15 17:30:00) — by Marissa Gamble

Electrophysiological correlates of the human BOLD signal Simultaneous recording of hemodynamic and electrophysiological signals in monkeys and cats suggest that the hemodynamic effects observed with fMRI are a reflection are more tightly coupled to changes in local field potential activity than to spike rate changes. Especially gamma band activity was found to be tightly related to hemodynamic changes. The question arises whether these observations in animals also translate to the BOLD signal in humans during performance of cognitive tasks. In the work presented here we used simultaneous recorded EEG and fMRI to investigate how task related EEG power changes in different frequency bands (theta, alpha, beta and gamma power) relate to the changes in the BOLD signal.

Ken Nakayama (Harvard): "On the range and scope of human face recognition abilities" (267 Cousteau Pl., Large Conference Room, from 2009-06-05 12:10:00 to 2009-06-05 13:00:00) — by Jeremy M. Phillips

Ken Nakayama is the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

CMB Monday Seminar - (Learning) Peter Mundy (CMB conference room, from 2009-06-01 16:00:00 to 2009-06-01 17:30:00) — by Joy Geng

Joint Attention, Distributed Cortical Processing and Learning

Exploring the Mind Speaker Series - Dr. Ed Smith, Columbia University (267 Cousteau Pl, Davis: CMB Large Conference Room, from 2009-05-18 12:00:00 to 2009-05-18 13:00:00) — by Noelle Blalock

Different Kinds of Cognitive Control and Differential Breakdowns in Schizophrenia

CMB Monday Seminar (Vision)- Gerrit Maus (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-05-04 16:00:00 to 2009-05-04 17:30:00) — by Marissa Gamble

 

CANCELED: Exploring the Mind Speaker Series - Dr. Michael Kahana, Univ. of Pennsylvania (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-04-30 12:10:00 to 2009-04-30 13:00:00) — by Noelle Blalock

Associative Processes in Episodic Memory

CMB Monday Seminar (Deficits)- Organizational Meeting of R24 Center Grant (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-04-27 16:00:00 to 2009-04-27 17:30:00) — by Marissa Gamble

 

CMB Monday Seminar (Attention)- Mita Puri (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-04-20 16:00:00 to 2009-04-20 17:30:00) — by Marissa Gamble

 

CMB Monday Seminar (Methods)- Emily Kappenman (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-04-13 16:00:00 to 2009-04-13 17:30:00) — by Marissa Gamble

 

CMB Monday Seminar (Vision)- Weiwei Zhang (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-03-30 15:30:00 to 2009-03-30 17:00:00) — by Marissa Gamble

 

Cognitive Neuroscience Poster Day (267 Cousteau Place, from 2009-03-20 15:00:00 to 2009-03-20 17:00:00) — by Noelle Blalock

Poster presentations and Michael S. Gazzaniga Best Trainee Poster Prize (Reception to follow)

CMB Monday Seminar (Attention)- Speaker TBA (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-03-16 16:00:00 to 2009-03-16 17:30:00) — by Marissa Gamble

 

Exploring the Mind Speaker Series - Dr. Dale Purves, Duke University (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-03-13 12:10:00 to 2009-03-13 13:00:00) — by Noelle Blalock

Why We See What We Do: Exploring Vision Wholly in Empirical Terms

CMB Monday Seminar (Methods)- Rick Addante (267 Cousteau Pl, Large Conference Room, from 2009-03-09 16:00:00 to 2009-03-09 17:30:00) — by Marissa Gamble

 

Dr. Todd Braver (Washington University): Flexible Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Control (CMB Large Conference Room , from 2009-03-06 12:00:00 to 2009-03-06 13:00:00) — by Jeremy M. Phillips

Research in my lab has focused on the neural mechanisms of cognitive control: the ability to regulate thoughts and actions in an intelligent, goal-directed manner. We have argued that such mechanisms, which involve a network of brain regions centered on the lateral prefrontal cortex, are highly flexible, and can operate in both a proactive and reactive mode. The proactive mode of control is future-oriented, preparatory and sustained in nature, while the reactive mode is transient, stimulus-driven, and frequently engaged by the presence of interference. I will present some recent work highlighting this theoretical approach, as well as the new directions it has taken us in examining the role of motivation on cognitive control.