Kara Spiller Biomedical Engineering Drexel University Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Limb Salvage Diabetes and peripheral arterial disease affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Patients with these conditions frequently develop chronic wounds on the lower limbs that lead to amputation, with a 5-year mortality rate as high as 77%. Macrophages, the primary cell of […]
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Katie Franich Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science University of Delaware Examining the relationship between speech timing, grammar, and predictive processes across languages Languages differ in fundamental ways with regard to their phonetic-prosodic profiles: while some, such as English and other Indo-European languages, show acoustic evidence for rhythmic prominence asymmetries (e.g. stress or […]
Deanna Barch Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Washington University in St. Louis Mechanisms of Motivational Impairments in Psychosis Psychiatric disorders involving psychosis are typically associated with hallucinations and delusions. However, hedonic and motivational impairments are a frequent additional component of psychotic disorders that causes significant disability and functional impairment. Unfortunately, current treatments […]
Joshua T. Vogelstein nstitute for Computational Medicine Center for Imaging Science Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Sciences Johns Hopkins University Lifelong Learning: From Biological to Artificial To transition from artificial (narrow) intelligence to artificial general intelligence will require incorporating additional fundamental learning principles that evolved in biologically intelligent systems. One such property […]
Steven Pinker Department of Psychology Harvard University “The Emperor, the Elephant, and the Matzo Ball: Common Knowledge as a Ratifier of Relationships” The seminar will be held in the Levin Auditorium (Levin Building lower level), with a simulcast screening in the SAIL Room (111 Levin Building). Refreshments will be served after the seminar […]