A lunchtime conversation with one of Cognitive Neuroscience’s founding fathers! Dr. Gazzaniga will be interviewed by CNS Director Dr. Martha Farah, about the early days of cognitive neuroscience, the science and politics of split-brain research, the imaging revolution in neuroscience and psychology, his years on G.W. Bush’s Bioethics Commission, and the development of neurolaw. […]
Events
Virginia Man-Yee Lee, University of Pennsylvania “Transmission of misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative disorders: A common mechanism of disease progression” Location: BRB II/III Auditorium
Location: Levin Auditorium (lower level, Levin Building) Joe Thornton, University of Chicago Real and potential histories in protein sequence space: chance, contingency, and the mechanisms of molecular specificity
David Barner Department of Psychology University of California, San Diego Linguistic origins of uniquely human abstract concepts Humans have a unique ability to organize experience via formal systems for measuring time, space, and number. Many such concepts – like minute, meter, or liter – rely on arbitrary divisions of phenomena using a system […]
Anne Christophe Ecole normale supérieure, Paris Title and abstract forthcoming Location: 3401 Walnut Street, Room 401B