CNI is hosting a Computational and Systems Neuroscience Open House for new graduate students on Thursday, September 7 from 3-5pm. Join us in the lobby of the BRB II/III building (421 Curie Blvd.) for a poster session and reception, and the opportunity to get acquainted with systems and computational research on campus.
Events
Maya Dewhurst, Lancaster University Nasality in Greater Manchester: (Aero)acoustics and variation Variation in voice quality is a socially meaningful phenomenon and plays an important role in acts of identity construction and group membership (Podesva and Callier, 2015). “Nasal voice”, or nasality, specifically, has been found to index a range of social characteristics (Bucholtz, […]
Maiken Scott WHYY Why Talking About Science Matters (and How to Do it Well) Think about the last time a non-scientist asked you what you do for a living, or what you’re studying. Did you see their eyes glaze over as you tried to explain? Did they suddenly have to take an […]
Sarah Hye-yeon Lee Language and Cognition Lab University of Pennsylvania Signatures of individuation across objects and events The physical world provides humans with continuous streams of experience in both space and time. The human mind, however, can parse and organize this continuous input into discrete, individual units. In this talk, I will characterize […]