Alexis Wellwood Departments of Philosophy, Linguistics & Psychology USC Naturalizing and quantifying events and processes Philosophers and linguists have long debated how best to model the distinct referential profiles of nouns like ‘water’ and ‘cup’, and an apparently parallel distinction between verbs like ‘sleep’ and ‘jump’. For example, while it is both straightforward […]
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Michael Marks CHOP Research Institute Tales from the Dark Side: Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Syndromic Albinism Dr. Marks is a cell biologist who studies the molecular mechanisms underlying the formation and maturation of melanosomes, the organelles within retinal pigment epithelia and other eye pigment cells (and skin melanocytes) in which melanin pigments are synthesized […]
This seminar has been cancelled due to illness. Shaul Druckmann Departments of Neurobiology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Stanford University “Relating circuit dynamics to computation: robustness and dimension-specific computation in cortical dynamics” A pizza lunch will be served.
Oliver Niebuhr Associate Professor of Communication and Innovation, Center for Industrial Electronics (CIE) University of Southern Denmark Breath, Body, Brilliance – How Multi-modal Biosignal Analyses Help Define and Refine Perceived Speaker Charisma For a long time, charisma – i.e. the ability to inspire, motivate, and win over other people and get them to […]
Each year the CNS Public Talk Series highlights an issue or theme. The 2024-25 Public Talk series theme is the Brain in Socioeconomic Context. Growing up in poverty puts children at risk for adverse outcomes, from academic failure to emotional distress. This year’s talk series will explore the links between socioeconomic status, brain and life […]