Michael Hochberg Research Director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique University of Montepellier Sante Fe Institute How evolution and environment shape cancer Evolutionary theory explains why metazoan species are largely protected against the negative fitness effects of cancers. Nevertheless, cancer is observed across a range of species and sometimes at high prevalence. I […]
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Eitan Grinspun Computer Science Department Columbia University
Emily Falk Annenberg School of Communication Neuroscience approaches to understanding how ideas and behaviors are spread Location: Room 260 Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut St. Each year, the CNS Public Talk Series highlights an issue or theme. The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are featuring faculty from […]
Jesse Goldberg Department of Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell University Male songbirds turn off their self-evaluation systems when they sing to females Attending to mistakes while practicing alone provides opportunities for learning1, 2, but self-evaluation during audience-directed performance could distract from ongoing execution3. It remains unknown how animals switch between practice and performance modes, […]
Andrea Beltrama MindCORE Fellow University of Pennsylvania When is the food simply delicious? Tackling the puzzle of emphatic exclusives When occurring next to predicates located at the extreme of a scale, exclusive modifiers such as “just” and “simply” contribute an emphatic effect, intensifying the meaning of the utterance. I will refer to these […]