CBU one-off Talks

Functional Simulation in a Neural Theory of Language

Jerome Feldman (UC Berkeley).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Tuesday 21 September 2010, 12:30-13:30

CBU one-off Talks

Investigating category-selectivity in the temporal lobe using using fMRI and single-unit recordings

Andrew Bell (NIH).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Tuesday 19 January 2010, 12:30-13:30

CBU one-off Talks

Unravelling the neural processes underlying visual awareness

Alex Maier (NIH).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Friday 08 January 2010, 12:30-13:30

CBU one-off Talks

Studies of primate cognition with single unit recording and fMRI

Natasha Sigala (MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit/University of Oxford).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Tuesday 22 December 2009, 12:30-13:30

CBU one-off Talks

Topographic maps of acoustic features in the non-human primate auditory pathway

Simon Baumann (Newcastle).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Friday 18 December 2009, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

The effect of attention on illusory vowel perception and sound onset: an fMRI study

Antje Heinrich (Department of Linguistics).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 10 June 2009, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Sometimes angry, but always afraid: Differential effects of anxiety on the neural response to facial signals of threat

Michael Ewbank (MRC-CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 27 May 2009, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

DTI tractography of frontotemporal white matter pathways and language comprehension

CANCELLED - PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TALK HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED

John Griffiths (CSLB, Department of Experimental Psychology).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 20 May 2009, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Emotion effects on memory and conceptual priming

Cristina Ramponi (MRC-CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 13 May 2009, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Temporal grouping effect in verbal short term memory

Kristjan Kalm (MRC-CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 06 May 2009, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

The neural basis of frustration: an fMRI study

Jacky Yu (MRC-CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 06 May 2009, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Lateral prefrontal cortex and the representation of task relevant information

Natasha Sigala (MRC-CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 29 April 2009, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Understanding speech with an ageing brain: perception, cognition, and compensation

Jonathan Peelle (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 11 March 2009, 12:30-13:30

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Psychosis and cognition over the life course

Peter Jones (Dept of Psychiatry).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 09 March 2009, 16:15-17:45

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Prefrontal cortex and representation of task relevant information

CANCELLED due to illness

Natasha Sigala (MRC CBU) .

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 04 March 2009, 12:30-13:30

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Pictures of data: methods for improving scientific illustrations

Matt Davis (MRC CBSU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 02 March 2009, 16:15-17:45

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Early linguistic access: rapid, parallel and automatic?

Yury Shtyrov (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 12:30-13:30

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Word production and its brain correlates

Michele Miozzo (Dept of Experimental Psychology).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 23 February 2009, 16:15-17:45

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Auditory processing: From illusions to the musical brain

Jessica Grahn (MRC CBSU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 16 February 2009, 16:15-17:45

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Recurrent activity supports the construction of meaningful object

Alex Clarke (CSLB, Department of Experimental Psychology).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 11 February 2009, 12:30-13:30

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Translational neuroscience: Promise and pitfalls

Trevor Robbins (Dept of Experimental Psychology).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 09 February 2009, 16:15-17:45

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Memory rehabilitation using SenseCam

Georgina Browne (Neuropsychology Department, Addenbrooke's).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 04 February 2009, 12:30-13:30

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Cognition and Neural Networks

John Duncan (MRC CBSU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 02 February 2009, 16:15-17:45

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Pitch matching between acoustic and electric hearing: what cochlear implant scientists can learn from Christopher Poulton

Olivier Macherey (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 28 January 2009, 12:30-13:30

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

The psychology of gambling

Luke Clark (Dept of Experimental Psychology).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 26 January 2009, 16:15-17:45

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

MEG in older controls: counterparts of 1) semantic & episodic memory & 2) speech perception

Lisa Brindley (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 21 January 2009, 12:30-13:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

The structure of the parietal VSTM representation features, objects and space

Alejandro Vicente Grabovetsky (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 21 January 2009, 12:30-13:30

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

An introduction to the systems neuroscience of memory

Rik Henson (MRC CBSU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 19 January 2009, 16:15-17:45

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Behavioural and imaging investigations of spatial exploration or awareness in patients with unilateral neglect

Margarita Sarri (MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Wednesday 14 January 2009, 12:30-13:30

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Speech, language and the brain

William Marslen-Wilson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 01 December 2008, 16:15-17:45

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Signal detection theory - what it is and why you need it.

(Please bring a calculator)

Tim Dalgelish, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences unit.

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 24 November 2008, 16:15-17:45

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Psychosis and cognition over the life course.

Peter Jones, Dept of Psychiatry, Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 17 November 2008, 16:15-17:45

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Tim Dalgeish, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 10 November 2008, 16:15-17:45

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

A slim grip on reality? Linking source memory and psychosis

Jon Simons, Dept of Experimental Psychology, Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 03 November 2008, 16:15-17:45

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Goal-directed action: Using animal learning paradigms to study human behaviour.

Tony Dickinson, Dept of Experimental Psychology, Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 27 October 2008, 16:15-17:45

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

What is meaning, does it reside in the brain, and, if yes, where?

Friedemann Pulvermüller, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 20 October 2008, 16:15-17:45

Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Neuroimaging with MRI: combining physics and physiology to assess brain function.

Rhodri Cusack, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Monday 13 October 2008, 16:15-17:45

CBU one-off Talks

Intentional control over mnemonic awareness

Michael Anderson (Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of St Andrews).

Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences.

Tuesday 01 July 2008, 12:00-13:00