Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
Time: Monthly at 4 P.M.
Location: Faculty House
Theme: New paradigms for studying cognitive processes in animals - particularly symbol use and memory - have, for the first time, allowed psychologists and neuroscientists to compare higher thought processes in animals and human beings. Of special interest is the question, how does an animal think without language? This, and related questions concerning the nature of animal cognition, have defined the themes of this seminar whose members include specialists in animal and human cognition, ethology, philosophy, and neuroscience.
Contact: Chairs - and Rapporteur -
Fall 2007
September 20, 2007
- Hilary Barth, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University: "Qualitative differences in quantitative judgment"
November 29, 2007
December 13, 2007
- Earl Miller, Department of Psychology, MIT
Spring 2008
January 24, 2008
- JOINT MEETING with University Seminar in Language & Cognition
- Argye Hillis, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
February 28, 2008
- Jeremy Wolfe, Harvard University
March 27, 2008
April 24, 2008
- Nancy
Kanwisher, Department of Psychology, MIT: "Spatial patterns of fMRI
response within cortical regions: What information do they contain and
what can they tell us about the function of that region?"
Language and Cognition
Time: Monthly on Thursdays at 4 P.M.
Location: Kellog Center Rm. 1512 SIPA
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Theme: What can the study of language contribute to our
understanding of human nature? This question motivates research
spanning many intellectual constituencies, for its range exceeds the
scope of any one of the core disciplines.
Contact: Chair - Rapporteur -
Fall 2007
October 25, 2007
-
John Sadtis, Nathan Kline Institute "What the speaking brain tells us about functional imaging"
December 6, 2007
- Katherine Demuth, Department of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University "Phonological constraints on morphological development"
Spring 2008
January 24, 2008
- JOINT MEETING with the University Seminar on Behavioral Neuroscience
- Argye Hillis, Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
February 21, 2008
- Daniel Swingley, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
March 27, 2008
- Anne R. Bradlow, Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University "Bi-directional talker-listener adaptation in speech communication"
April 17, 2008
