Functional Imaging Research Center

FIRC@MCW Sponsored Colloquia & Talks

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Previous Talks
2004 - 2005
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Steven L. Small, Ph.D., M.D.

The University of Chicago
Department of Neurology Brain Research Center
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Sheila Blumstein, Ph.D.
Albert D. Mead Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sceince
Brown University
Topic: "Phonetic Categories and the Mapping of Sound Structure to the Lexicon:
Evidence from Lesion Studies and Neuroimaging"

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Wednesday, April 18, 2005
Russell A. Poldrack, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

UCLA Department of Psychology
Topic:  "The neural basis of classification learning: Evidence for interactive memory systems"
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Susan Bookheimer
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UCLA
Topic: "Imaging as Phenotype: Functional Imaging of Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease"
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2005 - 2006

Wednesday, October 5, 2005
    Anjan Chatterjee, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
 Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
 University of Pennsylvania
Topic: "Spatial Thought and Language"
 Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: HRC1210 - 1230
(1st floor, HRC Bldg.)
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Wednesday, November 2, 2005
John Detre, M.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology & Radiology
The Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences
University of Pennsylvania
Topic: "Advances in Arterial Spin Labeled Perfusion MRI"
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: HRC1210 - 1230
(1st floor, HRC Bldg.)
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Geraint Rees, Ph.D.
Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellow & Honorary Consultant Neurologist
The Institute of Neurology
University College, London
Topic: "Decoding Human Consciousness"
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: H1250
(1st floor, HRC Bldg.)
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Robert Zatorre, Ph.D.
Professor, Montreal Neurobiological Institute
University of Montreal
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: H1210-1230
(1st floor, HRC Bldg.)
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Wednesday, November 8, 2006
    Reza Shadmehr, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Neuroscience
  Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Topic: "Motor Adaptation and the Timescales of Memory"
 Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Cell Biology Conference Room
(BSB 476)

Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Keith Kluender, PhD
Professor of Psychology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Topic: "Speech Perception within a Biologically-Realistic Information-Theoretic Framework."
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: TBA

Monday, November 27, 2006
David Plaut, PhD
Professor of Psychology
University of Toronto
Topic: "Surface Dyslexia and Semantic Dementia: 
Beyond Single-Case Studies in Neuropsychology."

Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: MFRC Conference Room 3075

Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Giulio Tononi, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Topic: "Information Integration Theory of Consciousness."
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: H 1210




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