Our very own Jason Fischer, PhD of Hopkins will be giving a Colloquium talk at 4:00 pm with a Q&A to follow! Living in the (next) moment: how the mind models the physical structure and dynamics of the world Our seamless interaction with the world is no small feat. Packing delicate groceries, stacking glassware, reshuffling […]
Jessica Glazier, PhD from the Psychology department at Northeastern University will be giving an early career colloquium seminar at 4:00 pm today in MARYLAND 110! Q&A to follow Inclusive gender cognition: exploring gender categorization with diverse gender identities Research on gender categorization has mostly approached gender as a binary construct, examining the perceptions of and […]
Carlos Ponce, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School will be giving a Colloquium talk at 4:00 pm in Krieger 205 with a Q&A to follow! Tuning landscapes of the ventral stream Primates can reason visually about images with different statistical properties, such as photographs, art, and even computer-generated scenes. However, it is […]
Christopher Harvey, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard University will be giving a PBS Colloquium Talk at 4:00 today with a Q&A to follow! Cortical circuits for spatial navigation My lab seeks to understand how the mammalian brain performs the computations that underlie cognitive functions, with a focus on spatial navigation, decision-making, and short-term memory. […]
Dmitriy Aronov, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Columbia University will be giving a Colloquium talk at 4:00 pm with a Q&A to follow! Using food-caching birds to study the neuroscience of episodic memory Throughout each day the brain captures snapshots of distinct experiences, forming episodic memories that often last a lifetime. This function depends on […]