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The Relationship Between Executive Functions And Language Processing

May

Thu

25

Workshop

May 25, 2017

The Relationship Between Executive Functions And Language Processing

8:45am to 6:00pm

Speaker(s):

John Duncan (MRC CBU), Swathi Kiran (BU), John Gabrieli (MIT), Maryellen MacDonald (U Wisc), Julie Van Dyke (Haskins), Ted Gibson & Roger Levy (MIT), Sharon Thompson-Schill (U Penn), Rick Lewis (U Michigan)

Face perception and face recognition in developmental prosopagnosia

May

Thu

25

McGovern Institute

Special seminar

May 25, 2017

Face perception and face recognition in developmental prosopagnosia

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Speaker(s):

Professor Martin Eimer, University of London

Michale Fee receives Fundamental Science Investigator Award

May 19, 2017

Michale Fee receives Fundamental Science Investigator Award

by

Bendta Schroeder | School of Science

Michale Fee, the Glen V. and Phyllis F. Dorflinger Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, has received the Fundamental Science Investigator Award.

Using the Language of Thought

May

Tue

23

Thesis defense

May 23, 2017

Using the Language of Thought

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Speaker(s):

Eyal Dechter, Tenenbaum Lab

Making brain implants smaller could prolong their lifespan

May 16, 2017

Making brain implants smaller could prolong their lifespan

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Many diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, can be treated with electrical stimulation from an electrode implanted in the brain.

Electrical compartmentalization of dendritic spines prevents synaptic voltage-clamp

May

Mon

15

Brain lunch

May 15, 2017

Electrical compartmentalization of dendritic spines prevents synaptic voltage-clamp

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Speaker(s):

Lou Beaulieu-Laroche, Harnett Lab

Computational Tutorial: Reinforcement Learning

Jun

Fri

16

Seminar

June 16, 2017

Computational Tutorial: Reinforcement Learning

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Speaker(s):

Sam Gershman

Decision related activity and top-down attentional modulation in primate V1

May

Wed

17

Special seminar

May 17, 2017

Decision related activity and top-down attentional modulation in primate V1

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Speaker(s):

Eyal Seidemann, Ph.D.

Characterization of Phone Rate as a Vocal Biomarker of Depression

May

Mon

8

Thesis defense

May 8, 2017

Characterization of Phone Rate as a Vocal Biomarker of Depression

10:00am to 11:00am

Speaker(s):

Gregory Ciccarelli, Gabrieli Lab

Brains, Minds and Machines Seminar Series: What Can Machines Learn, and What Does It Mean for Occupations and Industries?

May

Fri

5

Special seminar

May 5, 2017

Brains, Minds and Machines Seminar Series: What Can Machines Learn, and What Does It Mean for Occupations and Industries?

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Speaker(s):

Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT)