MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences UnitMichaelmas Term 2021
Chaucer Club talks are currently taking place online on Thursdays at 2pm. Attendance at live talks is restricted to MRC CBU staff and students, and the University of Cambridge academic community including alumni. Wherever possible talks will be recorded, and will be made openly available on the MRC CBU website at the end of term.
Zoom link for all talks: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86855107115?pwd=dlE2Nzh0aWZKdnpENFJiYVZRTjlzQT09 Meeting ID: 868 5510 7115 Passcode: 633136
You must use a zoom account registered to a *cam.ac.uk *cantab.net or *@addenbrookes.nhs.uk* email address.
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07 Oct |
Maurizio Corbetta (University of Padua) The function of spontaneous brain activity Hosted by: John Duncan & Moataz Assem
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14 Oct |
No talk scheduled
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21 Oct |
Tim Buschman (Princeton University) Neural dynamics of working memory Hosted by: John Duncan & Jascha Achterberg
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28 Oct |
Half term break
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04 Nov |
Patricia Lockwood (University of Birmingham) Prosocial motivation, learning and intentions: age-related changes and neural mechanisms Hosted by: Camilla Nord
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11 Nov |
Jonathan Smallwood (Queen’s University) The neural correlates of ongoing conscious thought Hosted by: Rebecca Jackson
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18 Nov |
Lila Davachi (Columbia University) Post-encoding persistence of encoding states strengthens individual memories, reorganizes those experiences based on shared features and biases the fate of new memories Hosted by: Andrea Greve
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25 Nov |
Chris Butler (Imperial College London/University of Oxford) Stimulating the brain with sound: low intensity ultrasound for neuromodulation Hosted by: Rik Henson
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02 Dec |
Josh McDermott (MIT) New models of human hearing via machine learning Hosted by: Bob Carlyon & Matt Davis
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09 Dec |
Charlotte Rae (University of Sussex) How do signals from the body shape our actions (and our inactions)? Plus, a discussion on how we can green neuroscience Hosted by: Rik Henson
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