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• Geometric Visual Hallucinations Jack Cowan January 17, 2006 Topics: hallucinations, neuroscience Speakers: Jack Cowan Run Time: 1 hours 07 minutes Jack Cowan is Professor of Mathematics and Neurology at The University of Chicago. His research is concerned with understanding how circuits in...

• Statistical Mechanics of the Neocortex Jack Cowan January 18, 2006 Topics: neocortex, neuroscience, statistical mechanics Speakers: Jack Cowan Run Time: 01 minutes Jack Cowan is Professor of Mathematics and Neurology at The University of Chicago. His research is concerned with understanding how circuits in...

• Society of Fellows Distinguished Lecturer Series: Simple Thoughts About Complex Genomes Sydney Brenner January 25, 2007 Topics: genome Speakers: Sydney Brenner Run Time: 1 hours 23 minutes Sydney Brenner, distinguished research professor at the Salk Institute and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will speak...

• Indeterminacy and Image Improvement in Snake Infrared “Vision” J. Leo van Hemmen March 13, 2007 Topics: sensory systems, snake Speakers: J. Leo van Hemmen Run Time: 54 minutes J. Leo van Hemmen is Professor of Theoretical Biophysics at the Technical University of Munich. His research focuses on mathematical understanding...

• Intrinsic Neuronal Oscillation in CNS Function Rodolfo Llinás April 18, 2007 Topics: neuroscience, oscillations Speakers: Rodolfo Llinás Rodolfo Llinás, a founding father of modern brain science, is the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the...

• Selectivity and Symmetry in the Function of the Cerebral Cortex Horace Barlow May 15, 2009 Topics: DNA, Darwin, Francis Crick, cerebral cortex, consciousness, genetics, neuroscience, selectivity, symmetry, vision Speakers: Horace Barlow Run Time: 1 hours 11 minutes Horace Barlow is a British visual neuroscientist who has done much work towards understanding human vision and consciousness, beginning...

• The Neuroscientific Basis of Consciousness Susan Greenfield May 22, 2009 Topics: consciousness, neuroscience Speakers: Susan Greenfield Run Time: 1 hours 29 minutes Baroness Susan Greenfield is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster and a member of the House of Lords. She is known as a popularizer of...