Multi-level Brain ModelingSeptember 29, 2006
"In order to understand such a very complex system like the brain, we need to have techniques for being able to probe the brain." An exploration of different techniques used to study brain function on multiple scales, both spatially and temporally. |
Mapping the Active BrainUnlocking the Next Frontier – Solving the Mystery of the Human MindMay 17, 2013
President Obama unveiled his plan to map the active brain with the new initiative Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN). This initiative, considered the next “Human Genome Project”, will bring together scientists from private and public institutions to investigate how the brain’s 100 billion cells interact with ... |
TDLC All Hands Meeting 2008: Initiative 2January 6, 2008Topics: Speakers: Howard Poizner Run Time: 24 minutes
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A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numberswith neuroscientist V.S. RamachandranMay 24, 2006Topics: Speakers: V.S. Ramachandran Run Time: 45 minutes In A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness, Ramachandran guides readers through one of the strangest and mysterious places in the natural world - the... |
Liars, Lovers & Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Arewith Terry SejnowskiSeptember 14, 2006Topics: Speakers: Terrence Sejnowski Run Time: 56 minutes Liars, Lovers, and Heroes combines cutting-edge findings in neuroscience with examples from history and the headlines to introduce the new science of... |
Multi-level Brain Modeling: IntroductionTopics: Speakers: Terrence Sejnowski Books by Terrence Sejnowski: Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are,... |
Terry SejnowskiThis is Your Brain on MoneyOctober 5, 2008Topics: Speakers: Terrence Sejnowski Run Time: 20 minutes Terrence Sejnowski is an HHMI investigator, the Francis Crick Professor and Director of the Crick-Jacobs Center for Theoretical and Computational... |
Lawrence KraussThis is Your Brain on Politics, continuedOctober 5, 2008Topics: Speakers: Lawrence Krauss Run Time: 26 minutes Lawrence M. Krauss is Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Physics Department, Co-Director of the Cosmology... |
Floyd BloomThe Scripps Research InstituteNovember 7, 2008Topics: Speakers: Floyd Bloom Run Time: 02 minutes Introduction to Neurodegenerative Session |
Larry GoldsteinUC San DiegoNovember 7, 2008Topics: Speakers: Lawrence Goldstein Run Time: 23 minutes Alzheimer's Disease |
TDLC Trainee Boot Camp 2009: Sensory Motor (Psychophysics)August 22, 2009Topics: Speakers: Valerie Yorgan, Ben Cipollini Run Time: 34 minutes Valerie Yorgan (Brown University, Neuroscience Department) Ben Cipollini (UC San Diego, Cognitive Science Department) |
The science of educatingA conversation with Terry SejnowskiTopics: Speakers: Terrence Sejnowski Run Time: 1 hours 27 minutes Congratulations Terry!Terrence J. Sejnowski has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the nation’s most prestigious... |
Designinformed: transforming evidence into innovationCommentary by Fred "Rusty" Gage, PhDNovember 4, 2009Topics: Speakers: Fred Gage Run Time: 42 minutes This presentation discusses the challenges and opportunities of developing evidence to inform creativity and to enhance innovationin design. The... |
Time scales and recognition dynamics: Physiology and behaviorDavid CheinbergTopics: Speakers: David Cheinberg David Cheinberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Brown University. His research is focused on how humans identify... |
Developmental changes in brain temporal dynamics from 6 to 48 months, as measured by long-latency auditory evoked potentials and resting EEGApril BenasichJanuary 22, 2010Topics: Speakers: April Benasich April Benasich is a tenured Professor of Neuroscience and the Director of the Infancy Studies Laboratory at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral... |
Neural circuits not cognitive centers: Face recognition is mediated by a distributed networkMarlene BehrmannTopics: Speakers: Marlene Behrmann Marlene Behrmann is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research is focused on the necessary psychological... |
Melanie SamuelThe Molecular and Structural Basis of Age Related Synaptic Alterations in the Central Nervous SystemFebruary 4, 2010Topics: Speakers: Melanie Samuel Melanie Samuel is a Post-Doctoral Associate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. Her research is focused on... |
Nita FarahanyVanderbilt University Law SchoolTopics: Speakers: Nita Farahany Nita Farahany is a Professor of Law and Philosophy at Vanderbilt University Law School. She researches and writes about the intersection of criminal... |
Terry MaroneyVanderbilt University Law SchoolTopics: Speakers: Terry Maroney Terry Maroney is an Associate Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School. Her research interests include criminal law, juvenile justice,... |
Bruce McCandlissVanderbilt UniversityTopics: Speakers: Bruce McCandliss Bruce McCandliss is a Sackler Scholar and Professor of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. His research is focused applying... |
Dan FeldmanUniversity of California, BerkeleyTopics: Speakers: Dan Feldman Dan Feldman is an Associate Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. His... |
Andrea ChibaUniversity of California, San DiegoTopics: Speakers: Andrea Chiba Andrea Chiba is a Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science and an affiliate of the Graduate Program in Neurosciences at the University of... |
Mapping the Active Brain: Unlocking the Next Frontier – Solving the Mystery of the Human MindIntroduction with Duane RothMay 17, 2013Topics: Speakers: Duane Roth, Dean Samsvic, Bob Conn Run Time: 11 minutes Held at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine Auditorium on May 17, 2013, the event was introduced by CONNECT CEO Duane Roth, who passed... |
Mapping the Active Brain: Unlocking the Next Frontier – Solving the Mystery of the Human MindPanelMay 17, 2013Topics: Speakers: Ralph Greenspan, Terrence Sejnowski, Todd Hylton, Anthony Lewis Run Time: 1 hours 14 minutes Panel: Ralph Greenspan, Associate Director of the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at UC San Diego (KIBM)Terrence Sejnowski, Director,... |
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