Events: Past
10/17/2024 Brock Carlson: Preattentive V1 Representations Resolve Interocular Conflict with Laminar Coherence
Oct. 14, 2024—CCN Brown Bag Brock Carlson Graduate Student, Maier Lab Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024 Time: 12:10PM-1PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Preattentive V1 Representations Resolve Interocular Conflict with Laminar Coherence Psychophysical studies show that attention is necessary for standard dynamics in binocular rivalry (Brascamp & Blake, 2012; Dieter et al., 2016). When attention is diverted, interocular processing occurs...
10/15/2024 Krista Mehari: Understanding Social-Ecological Risk for Firearm Violence Involvement through Participatory Research
Oct. 9, 2024—Clinical Brown Bag Krista Mehari, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychology and Human Development Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Understanding Social-Ecological Risk for Firearm Violence Involvement through Participatory Research Firearms are the leading mechanism of death for youth and young adults in the U.S., but there is very little research that...
10/8/2024 Matt Morris: Biobehavioral and Social Factors Implicated in Pain Disparities
Oct. 7, 2024—Clinical Brown Bag Matt Morris, PhD Associate Professor Research Division, VUMC Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Biobehavioral and Social Factors Implicated in Pain Disparities Although racial and ethnic differences in pain experiences and treatment are well-established in the United States, the mechanisms that account for such differences are not well...
10/24/2024 Jenn Richler: Principles of Scientific Writing
Oct. 3, 2024—CCN Brown Bag Jenn Richler, PhD Chief Editor, Nature Reviews Psychology at Nature Research Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024 Time: 12:10PM-1PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Principles of Scientific Writing Scientific progress depends on communicating research findings to others so that they can be built upon. In this talk, I outline three principles of good science writing:...
10/1/2024 Maria E. Cottingham: Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology
Sep. 26, 2024—Clinical Brown Bag Maria E. Cottingham, PhD, ABPP-CN Director of Training, Psychology Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist Tennessee Valley Health Care System Nashville VAMC Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology We will discuss the benefits of Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology...
10/11/2024 Julien Vezoli: Neural Dynamics and Cortical Hierarchy
Sep. 25, 2024—Neuroscience Brown Bag Julien Vezoli, PhD Research Scientist – CRCN Inserm | Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute Date: Friday, October 11, 2024 Time: 1:25PM-2:15PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Neural Dynamics and Cortical Hierarchy I will describe how the hierarchical signature of inter-areal connections is defined by their integration into the local microcircuit, and how...
10/3/2024 Alexander Christensen: A Test for Ergodicity
Sep. 24, 2024—CCN Brown Bag Alexander Christensen, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development Data Science Institute Affiliate Faculty Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024 Time: 12:10PM-1PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall A Test for Ergodicity In the last half of the 20th century, psychology and neuroscience have experienced a renewed interest in intraindividual variation. To date, there are...
9/27/2024 Ayman Aljishi: Memory Trace Reactivation during Coordinated Sleep Oscillations in Macaques
Sep. 23, 2024—Neuroscience Brown Bag Ayman Aljishi Graduate Student, Hoffman Lab Date: Friday, September 27, 2024 Time: 1:25PM-2:15PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Memory Trace Reactivation during Coordinated Sleep Oscillations in Macaques Non-rapid eye-movement (NREM) sleep is important for the formation of durable associative memories. One theorized role relies on the synchronization between two sleep oscillations: spindles (at 10-16...
9/26/2024 Thilo Womelsdorf: Cell-Circuit-Network Level Mechanisms supporting Efficient Attentional Control in Primate Fronto-Striatal Circuits
Sep. 23, 2024—CCN Brown Bag Thilo Womelsdorf, PhD Professor of Psychology Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024 Time: 12:10PM-1:00PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Cell-Circuit-Network Level Mechanisms supporting Efficient Attentional Control in Primate Fronto-Striatal Circuits How do brain circuits control attention? This talk surveys three possible mechanisms inferred from electrophysiological studies in nonhuman primates and proposes a multi-task paradigm to...
9/24/2024 Lindsey McKernan: Person-Centered Psychological Interventions for Chronic Pain
Sep. 23, 2024—Clinical Brown Bag Lindsey C. McKernan, PhD MPH Associate Professor Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Urology Osher Center for Integrative Health Vanderbilt University Medical Center Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM Location: 316 Wilson Hall Person-Centered Psychological Interventions for Chronic Pain This seminar will address the varying layers of clinical complexity...