Events: Past
8/29/25 Suzana Herculano- Houzel: A supply-limited framework of brain function accounts for the evolution of endothermic brains
Aug. 26, 2025—Neuroscience brown bag Suzana Herculano-Houzel, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Date: Friday, August 29, 2025 Time: 1:25- 2:15pm Location: 316 Wilson Hall A supply-limited framework of brain function accounts for the evolution of endothermic brains Mammals and birds, the endothermic vertebrates, have distinctly bigger brains for their body size that are also characterized by an...
8/26/25 Rachael A. Muscatello: Pubertal Development, Physical Health, and Cardiovascular Autonomic Function in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Aug. 25, 2025—Clinical brown bag Rachael A. Muscatello, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Division of Psychology Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Time: 12:00- 1:00pm Location: 316 Wilson Hall Pubertal Development, Physical Health, and Cardiovascular Autonomic Function in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is a highly coordinated system responsible...
8/28/25 Jesse Spencer- Smith: Vibe Coding for Scientists
Aug. 22, 2025—CCN brown bag Jesse Spencer-Smith, PhD Interim Director, Data Science Institute Chief Data Scientist, Data Science Institute Professor In Practice, Computer Science Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025 Time: 12:10- 1:00pm Location: 316 Wilson Hall Vibe Coding for Scientists Recent developments have greatly increased the utility and value of AI models in research endeavors. We’ll...
8/22/25 Eli Sennesh: Oscillations, but not Spike Rates, Encode Predictive Processing
Aug. 19, 2025—NEUROSCIENCE BROWN BAG Eli Sennesh Postdoctoral Candidate Date: Friday, August 22, 2025 Time: 1:25- 2:15pm Location: 316 Wilson Hall Oscillations, but not Spike Rates, Encode Predictive Processing The appearance at the anatomical level of a canonical laminar microcircuit suggests that each six-layer column of granular cortex may mediate a canonical computation, but it remains unknown...
8/21/25 Gordon Logan: Imagine no resources (it’s easy if you try)
Aug. 19, 2025—CCN BROWN BAG Gordon Logan, PhD Centennial Professor of Psychology Date: August 21, 2025 Time: 12:10- 1:00pm Location: 316 Wilson Hall Imagine no resources (it’s easy if you try) The concept of capacity is foundational in the cognitive psychology of attention. Over 75 years, researchers have explained an amazing range of phenomena as the consequence of...
5/12/25: Department Colloquium Speaker Joy Hirsch, PhD: The New Neuroscience of Two: Understanding the human brain during live dyadic interactions
May. 7, 2025—Joy Hirsch Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neuroscience Yale University Date: Monday, May 12th, 2025 Time: 1:15 – 2:30 pm Location: Wilson Hall 115 The New Neuroscience of Two: Understanding the human brain during live dyadic interactions Most of what is known about human brain...
4/1/25 Abigail Snow: Parent Emotion Socialization in Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome: Associations with Psychological Symptoms
Mar. 31, 2025—Clinical Brown Bag Abigail Snow Graduate Student Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Time: 12:00-1:00pm Location: Zoom Parent Emotion Socialization in Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome: Associations with Psychological Symptoms Adolescents with Tourette syndrome (TS) are at heightened risk for experiencing psychosocial difficulties. While tics are the defining symptom of TS, there is evidence for widespread deficits in...
4/4/25 Mia Elbon: Do animals go as far as they can, or as far as they have to?
Mar. 31, 2025—Neuroscience Brown Bag Mia Elbon Graduate Student Date: Friday, April 4th, 2025 Time: 1:25-2:15pm Location: Wilson Hall 316 Do animals go as far as they can, or as far as they have to? An animal’s “home range” is the surface area where it can normally be found over a given time. Larger animals have larger home ranges,...
4/8/25 Anne-Kathrin Fett, City of St. Georges University of London: Social cognition, trust and social functioning in psychotic disorders
Mar. 31, 2025—Clinical Brown Bag Anne- Kathrin Fett, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Time: 12:00-1:00pm Location: Zoom Social cognition, trust and social functioning in psychotic disorders Loneliness and social isolation are associated with poor mental health. Many individuals with psychotic disorders experience chronic social isolation across their lifespan. Social cognition, reduced trust...
4/10/25 Zengbo Xie
Mar. 31, 2025—CCN Brown Bag Zengbo Xie Graduate Student Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 Time: 12:10-1pm Location: Wilson Hall 316 Schrödinger’s blink: Can we be passive observers of our own behavior? Investigating the role of awareness in motor control is challenging because most actions are performed consciously. We have recently exploited eye blinking as a novel paradigm to tease...