Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
Thursday, April 10 - 6 p.m., Yenching Auditorium (2 Divinity Avenue) Mind/Brain/Behavior Distinguished Lecture: The Perception of Probability Randy Gallistel (Psychology and Cognitive Science, Rutgers, http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/~galliste/) Probabilistic models of cognitive processes are enjoying a huge vogue in contemporary theorizing in the cognitive and neurosciences, but there is little work on how we perceive simple probabilities. Such work as there is, assumes that the brain updates its estimate of a...
Mind/Brain/Behavior Distinguished Lecture: It’s the Neuron! How the Brain Really Works Randy Gallistel (Psychology and Cognitive Science, Rutgers, http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/~galliste/) Current accounts of how the brain computes focus on the neural circuitry, on how the neurons are connected. I suggest that the computational capacities of individual neurons may have been grossly underestimated. I cite recent results suggesting that acquired information is stored inside neurons. I argue that if the information on which the computations... Read more about MBB Distinguished Lectures - Professor Charles Randy Gallistel (Psychology, Rutgers)
How Environmental Pollutants Impair Brain Development
Philippe Grandjean, M.D., D.M.Sc., Hearvard School of Public Health and University of Southern Denmark
author of Only one chance: How enviromental pollution impairs brain develpoment - and how to protect the brains of the next generation
Tired of brain break food? Interested in questions of consciousness? By popular demand, we're bringing you a night of The Prestige, Noch's pizza, and dessert. Be sure to join us for fun and food! Seating capacity is limited, so be sure to arrive on time!
Thompson Room (room 110), Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Interdisciplinary Symposium: The Maternal Imprint: The Science of the Maternal-Fetal Interface Free and open to the public; registration required (see symposium webpage, http://bit.ly/maternalimprint)
8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast and Opening Remarks
Morning Session: Frontiers in Biomedical Studies of the Maternal-Fetal Interface 9 a.m. - Choose your mother carefully: Fetal origins of health and disease,...
Judge Baker Children's Center, 53 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston (limited free parking available)
2013-2014 Judge Baker Children's Center Child Mental Health Forum
Social Networks, Competence and Mental Health among Unaccompanied Minors who are Seeking Asylum in Norway Brit Oppedal, PhD, Principal Investigator, “Youth, Culture and Competence Study” / Senior Scientist, Department of Child Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health Note: This presentation replaces the talk by Dr. Dennis Wall, which will be rescheduled for the fall.
The radical increase in the involvement of civil populations in war affairs over the last century has contributed to a record...
Northwest Building Room B-101, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Conte Center Colloquia on Mental Health
From Pavlov to PTSD: Genetics and Neuroscience Underlying Fear Related Disorders Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Yerkes Research Center, Emory University Register at http://conte.hravard.edu/events.
While different anxiety disorders have distinct diagnostic criteria, many of them including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Panic Disorder, and Phobia are manifest in ways that are consistent with...
Personality Disorders in Everyday Life
Dr. Ian Reed
What makes people who they are? We interact with hundreds of people each day. Some in class, some on the road, some in stores. Each person sees, evaluates, and acts on circumstances in different ways. Wouldn't it be nice if we could understand and predict these reactions? Turns out that we can. Or we can at least try. Here we will begin to show you how.