Center for Brain/Mind Medicine Seminar Series at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Functional specificity in the human brain
Nancy Kanwisher, Ph.D., Walter A. Rosenblith Processor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Investigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Carrie Hall Conference Room, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 15 Francis Street, Boston
Lunch will be served.

Target Audience: MDs, PhDs, residents, fellows and research staff interested in learning more about research and clinical developments in the Cognitive/Affective Neurosciences and related clinical disciplines. Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to (1) identify different schools of thought regarding the functional organization of the brain with respect to highly specialized vs. distributed processing; (2) demonstrate how functional MRI has been used to address the question of specialization vs. distributed processing, and (3) identify selected examples of functional specialization of brain regions for higher-level cognitive processing. Course Directors: Scott McGinnis, M.D. and Jane Epstein, M.D. Continuing Education, Physicians: Physicians: The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Continuing Education, Psychologists: This seminar is sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, and the Center for Brain/Mind Medicine. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program offers 1 CE credit per seminar to psychologists.