Why
a
Brain
Day?
The brain is a horrendously complex and poorly understood system that poses both an immense challenge -- and possibly rich rewards -- to neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers, and computer scientists. To celebrate Waterloo's recent establishment of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience (CTN), which integrates these approaches to the brain, and to highlight the already established Cognitive Science Program, we have invited four internationally renowned speakers to present generally accessible lectures from each of these perspectives.
Date:
April
8,
2008
Place:
Psychology,
Anthropology,
Sociology
building
(PAS),
room
2083,
University
of
Waterloo
Speakers:
Patricia
Churchland
(University
of
California,
San
Diego
UCSD)
-
Philosophy
Keith
Holyoak
(University
of
California,
Los
Angeles)
-
Psychology
David
van
Essen
(Washington
University
in
St.
Louis)
-
Neuroscience
Terry
Sejnowski
(University
of
California,
San
Diego
UCSD)
-
Computation
Schedule:
8:30
Refreshments
9:00
Welcome
9:15
Terry
Sejnowski
(UCSD,
Salk
Institute)
Title:
Critique
of
Pure
Vision
10:30
Refreshments
Provided
10:45
Keith
Holyoak
(UCLA,
Psychology)[Holyoak
lecture
video][Q&A
with
Holyoak
video]
Title:
Analogy
in
the
Mind
and
Brain
12:00
Lunch
(not
provided)
1:30
David
van
Essen
(Washington
University
in
St.
Louis,
Neurobiology)
[van
Essen
lecture
video]
Title:
The
Structure,
Function,
and
Development
of
Human
Cerebral
Cortex
-
A
Neuroimaging
Perspective
2:45
Refreshments
Provided
3:00
Patricia
Churchland
(UCSD,
Philosophy)[Churchland
lecture
video]
[Q&A
with
Churchland
video]
Title:
What
can
Neuroscience
Teach
Us
about
Morality?
4:15
Reception
(PAS
Lounge)
-
Cash
Bar
Sponsored
by:
University
of
Waterloo
Centre
for
Theoretical
Neuroscience
Cognitive
Science
Program
Faculty
of
Arts