Chris Eliasmith, Director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience, received the prestigious John C. Polanyi Award and is also an inaugural member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.
A group of scholars will reflect on their research. "Confessors" from computer science, linguistics, neuroscience and psychology include:
Julio Martinez-Trujillo
Western University
Mechanisms of Working Memory Coding in the Primate Brain: From Single Neurons to Neuronal Ensembles
Noah Cowan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Stabilizing the Unstable Brain
Robert Jacobs
University of Rochester
From Sensation to Conception: Theoretical Perspectives on Multisensory Perception and Cross-Modal Transfer
The 10th Annual Waterloo Brain Day
Ning Jiang
University of Waterloo
Non-invasive Brain Computer Interface (BCI) for Motor Function Rehabilitation: Putting Patients on the Driver’s Seat
Zoran Tiganj
Boston University
Memory Across Scales: Integrating Computational Models and Electrophysiological Data
Michael Barnett-Cowan
University of Waterloo
Gravity's Fundamental Role for Perception and Action