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.
Past brain day lecturers include David van Essen, Patricia Churchland, William Bechtel, Geoff Hinton, Jack Gallant, Carl Craver, Terry Sejnowski, Keith Holyoak, Jay McLelland, Tony Movshon, Larry Barsalou, Mel Goodale, John Hopfield, Jesse Prinz, and David Sheinberg.
Date:
Wed
April
6,
2011
Place:
Psychology,
Anthropology,
Sociology
building
(PAS),
room
2083,
University
of
Waterloo
Speakers:
Jonathan
Cohen
(Princeton
University)
-
Psychology
Peter
Strick
(University
of
Pittsburgh)
-
Neuroscience
Sebastien
Seung
(Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
(MIT)
-
Computational
Neuroscience
Ned
Block
(New
York
University
(NYU)
-
Philosophy
Schedule:
8:30
Refreshments
9:00
Welcome
9:15
Sebastien
Seung
(MIT)
Title:
The
Computational
Challenges
of
Connectomics
10:30
Refreshments
Provided
10:45
Peter
Strick
(Pittsburgh)
Title:
The
Neural
Substrate
for
Disorders
of
Movement,
Cognition
and
Affect
12:00
Lunch
(not
provided)
1:30
Jonathan
Cohen
(Princeton)
Title:
Understanding
the
Adaptive
Regulation
of
Cognitive
Control:
Normative,
Computational
and
Empirical
Approaches
2:45
Refreshments
Provided
3:00
Ned
Block
(NYU)
Title:
Consciousness,
Rich
or
Sparse?
4:15
Reception
(PAS
Lounge)
-
Cash
Bar
Sponsored
by:
University
of
Waterloo
Centre
for
Theoretical
Neuroscience
Cognitive
Science
Program
Faculty
of
Arts