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, 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, Terry Sejnowski, Keith Holyoak, Jay McLelland, and Tony Movshon.
Date:
Monday
April
6,
2009
Place:
Psychology,
Anthropology,
Sociology
building
(PAS),
room
2083,
University
of
Waterloo
Speakers:
Larry
Barsalou
(Emory)
-
Psychology
John
Hopfield
(Princeton)
-
Computation
Jesse
Prinz
(North
Carolina)
-
Philosophy
David
Sheinberg
(Brown)
-
Neuroscience
Schedule:
8:30
Refreshments
9:00
Welcome
9:15
Lawrence
Barsalou,
Emory
University
Title:
Grounding
Knowledge
in
the
Brain's
Modal
Systems
10:30
Refreshments
provided
10:45
Jesse
Prinz,
University
of
North
Carolina
Title:
Consciousness,
Attention,
and
the
Brain
12:00
Lunch
(not
provided)
1:30
John
Hopfield,
Princeton
University
Title:
Spike
Timing,
Rhythms,
and
the
Effective
Use
of
Neural
Hardware
2:45
Refreshments
provided
3:00
David
Sheinberg,
Brown
University
(slides
of
Sheinberg
lecture
PDF)
Title:
How
the
Brain
Knows
What's
Out
There:
Exploring
the
Role
of
Temporal
Cortex
in
Recognition
4:15
Reception
(PAS
Lounge)
-
Cash
Bar
Sponsored
by:
University
of
Waterloo
Centre
for
Theoretical
Neuroscience
Cognitive
Science
Program
Faculty
of
Arts