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Distinguished Lecturer Series in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Distinguished Lecturer Series in Brain and Cognitive Sciences will begin its first season of public lectures by nationally and internationally-recognized researchers on Wednesday, October 5, 2009 beginning at 4pm.
All lectures are free and open to the public and no reservations are necessary, For more information about the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Contact Jieun Esther Shin at +82-2-880-9108.
| Speaker | Data & Time | Title | Location |
| Randolph Blake | 10/5 M 4-6pm | Living in the 21st Century With a Stone Age Brain | Rm320, CTL |
| Moo K. Chung | 10/14 W 4-6pm | Computational Challenges in Brain Imaging | Mok-am Hall, Bldg 501 |
| Graham Collingridge | 10/28 W 4-6pm | Molecules of the Mind | Rm320, CTL |
| Inah Lee | 11/4 W 4-6pm | Unlimited events in a limited space - The hippocampal dilemma | Rm320, CTL |
| Seong-Gi Kim | 11/11 W 4:30-6pm | Imaging the Brain in the Magnetic Field, a Trailblazer in the World of Mind | Mok-am Hall, Bldg 501 |
| Christof Koch | 11/18 W 4-6pm | The Neurobiology of Consciousness: What do We Know and How Can We Discover More? | Rm320, CTL |
| Min Zhuo | 11/25 W 4-6pm | Where is my pain? | Rm320, CTL |
Monday, October 5
Randolph Blake
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, SNU
Vanderbilt University
- Title: Living in the 21st Century With a Stone Age Brain
- Time: 4pm
- Location: Rm 320, Center for Teaching and Learning(CTL) How to get to CTL
The human brain hasn't changed much during the last 5,000 years, yet today we're using our brains in remarkably complex ways never imagined by our remote ancestors. Are there telltale mental signs of our brain's "prehistoric" roots? By demonstrating some of the mind's accomplishments and some of its limitations, I will argue that the answer is "yes." Particular examples will be drawn from visual perception, reasoning, learning and remembering.
Wednesday, October 14
Moo K. Chung
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, SNU
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Title: Computational Challenges in Brain Imaging
- Time: 4pm
- Location: Mok-am Hall, Bldg. 501
Computational neuroanatomy is an emerging .eld that utilizes various non-invasive brain imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in quantifying the spatiotemporal dynamics of the human brain structures in both normal and clinical populations in macroscopic level. This discipline emerged about twenty years ago and has made substantial progress in the past decade. It usually deals with computational problems arising from the quanti.cation of within- and between-subject variations associated with the structure and the function of the human brain. Major challenges in the .eld are caused by the massive amount of nonstandard high dimensional non-Euclidean imaging data that are difficult to analyze using traditional methods. This requires new computational solutions that incorporates geometric and topological nature of brain structures. Overview of various computational issues in neuroanatomy will be presented with example studies on autism.
Wednesday, October 28
Graham Collingridge
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, SNU
University of Bristol
- Title: Molecules of the Mind
- Time: 4pm
- Location: Rm 320, Center for Teaching and Learning(CTL)
The human brain, a 3-pound mass of interwoven nerve cells determines our sensations, emotions, memory, intelligence, creativity, thought and action. It is the part of our anatomy that truly makes us who we are. It is more complex and versatile than any computer. Understanding how the brain works is one of the greatest challenges for science in the 21st century. In this Distinguished Lecture Series talk, Professor Graham Collingridge FRS of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences will talk about how some of the key molecules involved in cognition have been discovered and what they do. His talk will focus on specific proteins that have been shown to play crucial roles in learning and memory.
Wednesday, November 4
Inah Lee
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, SNU
- Title: Unlimited events in a limited space - The hippocampal dilemma
- Time: 4pm
- Location: Rm 320, Center for Teaching and Learning(CTL) How to get to CTL
Memories of numerous events accumulate in our brain as discrete traces of our lives. Hippocampus has been well recognized as the center for this demanding cognitive task. In this talk, I will introduce how our everyday experiences of remembering various events have been studied in the systems neuroscience field with a particular focus on rodent electrophysiological studies. The talk will hopefully deliver some understanding to the audience about the current working hypothesis and leading methodologies regarding how the hippocampus and its associated networks neurally process information to accomplish this remarkable cognitive feat.
Wednesday, Noverber 11
Seong-Gi Kim
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, SNU
University of Pittsburgh
- Title: Imaging the Brain in the Magnetic Field, a Trailblazer in the World of Mind
- Time: 4:30pm
- Location: Mok-am Hall, Bldg. 501
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) originally developed in 1973 is most commonly used to visualize the internal structure and function of the body non-invasively. Recently, MRI has been utilized to map brain connection and function, revolutionizing brain research in humans. These MRI utilities will be discussed.
Wednesday, Noverber 18
Christof Koch
Department of Brain and Cognitive Engineering, KU Homepage
California Institute of Technology
- Title: The Neurobiology of Consciousness: What do We Know and How Can We Discover More?
- Time: 4pm
- Location: Rm 320, Center for Teaching and Learning(CTL) How to get to CTL
Half a century ago, many did not think it was possible to understand the secret of life. Then Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA, forever changing biology. We are facing a similar pursuit in determining the material basis of consciousness. How does the unmistakable smell of dogs after they have been in the rain or the awfulness of a throbbing tooth pain emerge from networks of neurons and their associated synaptic processes? I will summarizes what is known about the neurobiology of consciousness, argue that attention is distinct from consciousness, outline the limits to our knowledge, and describe ongoing experiments using visual illusions to manipulate the relationship between physical stimuli and their associated conscious percepts using fMRI and single unit recordings in the human medial temporal lobe. I will conclude by discussing a promising information-theoretical approach to consciousness grounded in circuit complexity
Wednesday, November 25
Min Zhuo
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, SNU
- Title: Where is my pain?
- Time: 4pm
- Location: Rm 320, Center for Teaching and Learning(CTL) How to get to CTL
