Seminar Series

September 21 Aarlenne Khan (Depart. Optometry, U Montreal)
Title: Multisensory integration for reach planning and execution

October 26 Jed Meltzer (Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto)
Title: Transcallosal interaction: Symmetric, asymmetric, healthy, pathological

November 23 Steve Connor (Depart. Biology, York)
Title: Resistance (to Excitation) is Futile: Probing MDGA1 Function in Neural Circuit Regulation

December 7 Frederic Gosselin (Depart. Psychology, U of Montreal)
Topic: Visual processing in perception and recognition.

September 22 Steven Brown (Depart. Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster)
Topic: Origins of the vocal brain in humans

October 20 Phil Monahan. (Centre for French & Linguistics, Univ. Toronto Scarborough)
Topic: Speech Sounds on the Brain: Combining Linguistic Theory with Cognitive Neuroscience

November 17 Melissa Holmes (Dept. Psychology, Univ. Toronto Mississauga)
Topic: Neuroendocrinology and plasticity of social phenotype in eusocial mammals **LOCATION: Ian Howard Seminar Room, 1015 Sherman **

December 13* Bruce Lanphear (Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University)
Topic: Neurological impact of environmental exposures on brain health and development.
**LOCATION: Senate Chamber. Note different day.**

CANCELLED: January 19 Jed Meltzer (Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto)
Topic: Transcallosal interaction: Symmetric, asymmetric, healthy, pathological

February 23 Ingo Fruend (Dept. Psychology, York University)
Topic: Computation and Visual Neuroscience

April 20 Dorota Crawford (Sch.of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University)
Topic: The Neurobiology of Lipids In Autism Spectrum Disorders - From Genes to Behaviour

April 27 Mary Peterson (Cognitive Science Program and Department of Psychology University of Arizona)
Title: Object Perception: Beyond a Feedforward View.

September 30 Jörn Diedrichsen (Centre for Brain and Mind, Univ. Western Ont.)
Topic: Motor Learning: Computational perspectives

October 21 Michael Thaut (Depts. Music and Neuroscience, Univ. Toronto)
Topic: From the brain science of music to clinical translations and practice

November 18 Blake Richards (Dept. Biological Sciences, Univ. Toronto Scarborough)
Topic: Biologically feasible deep learning with multi-compartment neuron models **LOCATION: Ian Howard Seminar Room, 1015 Sherman **

December 9 Heather Edgell (Sch. Kinesiology & Health Science, York University)
Topic: Sex differences in brain blood flow and autonomic function

January 20 Sarah Heilbronner (University of Rochester Medical Center)
Topic: The biology of the default mode network: Connectivity and homologies across species

February 17 Jeffrey Mogil (CRC Chair in Genetics of Pain, McGill University)
Topic: Pain in Mice and Man: Ironic Adventures in Translation.

March 17 Amir Amedi (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) *note change in program*
Topic: Brain plasticity and multisensory integration

April 21 Guy Proulx (Centre for Cognitive Health, Glendon, York University)
Topic: Optimal, normal, and dysfunctional cognitive aging

September 20 Chetan Phadke (Research Scientist, West Park Healthcare Centre)
Topic: The relationship between spasticity and gait post-stroke

October 23 Natasha Rajah (Director,Douglas Brain Imaging Centre, McGill University)
Topic: Role of different brain regions in the recollection of personal memories

November 20 Ian Bruce (Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University)
Topic: Signal processing in the mammalian auditory system

December 11 Chandan Narayan (Dept. Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, York Univ.)
Topic: The nature of speech processing

RESCHEDULED:
MAY 6, 2016 Derek Wilson (Dept. Biology, York University)
Topic: When Proteins go Rogue: Conformational Disorder in Neurodegenerative Disease

February 26 Christine Till (Dept. Psychology, York University)
Topic: Cognitive development in pediatric multiple sclerosis

March 18 Jackie Sullivan (Dept. Philosophy, University of Western Ontario)
Topic: Philosophy of Neuroscience

April 15 Cheryl L. Grady (Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest,
Canada Research Chair in Neurocognitive Aging, Univ. Toronto)
Topic: Age Differences in the Dynamic Range of Brain Activity

October 17, 2014

• Presenter: Marc Dalecki (German Sport University, Cologne; York University)
• Talk title/topic:  Fine motor control and cognitive performance in extreme environments
• Article: Cognitive Impairment During 5m Water Immersion

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November 21, 2014

• Presenter: Carol Greenwood (Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute and Department of Foods and Nutrition, Baycrest)
• Talk title/topic: Underlying contribution of type 2 diabetes to risk of cognitive decline and dementia

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December 12, 2014

• Presenter: Cheryl McCormick (CRC Chair in Neuroscience, Brock University)
• Talk title/topic: Adolescence as a “sensitive period” to the effects of social stressors: Long-lasting effects on social behaviour
• Article: Deficits in Male Sexual Behavior in Adulthood After Social Instability Stress in
  Adolescence in Rats

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January 23, 2015

• Presenter: Georg Zoidl (CRC Chair in Molecular Neuroscience, York University)
• Talk title/topic: Understanding electrical communication in the brain through genome engineering

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February 27, 2015

• Presenter: Stephen Prescott (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto)
• Talk title/topic: Cellular and synaptic changes underlying neuropathic pain
• Article: Criticality and Degeneracy in Injury Induced Changes in Primary Afferent
  Excitability and the Implications for Neuropathic Pain

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March 20, 2015

• Presenter: Ian Bruce (Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University)
• Talk title/topic: Signal processing in the mammalian auditory system

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April 17, 2015

• Presenter: Aristotle Voineskos (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
• Talk title/topic: Mapping gene effects in the brain to discern vulnerability pathways for severe mental illness
• Article: A Review of Structural Neuroimaging in Schizophrenia: From Connectivity to Connectomics

September 27, 2011

• Presenter: Dr.Georg Zoidi (CRC chair in Neuroscience, York University)
• Talk title/topic: Electrical synapses in health and disease

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October 25, 2011

• Presenter: Vinod Goel (York University)
• Talk title/topic: Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of Rational Thought
• Article: Anatomy of Deductive Reasoning 

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November 22, 2011

• Presenter: Thomas Paus (The Rotman Research Institute)
• Talk title/topic: How Environment and genes shape adolescent brain
• Article: Orbitofrontal Cortex and Drug Use
  During Adolescence

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December 13, 2011

• Presenter: Dave Williams (Southlake Regional Health Centre, Canadian Space Agency)
• Talk title/topic: My brain in Space
• Article: Emergencies in Space

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January 24, 2012

• Presenter: Scott MacDougall-Shackleton (University of Western Ontario)
• Talk title/topic: Neuroendocrinology of developmental and seasonal neuroplasticity in songbirds
• Article: Corticosterone and Dehydroepiandrosterone Have Opposing Effects on Adult Neuroplasticity in the Avian Song Control System 

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February 28, 2012

• Presenter: Joanne Nash (University of Toronto)
• Talk title/topic: Understanding Changes In Synaptic Plasticity In The Parkinsonian Striatum
• Article: Altered Function of Glutamatergic Cortico-Striatal Synapses Causes Output Pathway Abnormalities in a Chronic Model of Parkinsonism 

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March 27, 2012

• Presenter: Laurie Doering (McMaster University)
• Talk title/topic: Astrocytes and the Fragile X Syndrome
• Article: Astrocytes Prevent Abnormal Neuronal Development in the Fragile X Mouse 

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April 17, 2012

• Presenter: Ingrid Johnsrude (Queen’s University)
• Talk title/topic: How what you know makes it easier to understand speech in noise
• Article: Human Auditory Cortex is Sensitive to the Perceived Clarity of Speech 

September 21, 2010

• Presenter: Dr. Thomas James (Dept of Psychology, Indiana University)
• Talk title/topic: Assessing Multisensory Integration with Additive Factors and Functional MRI
• Article: An additive-factors Design to Disambiguate Neuronal and Areal Convergence: Measuring Multisensory Interactions Between Audio, Visual, and Haptic Sensory Streams Using fMRI 

October 26, 2010

• Presenter: Dr. Elizabeth Pang (Sick Kids Research Institute)
• Talk title/topic: Mapping language production with MEG
• Article: Task-Related Modulation of Early Cortical Responses During Language Production: An Event-Related Synthetic Aperture Magnetometry Study 

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November 30, 2010

• Presenter: Dr. George Mochizuki (Sunnybrook Research Institute)
• Talk title/topic: Organization and Function of the CNS in Human Balance Control
• Article: Perturbation-Evoked Cortical Activity Reflects Both the Context and Consequense of Postural Instability 

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December 14, 2010

• Presenter: Dr. Stefan Kohler (University of Western Ontario)
• Talk title/topic: Neural mechanisms of familiarity assessment
• Article: Impaired Familiarity With Preserved Recollection After Anterior Temporal-lobe Resection That Spares The Hippocampus 

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January 25, 2011

• Presenter: Dr. Alison Fleming (CRC in Neurobiology, The University of Toronto at Mississauga)
• Talk title/topic: Dopamine: another magic bullet in the regulation of maternal behaviour?
• Article: Horomones That Increase Maternal Responsiveness Affect Accumbal Dopaminergic Respoinse to Pup- and Food-Stimuli In the Female Rat

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March 1, 2011

• Presenter: Dr. Claude Alain (Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre)

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March 17, 2011

• Presenter: Dr. Stefan Kohler (University of Western Ontario)
• Talk title/topic: Neural mechanisms of familiarity assessment
• Article: Impaired Familiarity with Preserved Recollection after Anterior Temporal-lobe Resection that Spares the Hippocampus 

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March 29, 2011

• Presenter: Dr. Melanie Woodin (University of Toronto)

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April 26, 2011

• Presenter: Dr. Jody Culham(University of Western Ontario)