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Fri 12 May 16:30: Chrysippus' dog and the origins of modal concepts

Mon, 20/02/2023 - 13:14
Chrysippus' dog and the origins of modal concepts

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Fri 24 Feb 16:30: The Neuroscience of Reading: Tracing words from the page through the brain

Sat, 11/02/2023 - 16:02
The Neuroscience of Reading: Tracing words from the page through the brain

Reading is a remarkable skill that is easy to take for granted. Right now the image of this paragraph is focused on your eyes’ retinas, yet when you read these words it feels like you’re pulling in only one word at a time. This means that while you’re reading, somewhere between the eye and your conscious experience most of the information on this page is lost. I will discuss how we have been using functional MRI and behavioral methods to show how, while reading words, the brain’s attentional mechanism transforms the inherently parallel stream of incoming visual information to support the serial process of reading.

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Thu 23 Feb 12:30: Improving mental heath care for self-harm

Fri, 10/02/2023 - 14:37
Improving mental heath care for self-harm

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Thu 02 Mar 12:30: TBA

Fri, 10/02/2023 - 14:37
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Thu 16 Mar 12:30: Development, diversity and data science: A transdiagnostic approach to neurodevelopment

Fri, 10/02/2023 - 14:37
Development, diversity and data science: A transdiagnostic approach to neurodevelopment

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Thu 23 Mar 12:30: Effort-Cost Decision-Making and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

Fri, 10/02/2023 - 14:37
Effort-Cost Decision-Making and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

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Thu 30 Mar 12:30: Neuroimaging of schizophrenic symptoms

Fri, 10/02/2023 - 14:37
Neuroimaging of schizophrenic symptoms

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Thu 09 Feb 12:30: Something is moving in Catatonia.

Mon, 06/02/2023 - 12:20
Something is moving in Catatonia.

Catatonia remains a very enigmatic neuropsychiatric disorder. Probably, its own conception is confusing, victim of a problematic history. Initially conceptualised as an independent clinical entity, catatonia was quickly amalgamated with schizophrenia in the central European tradition initiated by Kraepelin and Bleuler and confined there. Later, it has been associated to affective disorders, mostly by the Anglo-Saxon school (Adams et al). But more recently, it has been associated to several psychiatric and non-psychiatric disorders. In 2022, the ICD -11 (in February) and DMS -5-TR (in June) have updated their criteria and views on catatonia. In this lecture, and the take home message, I will first define catatonia as if it were a distinct entity, to illustrate the clinical phenomena in catatonia, to later expand to catatonia as a syndrome, with its different causes. We will then move into the epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment of catatonia.

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Fri 19 May 16:30: Distributed brain network activities in memory resilient to extinction The host for this talk is David Belin

Tue, 31/01/2023 - 11:44
Distributed brain network activities in memory resilient to extinction

Certain memories, including those of drug experience, overcome their extinction to invigorate unwanted behaviours. These powerful memories engage many brain regions; however, whether these regional activities are collectively organized for robust expression remains unknown. In this seminar, I will present ongoing work revealing the oscillatory structure and anatomical pathway of a neural pattern that stitches together brain-distributed activities in extinction-resilient retrieval of cocaine-paired memory. Binding together distributed brain networks in this temporally-structured manner may constitute an organizational principle of maladaptive memories.

The host for this talk is David Belin

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Fri 03 Feb 16:30: Distributed brain network activities in memory resilient to extinction THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED OWING TO THE RAIL STRIKE

Mon, 30/01/2023 - 14:52
Distributed brain network activities in memory resilient to extinction

Certain memories, including those of drug experience, overcome their extinction to invigorate unwanted behaviours. These powerful memories engage many brain regions; however, whether these regional activities are collectively organized for robust expression remains unknown. In this seminar, I will present ongoing work revealing the oscillatory structure and anatomical pathway of a neural pattern that stitches together brain-distributed activities in extinction-resilient retrieval of cocaine-paired memory. Binding together distributed brain networks in this temporally-structured manner may constitute an organizational principle of maladaptive memories.

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED OWING TO THE RAIL STRIKE

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Thu 23 Feb 12:30: Improving mental heath care for self-harm

Sat, 28/01/2023 - 05:42
Improving mental heath care for self-harm

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Fri 28 Apr 16:30: What the science of reading can contribute to the history of writing, and vice versa

Mon, 23/01/2023 - 13:44
What the science of reading can contribute to the history of writing, and vice versa

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Fri 12 May 16:30: Title to be confirmed

Mon, 23/01/2023 - 10:35
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Thu 02 Mar 12:30: TBA

Sat, 21/01/2023 - 11:05
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Thu 02 Mar 12:30: TBA

Sat, 21/01/2023 - 11:05
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Fri 28 Apr 16:30: What the science of reading can contribute to the history of writing, and vice versa

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 15:30
What the science of reading can contribute to the history of writing, and vice versa

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Thu 30 Mar 12:30: Neuroimaging of schizophrenic symptoms

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 14:19
Neuroimaging of schizophrenic symptoms

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Thu 23 Mar 12:30: Effort-Cost Decision-Making and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 14:18
Effort-Cost Decision-Making and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

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Thu 16 Mar 12:30: Development, diversity and data science: A transdiagnostic approach to neurodevelopment

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 14:16
Development, diversity and data science: A transdiagnostic approach to neurodevelopment

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Thu 23 Feb 12:30: Improving mental heath care for self-harm

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 14:14
Improving mental heath care for self-harm

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