Shinn-Cunningham win...
Renowned auditory neuroscientist Barbara Shinn-Cunningham has been named the 2019 recipient of the Helmholtz Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal in Psychological and Physiologi
This center leverages the strengths of Carnegie Mellon in cognitive and computational neuroscience and those of the University of Pittsburgh in basic and clinical neuroscience to support a coordinated cross-university research and educational program of international stature.
The striatum’s rol...
Speech is a highly variable signal. For example, acoustics of the same word spoken by different speakers are highly distinct; nevertheless, listeners can easily recognize the sound
CNBC CMU faculty rec...
CNBC CMU faculty members Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, Lori Holt and Eric Yttri received grants from a gift to the Mellon College of Science from the DSF Charitable Foundation. Next-ge
Events
May
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Prefrontal functioning and Deep Brain Stimulation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Dr. Annemieke Apergis-Schoute, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour
University of Leicester (UK)
Monday, May 20th, 2019
11am-12pm
BST 1495 Conference Room
Dr. Apergis-Schoute will discuss recent findings of a deep brain stimulation (DBS) study comparing the effects of ventral capsule (VC) and anteromedial subthalamic nucleus (amSTN) stimulation on OCD symptomatology, mood and cognitive flexibility. She will also discuss deficits in prefrontal safety signaling in Pavlovian threat reversal in OCD, as well as other cognitive flexibility tasks and their underlying neural circuits affected in OCD patients.
May 20 @ 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Attention Regulation and Learning in Young Children
Anna Fisher (Associate Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University)
There is a widespread agreement that attention is vital for learning from the crib to the classroom and beyond. In this talk, I will discuss one way in which attention plays a role in learning. I will use examples from my own research as well as studies done by other researchers to argue that when it comes to use of embellishments in educational materials for young children, more does not necessarily mean better!
Your Brain at a Cocktail Party
Lori Holt (Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University)
Listening in on a lively cocktail party conversation seems effortless. But, it actually requires complex interactions between ear and brain. I will share what we know about the science of sound, especially as it relates to listening in challenging context like a crowded pub.
May 20, 2019
Doors 18:00
Event 18:30-20:30
Pastoli’s Pizza, Pasta & Paisans, 1900 Murray Ave,
Pittsburgh 15217
Get tickets: http://pintofscience.us/event/listening-learning-and-the-brain
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