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Title: Consciousness, Eliminative Materialism, and Progress in Brain Research
Presenter: Patricia Churchland
Location: WPIC Auditorium - 2nd Floor
Title: Ethics Seminar
Presenter: Dr. Behrmann
Location: MI 3rd Floor Social Room
Additional Information: Please RSVP to Krishna (krg28@pitt.edu) by Friday, February 19, and indicate if you require a vegetarian meal.
Abstract:
CNBC Brain Bag
Title:
Presenter: Lacey Cirinelli
Location: MI 3rd Floor Social Room
Additional Information: Please RSVP to Linda Moya (lhmoya@cmu.edu) by Friday,
February 12, and indicate if you require a vegetarian meal.
Abstract:
Title: TBA
Presenter: Charles Hillman, Ph.D.
Location: Martin Colloquium Center, 4127 Sennott Square
Title: The Basal Ganglia Communicate with the Cerebellum
Presenter: Andreea Bostan
Location: MI 3rd Floor Social Room
Additional Information: Please RSVP to Linda Moya (lhmoya@cmu.edu) by Friday,
Februrary 26, and indicate if you require a vegetarian meal.
Abstract: The basal ganglia and cerebellum are major subcortical structures that influence movement, cognition and affect. Both structures receive input from and send output to the cerebral cortex. Thus, the basal ganglia and cerebellum form multisynaptic loops with the cerebral cortex. Basal ganglia and cerebellar loops are thought to be anatomically separate, to perform distinct functional operations and to interact largely at the level of the cerebral cortex. Recent results from our laboratory have shown that one of the output nuclei of the cerebellum has a disynaptic projection to the basal ganglia. We investigated whether there is a direct route for basal ganglia output to influence cerebellar function that is independent of the cerebral cortex. We injected rabies virus into selected regions of the cerebellar cortex in cebus monkeys to determine the origin of multisynaptic inputs to the injection sites. We found that the subthalamic nucleus of the basal ganglia has a substantial disynaptic projection to the cerebellar cortex. This pathway provides a means for both normal and abnormal signals from the basal ganglia to influence cerebellar function. Our results provide the anatomical substrate for substantial two-way communication between the basal ganglia and the cerebellum. Thus, the two subcortical structures may be linked together to from an integrated functional network
Title: Monitoring Outcomes and the Role of the Cingulate Cortex in Risky Choice
Presenter: Benjamin Hayden
Location: Mellon Institute Social Room
Title: TBA
Presenter: Rebecca Berman
Location: Langley A219
Title: TBA
Presenter: Marlene Cohen
Location: Langley A219
Title: TBA
Presenter: Long Ding
Location: Langley A219
Title: Imaging modules of perception and attention in macaque visual cortex
Presenter: Anna Wang Roe, Ph.D.
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Title: Persistent Plasticity of Inhibition in Brain Memory Circuits
Presenter: Jean-Claude Lacaille, Ph.D.
Location: A219B Langley Hall
Title: High affinity group III mGluRs regulate mossy fiber input to CA3 interneurons
Presenter: Katheleen E. Cosgrove
Location: A219B Langley Hall
Title: Nitro-fatty acids, a new class of signaling molecules, activate TRP channels in sensory neurons
Presenter: William C. de Groat, Ph.D.
Location: 456 Salk '03 Hall
Department of Psychology Colloquium
Title: A Self-Determination Theory View of Close Relationships: Does Autonomy Help or Hurt
Presenter: Edward L. Deci, Ph.D.
Location: Baker Hall A53
Abstract: Research has confirmed that autonomous motivation has positive consequences for heuristic performance and psychological well-being. Evidence also shows that when authority figures support the autonomy of people for whom they are responsible, those people become more autonomous and display positive outcomes. It is often argued, however, that in close relationships it is necessary to give up autonomy in order to have high quality relationships. Accordingly, providing autonomy support to one’s partner is expected to lead to negative rather than positive outcomes. The colloquium will review several studies that have found positive rather than negative consequences for autonomy across close friendships, romantic partnerships, and developing relationships and have found that mutuality of autonomy support is also beneficial to these relationships.
CNBC Seminar
Title: Explaining Schizophrenia
Presenter: Wayne Wu, Ph.D.
Location: 328 Mellon Institute, Social Room
Abstract: In this talk, I focus on explanations of two common positive symptoms of schizophrenia: auditory verbal hallucinations and thought insertion. These symptoms are puzzling and paradoxical in ways that render them difficult to explain. Accordingly, a successful explanation requires accurate descriptions of the phenomena. My primary goals are (a) to more clearly define the symptoms; (b) to formulate more precisely the questions that must be answered; and (c) to argue that a very common family of explanations, so-called self-monitoring accounts, fails to answer the relevant questions. They thus fail to explain schizophrenia. I shall then suggest preliminary answers to these questions, emphasizing a feature found in both positive symptoms I consider, what I call their persistent automaticity. An over-arching goal is to show how the conceptual and theoretical reflections presented can contribute to our understanding of this biological phenomenon.
Title: Functional Assessment of Disability in Late Depression
Presenter: Joan C. Rogers, Ph.D., OTR/L
Location: ADRC Conference Room, S439 Montefiore Hospital
Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Formation and Function
Presenter: Clarissa L. Waites, Ph.D.
Location: LRDC Auditorium - 2nd Floor
Title: From brain to society: Neuroethology and neuroeconomics of social behavior
Presenter: Michael Platt, Ph.D.
Location: Doherty Hall, Room 2210
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar
Title: From Brain to Society: Neuroethology and Neuroeconomics of Social Behavior
Presenter: Michael Platt, Ph.D.
Location: Doherty Hall, 2210
Michael Platt, Ph.D.Department of Neurobiology, Duke UniversityDirector, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar
Title: Basement Membranes in the Developing and Aging Eye
Presenter: Willi Halfter, Ph.D.
Location: Mellon Institute Conference Room, third floor
Sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University