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January 2007
Monday, January 8th, 2007
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Visual Search: Is It Really a Matter of Life and Death?
Professor Jeremy M. Wolfe,
Visual Attention Laboratory,
Harvard Medical School,
Thursday, January 11th, 2007
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Value-Based Decision Making: Using Rich Behavioral Models to Explore Neural Function
Leo Sugrue,
graduate student in bioengineering,
HHMI and department of neurobiology,
Stanford University,
Friday, January 12th, 2007
4:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Useful Knowledge: On the History of the Concept of Science for the Common Good, from Bacon to Mill
Rose-Mary Sargent,
Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor of History, Caltech,
and professor of philosophy, Merrimack College,
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Risk, Reward, and Information: fMRI Studies of Learning and Decision Making
Russell Poldrack,
associate professor of psychology,
UCLA,
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Interactive Dynamics of Striato-Cortical Circuits in Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making: Computational Models and Empirical Tests Thereof
Michael Frank,
assistant professor of psychology,
University of Arizona,
Friday, January 26th, 2007
4:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Heinrich Hertz's Road to the Principles of Mechanics
Jesper Lutzen,
visiting professor of history, Caltech,
and professor of mathematics,
University of Copenhagen,