Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

From cognitive neuroscience to the clinic: Translational concerns for mental health research

Camilla Nord (MRC CBU) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

The cognitive, computational and neural bases of semantic representation and its disorders

Matt Lambon Ralph (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 04 October 2018, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Andreas Vlachos, NLIP, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 05 October 2018, 12:00-13:00

Zangwill Club

Title to be confirmed

Dr Rebecca Lawson, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 05 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

The framework behind the Kymata Atlas: Mapping early sensory processing in the human brain and nervous system

Andrew Thwaites (Dept of Psychology, University of Cambridge) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 12:30-13:30

Indo-European Seminar

Introduction to the term’s reading seminar on A. Willi Origins of the Greek Verb

Tea served from 4.15

Speaker to be confirmed.

1.11 Classics Faculty.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Machine Learning @ CUED

Title to be confirmed

Mihaela van der Schaar .

Engineering Department, CBL Room BE-438..

Thursday 11 October 2018, 11:00-12:00

Chaucer Club

Lifestyle factors and cognitive ageing: From observation to intervention

Alan Gow (Heriot-Watt University).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 11 October 2018, 15:30-17:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania.

MR13.

Thursday 11 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Statistics

Uniform rates of Glivenko-Cantelli convergence and their use in Bayesian inference

Emanuele Dolera, Università degli Studi di Pavia.

MR12.

Friday 12 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Title to be confirmed

Prof Nichola Raihani Professor of Evolution and Behaviour, University College London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 12 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

What cognitive mechanisms underlie multi-target search organisation in children and adults?

Edwin Dalmaijer (MRC CBU) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

Processing Multi-Constituent Units during Reading: Non-alphabetic languages, word segmentation, and serialism and parallelism in oculomotor control

Simon Liversedge (University of Central Lancashire).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Aida Nematzadeh, DeepMind.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 19 October 2018, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Johannes Schmidt-Hieber, University of Leiden.

MR12.

Friday 19 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Statistical methods for the study of heterogeneity in cognitive decline: applications to French and UK cohorts

Anaïs Rouanet (MRC Biostatistics Unit) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 12:30-13:30

Indo-European Seminar

Double accusatives in Ancient Greek: διδάσκω between traditional and modern approaches

Tea served from 4.15

Marina Benedetti .

1.11 Classics Faculty.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Chaucer Club

Interference and memory capacity limitations

Ansgar Endress (City University).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Kostas Kyriakopoulos, CUED, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 26 October 2018, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Jeffrey Morris, MD Anderson Cancer Center.

MR12.

Friday 26 October 2018, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Title to be confirmed

Professor Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute, Germany.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 26 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Mechanisms of object recognition in humans, primates and deep neuronal networks

Kamila Jozwik (Dept of Psychology, University of Cambridge) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 12:30-13:30

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Yuting Wei, Stanford University.

MR12.

Friday 02 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Sleep for Systems Consolidation

Dr Lisa Genzel, Assistant Professor, The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science Donders Centre for Neuroscience, The Netherlands.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 02 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Improving speech perception with cochlear implants by optimizing the electrode-to-neuron interface and by using machine learning to reduce background noise

Tobias Goehring (MRC CBU) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 12:30-13:30

Indo-European Seminar

PIE alignment change and the emergence of the thematic conjugation: Two sides of the same diachronic coin?

Tea served from 4.15

Roland Pooth, Ghent.

1.11 Classics Faculty.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Chaucer Club

Cognition in corvids and kids

Nicky Clayton (Dept of Psychology, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 15:30-17:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Laurent Massoulié, INRIA.

MR12.

Friday 09 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Social timing in autism spectrum disorders

Dr Christine Falter-Wagner, Department of Psychiatry, LMU Munich.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 09 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Focused attention in the frontal and parietal cortex: Task episodes, variable binding and cognitive load

John Duncan (MRC CBU) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

Dynamic network reconstruction of human decision making and learning via EEG-fMRI fusion

Marios Philiastides (University of Glasgow).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 15:30-17:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Pierre Alquier, ENSAE.

MR12.

Friday 16 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Title to be confirmed

Professor Virginie van Wassenhove.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 16 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Fractionating the human frontoparietal cortex: Combining meta-analytic and real-time optimization approaches

Romy Lorenz (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 12:30-13:30

Indo-European Seminar

The decline of infinitival complementation in Ancient Greek. A reconsideration

Tea served from 4.15

Klaas Bentein, Ghent.

1.11 Classics Faculty.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Chaucer Club

A Bayesian approach to internal models

Mate Lengyel (Dept of Engineering, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Paula Czarnowska & Chris Davis, NLIP, University of Cambridge.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 23 November 2018, 12:00-13:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Stephanie van der Pas, University of Leiden.

MR12.

Friday 23 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Zangwill Club

Studying the functions of consciousness: what we know and what we want to know

Dr Liad Mudrik, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 23 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Epigenetics, inheritance and adaptation within the family environment

Rahia Mashoodh (Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

Brain mechanisms of flexible cognitive control

Alexandra Woolgar (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 15:30-17:00

NLIP Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Karina Vold, Centre for the Future of Intelligence / Faculty of Philosophy.

FW26, Computer Laboratory.

Friday 18 January 2019, 12:00-13:00