Center for Advanced Brain Imaging http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:50:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Fall Neuroimaging Course http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/04/fall-neuroimaging-course/ http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/04/fall-neuroimaging-course/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:50:46 +0000 ncanty http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/?p=1654 Functional Neuroimaging

MW 9:30-10:45am

NSC 272

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Associate Professor, UCLA

GSU – 1000 Urban Life Building

10:30am

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CABI Conference Rm

1:30 pm

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How Does the Brain Learn to Read and Calculate?

]]> http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/march-7th-2011/feed/ 0 February 16th, 2011 http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/february-16th-2011/ http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/february-16th-2011/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:59:12 +0000 ncanty http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/?p=1609 1000 Urban Life Building Time: 10:30 AM Abstract: In this talk I will share some of our recent research on orthographic representation and processing. This line of research began with a study examining the impact of one’s native writing system on the acquisition of a second writing system in adulthood. Chinese-English and English-Chinese bilinguals were studied, with the goal of maximizing differences in the mapping principles between a first and second language. The results from this work demonstrated that the degree of left-lateralized activation in a putative “visual word form area” is influenced by the structure of one’s native language. Subsequent behavioral work has investigated the functional significance of lateralization differences in the VWFA, and the degree to which similar functional-behavioral correspondences might be found amongst native English speakers processing written English words. *There will be a small coffee reception at 10:00 AM preceding the lecture. ]]> Julie Fiez, Ph.D.*, University of Pittsburgh

The Visual Word Form Area

]]> http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/february-16th-2011/feed/ 0 February 9th, 2011 http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/february-9th-2011/ http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/february-9th-2011/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:54:23 +0000 ncanty http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/?p=1606 1000 Urban Life Building Time: 10:30 AM Abstract: Adolescence is a period of development characterized by impulsive and risk-taking behavior. There is accumulating evidence that while adolescents have the capability to exert adult level voluntary control of behavior, this is still immature undermining decision making. Our neuroimaging studies on response inhibition have found evidence for particular immaturities during adolescence including limitations in the ability to monitor performance, sustain voluntary control, and be affected by reward incentives. Results also indicate that these limitations in voluntary control may be underlied by evidence for immaturities in brain effective functional integration and white matter integrity of top down executive control of behavior. More recently our fMRI studies of activation during rest states show that the basic hub architecture of the brain is in place by childhood but that connections from frontal areas to other cortical and subcortical regions continues to strengthen into adulthood. Overall, results indicate that with development the brain integrates function in a more distributed collaborative manner supporting complex processing such as voluntary control of behavior. *Lecture series will be held at 10:30 AM in Room 1000 of the Urban Life Building. There will be a small coffee reception at 10:00 AM preceding each lecture. ]]> Beatriz Luna, Ph.D.*, Univ of Pittsburgh
Brain Dynamics Underlying Cognitive Development
Through Adolescence

]]> http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/february-9th-2011/feed/ 0 January 18th, 2011 http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/january-18th-2011/ http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/january-18th-2011/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:35:33 +0000 admin http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/?p=1599 The First Annual Neuroscience and Ethics Award Lecture with Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D. Date: Tuesday, January 18th Time: 4:00pm Location: Harland Cinema, Dobbs University Center, Emory Dr. Gazzaniga is the president of The Cognitive Neuroscience Institute, which he founded in 1982, and is the Editor-in-Chief emeritus of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, which he also founded. In 1997, Dr. Gazzaniga was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.  He also has the Past-President of the American Psychological Society.  He also served on the President’s Council on Bioethics from 2001-2009. In 2005 he was elected to the National Academies Institute of Medicine.  In 2009 he presented the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh.]]> Michael Gazzaniga, PhD
UCSB 4-5pm
Dobbs Univ Ctr, Emory

]]> http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2011/01/january-18th-2011/feed/ 0 January 12th, 2011 http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2010/12/january-12th-2011/ http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2010/12/january-12th-2011/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:54:01 +0000 ncanty http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/?p=1523 Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Conference Room Interdisciplinary Neuroimaging and Its Data Analysis Michelle Wang Department of Statistics and Department of Psychology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Email: ymw@illinois.edu Neuroimging is a highly interdisciplinary field that requires mathematical and statistical computation to solve complex neuroscience problems. The underlying computational issues are challenging and often hampered by the variability of brain anatomy and physiology, and the nature of the imaging data to be handled such as the presence of noise and correlation, and the sample and data sizes, etc. In this talk, after the brief introduction of neuroimaging, I will present the computational and statistical methods we have developed for several problems in the realms of brain morphometry, neural circuits and individual differences in learning from analyzing structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. The discussion will include a description of the problem areas, an overview of the statistical techniques involved, and a presentation of results on simulated and real brain imaging data using these quantitative methods. ]]> Michelle Wang, PhD
Univ of IL at Urbana-Champaign
3:15pm – 4:15pm
Center for Advanced Brain Imaging

]]> http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2010/12/january-12th-2011/feed/ 0 Spring Neuroimaging Class http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2010/12/spring-2011-neuroimaging-class/ http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2010/12/spring-2011-neuroimaging-class/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:05:13 +0000 admin http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/?p=1551 Image to inference course. This class is open to students and faculty, and can be taken for course credit (offered as PSYC 6042 at Georgia Tech) or audited free of charge. The course will describe how magnetic resonance imaging and electrophysiology can be used to understand brain function. Special emphasis is given to functional MRI (with SPM and FSL tutorials), though ERPs, VBM< DTI and other methods will be described. Lectures are from 9-12 Mondays thorughout the Georgia Tech term at the GSU/GT Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (see course web page for details and map).]]> Image to Inference 9-12am Mondays in CABI conference room

]]> http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2010/12/spring-2011-neuroimaging-class/feed/ 0 Spring Course http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2010/12/spring-2011-semester/ http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/2010/12/spring-2011-semester/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:17:08 +0000 ncanty http://www.cabiatl.com/CABI/?p=1482 http://research.yerkes.emory.edu/Preuss/index.html]]> Todd M. Preuss, Ph.D. Emory Univ School of Medicine IBS 575, Cerebral Cortex: Structures and Systems class

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