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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman\,Bold";color:black">LES SÉMINAIRES DE L’UNF
</span></b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">/
</span><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman\,Bold";color:black">SEMINAR UNF SERIES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#222222">Présentateur/ Speaker:
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Bold",sans-serif;color:#222222">Christoph T. Weidemann, Ph. D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#222222">Titre/ Title:
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Bold",sans-serif;color:#222222">The dynamics of memory – decoding brain activity with machine learning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#222222">Endroit/ Where:
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Bold",sans-serif;color:#222222">CRIUGM – Local E1910
</span></b><span style="color:#222222">(</span><span style="color:blue">http://www.criugm.qc.ca/en/contact.html</span><span style="color:#222222">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#222222"> 4545, Queen-Mary Road, Montreal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#222222">Date/ When:
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Bold",sans-serif;color:#222222">Mardi, 23 juillet, 13h30-14h30/ Tuesday, July 23rd 1h30-2h30pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Italic",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Italic",sans-serif;color:#222222">*La conférence sera présentée en anglais/The seminar will be presented in English<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Bold",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Bold",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. Weidemann
</span></b><span style="color:black">is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Swansea University in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Wales (UK) and currently also a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2006 he obtained a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science (with a minor in Neuroscience) from Indiana University where<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">he worked with Richard Shiffrin. He then joined Mike Kahana's lab at the University of Pennsylvania as a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">post-doc and took up a faculty position at Swansea University in 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">His website is at
</span><span style="color:blue">http://cogsci.info<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri,Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333">Abstract:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Even though encoding and retrieval processes are both critical determinants of performance in memory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">tests, only their joint effects are observable in overt behavior. This has led to contentious debates about<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">the nature of the signal elicited by recognition memory probes and about the relative contributions of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">encoding and retrieval processes in interactions between semantic and episodic memory systems. Using<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">machine learning techniques to quantify relevant signals in brain activity as they unfold during<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">engagement in memory tasks I will address these controversies. Specifically, I will present evidence for a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">single-route account of recognition memory that is compatible with contributions from familiarity and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">recollection signals, but relies on a unitary evidence signal that integrates all available evidence. I will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">also particularly implicate retrieval (rather than encoding) processes in the categorical organization of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">episodic memories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#222222">We hope to see you there / En espérant vous voir nombreux.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri,BoldItalic",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri,BoldItalic",sans-serif;color:black">L'équipe de l'UNF / UNF Team<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:black">Site:
</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:blue">https://unf-montreal.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Follow us on twittr at @UNF_montreal
</span><span style="color:blue">https://twitter.com/UNF_montreal</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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