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<b>From:</b> NeuroEvents <events.neuro@MCGILL.CA><br>
<b>Date:</b> Mar 19, 2021, 1:05 PM -0400<br>
<b>To:</b> MNISTAFF@LISTS.MCGILL.CA <MNISTAFF@LISTS.MCGILL.CA><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Neuro Event: March 24, 4:00 pm - Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar: "What are the brain specializations underlying human speech and language?"<br>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wednesday, March 24, 202</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1 <span style="color:black"><br>
4:00 - 5:00PM</span> EDT<span style="color:black"><br>
Zoom</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-brain-and-mind-seminar-tickets-145743826709" target="_blank" title="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-mind-and-brain-seminar-tickets-128284916639">Registration
Required</a></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Livestreaming through <a href="https://vimeo.com/event/269074" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">Vimeo</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Speaker: Nicole Eichert, PhD<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Postdoctural Researcher, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN), University of Oxford, UK</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Abstract:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">One
uniquely human experience is our ability to communicate via speech and language. Specialized laryngeal motor control has been suggested to be a critical evolutionary adaptation in the human brain that enabled speech. During my PhD, I investigated the cortical
specialization underlying laryngeal motor control using functional neuroimaging and comparative neuroanatomy. We localized the cortical representation of the larynx in humans during voicing using fMRI and studied how the functional activation patterns relate
to individual sulcal morphology. In order to study critical brain specializations in a comparative framework across primate species, we use a 'common space' approach that can account for both shared and distinct features across species. We developed a surface-based
cross-species registration that allows us to study how cortical reorganization during evolution affected the relative location of brain areas and connectivity profiles. Using the 'common space' approach, we can test the effect of different evolutionary scenarios
on the brain architecture related to laryngeal motor control.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Feindel</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Virtual
Brain and Mind (VBM) Seminar Series</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Advancing the vision of Dr. William<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Feindel<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(1918–2014), former Director of the Neuro (1972–1984) and Founding Director of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (1984), to constantly
bridge the clinical and research realms. The talks will highlight the latest advances and discoveries in neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroimaging.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Speakers will include scientists from across The Neuro, as well as colleagues and collaborators locally and from around the world. The
series is intended to provide a virtual forum for scientists and trainees to continue to foster interdisciplinary exchanges on the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of brain and cognitive disorders. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in presenting
please contact us to secure a spot on the schedule.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Looking forward to reconnecting!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nathan Spreng<br>
Boris Bernhardt<br>
Bratislav Misic </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To register:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <span style="color:#954F72"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-brain-and-mind-seminar-tickets-145743826709" target="_blank" title="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-mind-and-brain-seminar-tickets-128284916639">Eventbrite</a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Contact :</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="mailto:sasha.kelly@mcgill.ca" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954F72">Sasha
Kelly</span></a>, Events</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and Conference<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">Coordinator</span>,
The Neuro</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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