[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Seminar - A neuronal Mecahnism for Visual Spatial Attention

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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SPECIAL KILLAM SEMINAR

 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 4:00 pm

de Grandpré Communications Centre, MNI

 

Speaker: Dr. Bob Wurtz
Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research
National Eye Institute, NIH
Bethesda MD

 

Title: A Neuronal Mechanism for Visual Spatial Attention

 

Dr. Wurtz has been a leader in the field of sensorimotor neurophysiology for almost 40 years.  He has been a pioneer in the use of awake behaving monkeys to study the neural control of eye movements and visual attention.  He is a past President of the Society for Neuroscience, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) and was the co-recipient of the Dan David Prize in 2004.  Dr. Wurtz is an excellent speaker and is certain to give a stimulating presentation.

 

A reception will follow Dr. Wurtz's seminar in the Helen Penfield Atrium.

John A. Robson, PhD
Associate Director, Scientific Affairs
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4
Tel:  514-398-5205
Fax: 514-398-8248