[BIC-announce] FW: Language Neuroscience talks: Centre for Research on Language, Mind and Brain

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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Jennifer Chew

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre

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From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms.
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:52 PM
To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA
Subject: Language Neuroscience talks: Centre for Research on Language, Mind and Brain



 

The Centre for Research on Language, Mind and Brain at McGill University is pleased to announce three Distinguished Lectures in language neuroscience, details of which are provided on our McGill event channel at http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/events/?channels=crlmb

 

On Friday, October 9th, Dr. Michael Arbib <https://home.mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=109838>  presents "Recognizing speech in a novel accent: The motor theory of speech perception reframed."  Dr. Arbib (USC) is a Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science, as well as Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience and Psychology. He is also director of the USC Brain Project.  Location: Room 1034 of the McIntyre Medical Building, 2-3:30 p.m.

 

On Wednesday, October 14th, Drs. Matthias Schlesewsky <https://home.mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=109988>  (Professor of English and Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz) and Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky <https://home.mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=109988>  (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig)  present  "Mind the gap!" On the interdependence between eye movements and neurophysiological responses during real time language comprehension." Location: Life Sciences Complex, Room 501, Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, 1160 avenue des Pins, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

 

On Friday, October 30th, Dr. Kim Plunkett  <https://home.mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=109997>  presents "How infants build a semantic system: The emergence of lexical networks." Dr. Plunkett is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Oxford University, member of the Oxford Centre for Connectionist Modeling  and Director of the Oxford BabyLab.  Location: Life Sciences Complex, Room 501, Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, 1160 avenue des Pins, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

 

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Lisa