[BIC-announce] FW: CRBLM March lectures and workshops

[Vincent Gracco, Dr.]

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Vincent L. Gracco, PhD
Director, Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music
McGill University

1. Stefanie Blain-Moraes, PhD (University of Michigan)
CRBLM Invited Lecture. March 18th at 2pm in Room 501 of the Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, 1160 av des Pins Ouest

"Harnessing physiological signals to enhance the personhood of non-communicative individuals"
Quality of life and definitions of death are both often based on the concept of personhood – a status given by one human being to another as a result of their relationship and successful interaction. Unfortunately, this important attribute is frequently not given to individuals who do not have the ability to communicate or to interact with others. My research is concerned with enhancing the quality of life of non-communicative persons and their caregivers by using novel technologies to reveal and elicit signs of their personhood. Through my research, I have developed technologies based on signals from the autonomic nervous systems of children with severe and profound disabilities that can be used to reveal responses to external stimuli, and as the source of physiologically-generated music (e.g. biomusic). I have also developed technologies based on electroencephalographic (EEG) signals recorded directly from the brain that may be used to assess levels of consciousness and cognitive ability in silent persons. My ultimate goal is to implement such technologies into home and healthcare settings, in order to improve communication, enrich interaction, and enhance the personhood of non-communicative persons and their caregivers.
http://www.crblm.ca/events/harnessing_physiological_signals_enhance_personhood_noncommunicative_individuals



2. Dr. Reinhold Kliegl, PhD (University of Potsdam)
CRBLM Distinguished Lecture. March 20th at 1:30pm in Room 501 of the Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, 1160 av des Pins Ouest

"The dynamics of eye movements and attention during reading"
Differences between languages and how they are written give us unique opportunities to address three controversial issues in eye-movement control during reading. The three issues are (1) whether the predictability of the next word influences fixation durations before the eye gets to the word; (2) whether we can get the meaning of words before we look at them; and (3) whether information other than initial letters and word length of the next word influence where we send the eyes. Eye movements collected from reading German, English, Spanish, Chinese (both simplified and traditional), and Uighur suggest affirmative answers to these questions.
http://www.crblm.ca/events/dynamics_eye_movements_and_attention_during_reading



3. Linear Mixed Models Workshop using R, led by Reinhold Kliegl, PhD (University of Potsdam)
CRBLM Workshop. Saturday, March 22nd from 9:30 until 4:30 in the Arts-Ferrier Computer Room, McGill University main campus
Please register by Friday, March 14 and submit your data, if applicable, by Monday, March 17
http://www.crblm.ca/events/linear_mixed_models_workshop
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