[BIC-announce] Fwd: Neuro Event: August 19, 4 pm - Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar at The Neuro: “Nature and nurture of cortical gradients: from evolutionary patterns to functional plasticity”

Mon Aug 17 12:06:15 EDT 2020

Hi BIC & FYI - 

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> From: NeuroCommunications <communications.neuro at MCGILL.CA>
> Subject: Neuro Event: August 19, 4 pm - Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar at The Neuro: “Nature and nurture of cortical gradients: from evolutionary patterns to functional plasticity”
> Date: August 16, 2020 at 10:38:36 PM EDT
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> Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar at The Neuro: 
> “Nature and nurture of cortical gradients: from evolutionary patterns to functional plasticity”
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> Wednesday, August 19, 2020 
> 4:00 - 5:00PM EDT
> Zoom (Registration Required <https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channels/event/nature-and-nurture-cortical-gradients-evolutionary-patterns-functional-plasticity-323674>) 
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> Speaker: Sofie Valk <https://www.fz-juelich.de/inm/inm-7/EN/Forschung/Cognitive%20Neurogenetics/artikel.html>
> Group leader, Research Group Cognitive Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain sciences, Leipzig, Germany
> Group leader, INM-7 Research Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
> Talk abstract
> The topology of the cerebral cortex has been proposed to be an important prerequisite for human cognition. Here I will present two novel studies assessing the nature and nurture of large-scale brain organization in healthy adults. In the first study we assessed the genetic basis of large-scale cortical organization of thickness covariance using twin-models (Human Connectome Project) as well as cross-species comparisons (PRIME-DE) in combination with non-linear dimension reduction techniques. We found two organizational patterns traversing posterior-to-anterior and inferior-to-superior axes in both humans and macaques reflecting functional and evolutionary patterning. In a second study we evaluated the functional plasticity of large-scale brain organization following 3-months of training (i) mindfulness-based attention and interoception, (ii) socio-affective skills, and (iii) socio-cognitive skills respectively (ReSource study). Contrasting the effect of each training module, we found diverging patterns of functional network reorganization. Training of attention-mindfulness resulted in segregation of cortical networks, whereas socio-cognitive training resulted in their integration. Socio-affective training had stabilizing effects on functional organization. Together, these studies establish the genetic basis and functional plasticity of natural axes in the cerebral cortex and so provide important insights into the organization of human cognition.
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> The Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind (VBM) Seminar Series
> Advancing the vision of Dr. William Feindel (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.
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> 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.
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> Looking forward to reconnecting!
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> Nathan Spreng
> Boris Bernhardt
> Bratislav Misic 
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> To register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-brain-and-mind-seminar-at-the-neuro-presents-sofie-valk-tickets-117031599665 <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-brain-and-mind-seminar-at-the-neuro-presents-sofie-valk-tickets-117031599665>
> Contact : Sasha Kelly, Events Coordinator, sasha.kelly at mcgill.ca <mailto:sasha.kelly at mcgill.ca>  
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