The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences' symposium 'Looking Back, Looking Forward: Shaping Neuroscience and Cognitive Science' celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first doctoral degrees granted by the Department and the continuing contributions of its alumni and faculty to the field.
The program features leading scientists — former students or associates of BCS — whose work reflects the broad, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the brain and mind that is a hallmark of the Department.
December 2, 2005
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Atrium of the BCS Complex (Building 46)
43 Vassar Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Speakers
Mriganka Sur (Moderator)
Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neuroscience
Head, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brenda Milner
Dorothy J. Killam Professor
Montreal Neurological Institute
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery McGill University
The First Prong: Brain and Behavior, Then and Now
Karen Hsiao Ashe
Edmund Wallace and Anne Marie Tulloch Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Director, Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease Research Laboratory
University of Minnesota Medical School
Forgetful Mice: Helping Us Cure Alzheimer's Disease
Michael P. Stryker
W.F. Ganong Professor of Physiology
Chair, Department of Physiology
University of California, San Francisco
Creation of Maps in the Visual Cortex
Shimon Ullman
Samy and Ruth Cohn Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Weizmann Institute of Science
Recognizing Objects and Natural Classes
These events are free and open to the public
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