Brain Sciences Center

Events


2005 Events

	April
		Wilson prepares defense Tony Wilson, a Brain Sciences Center Graduate School Fellow, will present his Ph.D. thesis defense: "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Word Level Linguistic Processing" on Thursday, April 28, at 9:30 a.m., at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, 4 T-112, 113. Tony is a graduate student in the Cognitive and Biological Psychology program within the University of Minnesota‚s Psychology Department. In relation to his studies, Tony has worked at the Brain Sciences Center, for the past four years, where he uses the MEG instrument to study the neural basis of language processing. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Experimental Psychology from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
	May
		11th Annual American Legion and University of Minnesota Lecture in Brain Sciences Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Speaker: Michael Merzenich, Ph.D., Francis A. Sooy Professor of Otolaryngology and Physiology, Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco Topic: "Brain Plasticity Bases of Child Development and Adult Learning" Time: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Lecture in Brain Sciences (preceded by the presentation of the Brain Sciences Scholarship from 3:45 - 4:00 p.m.) Location: University of Minnesota Medical School Phillips-Wangensteen Building Auditorium 2-470 420 Delaware St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Sponsors: The Brain Sciences Center, Minneapolis VA Medical Center and the Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School Dr. Merzenich is a specialist in neural origins of higher brain functions; origins of, and remediation of, human neurological dysfunction and disability. Excerpt from the "Brain Connection" online: Making the Connection between Science and Learning: A Conversation with Michael Merzenich: "His easy demeanor belies Dr. Merzenich's status as one of the country's most respected neuroscientists. A member of the famed National Academy of Sciences, Merzenich has done no less than revolutionize scientific understanding of brain development and learning throughout his career."

Past Events
	Lectures	March, 2005 January, 2005 December, 2004 September-October, 2004 The American Legion and University of Minnesota Lecture in Brain Sciences
© 2004 by the Brain Sciences Center. All Rights Reserved. Comments: webmaster@brain.umn.edu \| Updated March 5, 2008 The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. \| Privacy Statement