Hi Everyone,
We are excited to announce that the next CRAM (Cognitive Research at
McGill) session for this semester will take place this Friday, November
27th. Dr. Ori Ossmy from New York University, will be speaking on
“real-time processes in the development of behavioral problem solving”.
Please see below for the abstract of the talk.
The talk will span from 2-3PM (EST) and the speaker will be presenting
virtually over zoom (link below).
All are welcome!
Best regards,
The CRAM Team
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Title: From macro to micro: Real-time processes in the development of
behavioral problem solving
Abstract: Behavioral problem solving is ubiquitous across every age
and culture—how to navigate a cluttered environment, use a tool, and
so on. As our bodies, skills, and environments change, new problems
emerge and require new means to solve them. With learning and
development, children respond more adaptively and efficiently to
environmental challenges and opportunities. Traditionally,
developmental research focuses on macro changes in problem solving
skills by identifying the ages at which children solve particular
problems and characterizing differences among children at different
points in learning or development. This outcome-oriented approach
established that behavioral problem solving begins in infancy and
improves with age and experience, but is limited in informing about
how and why change occurs. In contrast, my ground hypothesis is that
macro changes in problem solving emerge from micro, real-time
experiences. These real-time experiences, in turn, play out in an
interactive system of perceptual, neural, cognitive, and motor
processes. The efficiency of these processes and their interactions
differ widely among individuals. From cruising infants to
soccer-playing robots, I test this hypothesis by adopting an
innovative integrative approach that combines interdisciplinary
perspectives (child development, cognitive neuroscience, motor
control, computer science), methods (eye-tracking, EEG, motion
tracking, robotics, computer vision, virtual reality, and video),
ages (infants, children, adults), and tasks (manual and locomotor).
Kevin da Silva Castanheira is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: CRAM Nov 27th Ori Ossmy
Time: Nov 27, 2020 02:00 PM Montreal
Join Zoom Meeting
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84726666172
Hi all,
We are excited to announce that Dr. Karim Jerbi (Universite de Montreal) will be
speaking at CRAM tomorrow, November 6th at 2pm Montreal time. The talk is titled
"Episodic odor memory formation and theta oscillation dynamics". Please see
below for the abstract of the talk, and the attachment for more information
about Dr. Jerbi.
The talk will span from 2-3PM (EST) and the speaker will be presenting virtually
over zoom (link below).
All are welcome!
Best regards,
The CRAM Team
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Title: Episodic odor memory formation and theta oscillation dynamics
In this talk, I will discuss our recent research on the neural basis of odor-
evoked autobiographical memory, also known as Proustian memory. Smells, more
than almost any other sensory input, can trigger very rich and vivid memories,
immediately transporting us back to a long-forgotten time and place. This
fascinating phenomenon has been coined Proustian memory, in reference to a
passage in Marcel Proust’s 1913 book Swann’s way, in which the narrator
describes how eating the crumbs of a madeleine dipped in lime blossom tea
triggers a powerful process of remembering that takes him back to a pleasant
long-buried childhood memory. But how does the brain create and recall odor-
related memories? And why are some of these memories vivid and strong while
others are poor and incomplete? Using intracranial EEG recordings and
representational neural geometry analysis, we shed new light on the role of
orbitofrontal and hippocampal theta oscillations in memory formation and propose
a mechanistic account of their role in the richness of odor-related episodic
memory.
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Zoom link
https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/83095134547
