coggroup March 2020

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[Coggroup] CRAM Thursday Mar 12th
by cram 12 Mar '20

12 Mar '20

Dear all, We are excited to announce that the next CRAM session will take place on Thursday, March 12th, from 12pm-1pm in room 461 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. We will have the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Mihaela Iordanova from Concordia University who will be speaking about the behavioural and neural mechanisms of secondary fear cues. Please see below for more details. Coffee and snacks will be provided. Please BYOM (bring your own mug). All are welcome! The CRAM Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Behavioural and neural mechanisms of secondary fear cues. Abstract: The study of how the brain regulates learned fear has been fundamental to understanding brain function and has served as a pre-clinical animal model for fear- and anxiety-related disorders in humans. The current model has exclusively focused on primary cues for fear, that is, fear acquired through direct pairings between a cue and a fear-eliciting event. However, fear is also elicited by secondary cues, that is, cues that were never directly paired with the aversive event. These secondary cues gain fear-eliciting properties by virtue of their association with primary cues. The present seminar will present data showing how fear memories propagate across a memory network allowing for the development of secondary cues, how those memories are regulated by fear to the primary cues at the behavioural and neural level, as well as how they are supported by circuits in the brain.

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[Coggroup] Fwd: Free talk - Prof. Melvyn Goodale - Université de Montréal - April 8, 2020
by cram 11 Mar '20

11 Mar '20

Dear all, Please find below the details of an upcoming talk by Prof. Melvyn Goodale on "Size constancy: how our brain creates a stable world from the ever-changing images on our eyes" on April 8th, 2020 at Université de Montréal. Sincerely, The CRAM team ------------------------------------------------------------------ FREE EVENT – OPEN TO ALL ***REGISTRATION REQUIRED*** DÉPARTEMENT DE PSYCHOLOGIE UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL’S DÉPARTEMENT DE PSYCHOLOGIE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU FOR A FREE TALK, AS PART OF OUR 14TH ANNUAL SCIENCE DAY! PROF. MELVYN GOODALE, PHD, FRSC, FRS *Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario *CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE *Founding Director of the Brain & Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario _ _ Size constancy: how our brain creates a stable world from the ever-changing images on our eyes --- The images of people and objects on our retina are constantly shrinking and expanding as we move through the world. Yet remarkably we see a world that is stable, and things are perceived to be the size they really are. This is a good thing because otherwise our perception of the world would be chaotic and impossible to interpret. Our ability to see the real-world size of objects despite dramatic changes in the images captured by our eyes is called “size constancy”. It’s thought that our brain creates size constancy by taking into account how far away an object is and combining that information with the size of the object’s retinal image. As a consequence, even though the image of a car driving away from us becomes smaller and smaller on our retina, we don’t see it as shrinking in size but instead as a car that is the same size, but further away. In this talk, I will discuss where these calculations take place in the brain and how long they take to unfold. I will also examine some of the differences between how size constancy operates when we try to make sense of objects in the world and how it operates when we act on those objects. It turns out that the visual cues and the underlying neural circuits used for size constancy in perception and action are not always the same. Understanding how the brain maintains size constancy can help engineers who are trying to devise machine vision systems for everything from robots to self-driving cars. --- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2020 3 PM UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL PAVILLON ROGER-GAUDRY Amphithéâtre Ernest-Cormier (K-500) 2900, chemin de la Tour, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4 __ FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED : EVENTBRITE LINK [1] (in French) Registration deadline : April 6th, 2020, 9 AM See you soon! - Le Comité organisateur de la 14e Journée scientifique Links: ------ [1] https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/billets-conference-melvyn-goodale-departement-d…

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[Coggroup] Fwd: CSBBCS 2020: Call for Abstracts
by Can Fenerci 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Hi everyone, I am the CSBBCS Associate Departmental Representative for our department this year. I wanted to let everyone know that the abstract submission for CSBBCS 2020 is now open<https://www.csbbcs.org/meetings/2020-conference/>! The 30th annual meeting will take place from June 5th to 7th at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC. To submit an abstract you have to purchase/renew you membership and log in to your CSBBCS account to access the submission portal. The deadline for abstract submission is March 31st! Let me know if you have any questions. Best, Can Fenerci Sheldon Memory Lab McGill University 2001 McGill College Avenue 7th Floor, Room 743 Montreal, QC H3A 1G1 Begin forwarded message: From: CSBBCS <secretary(a)csbbcs.org<mailto:secretary@csbbcs.org>> Subject: CSBBCS 2020: Call for Abstracts Date: February 28, 2020 at 3:20:35 PM GMT-5 To: <can.fenerci(a)mail.mcgill.ca<mailto:can.fenerci@mail.mcgill.ca>> Reply-To: CSBBCS <secretary(a)csbbcs.org<mailto:secretary@csbbcs.org>> Having trouble viewing this email? View this email in your browser<https://mailchi.mp/713bc52398d1/csbbcs-2020-call-for-abstracts?e=e52b552511> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d94188c98afbe3780f9438287/images/cc394681-41b…] Abstract submission is now open for the upcoming meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science. The meeting will take place at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia from June 5th to 7th, 2020. The meeting will include several poster and talk sessions, as well as a limited number of symposia. To submit an abstract, first purchase or renew your membership in CSBBCS here<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287…>. Then, navigate to the 2020 meeting page<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287…>. If you're paid up and logged in, you'll see a box in the upper right hand corner of the page with the title, "Quick Links." Here you will find a link to the abstract submission portal. Please read the instructions on that page, and then click "New" to submit an abstract. Note that the Quick Links box will only appear if you have a current, valid, dues-paid membership in CSBBCS! Registration will open shortly. When registration is available, an additional link will appear in the Quick Links box on the 2020 meeting page. If you encounter any difficulty with logging in or submitting an abstract, please contact the Secretary/Treasurer (Chris Oriet) at secretary(a)csbbcs.org<mailto:secretary@csbbcs.org>. More information to come shortly! Your CSBBCS 2020 organizational team Copyright © 2020 Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science University of Regina Regina, SK S4S 0A2 Canada Add us to your address book<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/vcard?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287&id=92…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/profile?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287&id=…> or unsubscribe from this list<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287…>. [Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…> [Facebook]<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287…> [Twitter]<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287…> [Link]<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287…> [Website]<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287…> Copyright © 2020 Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science University of Regina Regina, SK S4S 0A2 Canada Add us to your address book<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/vcard?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287&id=92…> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/profile?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287&id=…> or unsubscribe from this list<https://csbbcs.us17.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=d94188c98afbe3780f9438287…>. [Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…>

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[Coggroup] Fwd: CSBBCS 2020: Call for Abstracts
by Can Fenerci 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

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