Calendar
Spring 2007-2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Eyes Smarter Than Scientists Believed: Neural Computations in the Retina
Mark Meister,
professor of biology,
MCB Department and Center for Brain Science,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Pistols! Treason! Murder!: A Multimedia Assassination
Jonathan Walker,
research fellow in history,
University of Sydney,
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Single Unit Studies of Intertemporal Choice
Paul Gilmcher,
professor of neural science, economics, and psychology,
New York University,
Friday, April 11th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Electrolysis Before the Modern Ionic Theory: Underdetermination, Closure, and Pluralism
Hasok Chang,
senior lecturer in philosophy of science,
University College London,
Monday, April 14th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Topic to be announced.
David Fitzpatrick,
professor of neurobiology,
Duke University,
Friday, April 18th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Moral Intuitions as Heuristics
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong,
professor of philosophy,
Dartmouth College,
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Social Frame and Social Image
Tore Ellingsen,
professor of economics,
Stockholm School of Economics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Neural Mechanisms Underlying Strategic Variability in Decision Making under Uncertainty
Scott Huettel,
associate professor of cognitive neuroscience,
Duke University,
Monday, April 28th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar—cancelled
Enigmatic Mushroom Bodies, Anosmia, and Insect Brain Evolution
Nicholas Strausfeld,
professor of neurobiology,
University of Arizona,
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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4:00pm
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Joint Caltech Library System and Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Neurocommons: Open-Source Knowledge Management for Neuroscience
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Commemorating Darwin: 1809, 1859, 2009
Janet Browne,
Aramont Professor of the history of science,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
American Pastorals: Philip Roth and the Mid-Century Discourse of Happiness
Mary Esteve,
visiting associate professor of English, Caltech,
and associate professor of English,
Condordia Univeristy,
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar
Dissociation of Neural Signals Related to Expected and Unexpected Reward in Orbitofrontal Cortex, Basolateral Amygdala and Midbrain Dopamine Neurons
Matthew Roesch,
School of Medicine,
University of Maryland,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
4:00pm
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
The Blue Brain Project
Henry Markram,
project director, Blue Brain Project, and director,
Center for Neuroscience and Technology,
École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne,
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Grace Nicholson: Pasadena's Merchant Princess
Kathleen Peck,
independent scholar and reader,
the Huntington Library,
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Nonlinear Pricing in Yellow Pages
Quang H. Vuong,
professor of economics,
Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The Origins of Morality—Empathy, Rules, and Causal Reasoning
Alison Gopnik,
professor of psychology,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Transatlantic Islam: Carlyle, Emerson, Irving
Wai Chee Dimock,
professor of English and American studies,
Yale University,
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
4:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar - CANCELED
The Psychology of Common Value Auctions
Samuel McClure,
assistant professor of psychology,
Stanford University,
Monday, June 9th, 2008
4:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Perceptual Learning, Adaptive Learning, and Learning Technology
Phil Kellman,
professor of cognitive psychology,
UCLA,