DeVore Conference Room, Museum of Comparative Zoology Room 529
There can be no doubt that acceptance of MLS theory has reached a plateau far above its near total rejection in the 1960's. However, a number of misconceptions remain concerning the concept of equivalence, genetic vs. cultural group selection, and objections leveled by evolutionary psychologists such as Steven Pinker and Max Krasnow. I will address these issues in an effort to reach a new plateau for the acceptance of MLS. This talk is based on an essay that was inspired by the recent debate between Joseph Henrich and Max Krasnow, which is available for viewing on You Tube. My essay... Read more about Reaching a New Plateau for Acceptance of Multilevel Selection (MLS) Theory
Read Montague Computational Psychiatry Unit Carillon Research Institute Virginia Tech
*Lunch will be served
Over the last 3 decades computational sciences have invaded our biological understanding of reward, valuation, and choice. One result of this invasion is the mixing of biophysical lexicons that depict ionic channels, cellular processes, and neural function in terms familiar...
Adrian KC Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS), University of Washington
Spatial cues play an important role in segregating auditory objects in a complex acoustical scene. Spatial attention is often considered to be supramodal, e.g., crossmodal spatial cues can enhance the perception of stimuli in another modality when presented in the same location. Therefore, it is not surprising to find similarities between auditory and...
Dava Sobel, Writer; Former Science Reporter, The New York Times
In the 1880s, physicist and astronomer Edward Pickering invented a new system to photograph the sky that revolutionized our understanding of stars. His achievements in science relied on the work of more than 80 women—known as the Harvard Observatory “computers”—who analyzed and catalogued data from thousands of photographs. Dava Sobel will discuss the women’s significant contributions to astronomy, as...
All-optical approaches for simultaneous recording and perturbation of neuronal activity could enable functional mapping of brain circuits. Spectral overlap of actuators and reporters presents a challenge for their simultaneous use, while optical scattering and out-of-focus fluorescence are challenges for imaging densely labeled samples over large fields of view. To overcome the first challenge, we coupled a red-shifted calcium indicator with a spectrally-...
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street.
Laura Kubzansky Lee Kum Lee Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences; Co-Director, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard's Brain Science Initiative invites you to the next dinner seminar on Chronobiology and the Brain.
Dinner and drinks will be served.
Robert Thomas, MD "The Clock Outside the Box: Strange Circadian Stories"
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Circadian Medicine Clinic Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Training Program Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jonathan Lipton, MD, PhD "Translating Circadian Mechanisms to Neurodevelopmental Disorders"