CCN Lectures Fall 2017

Ashkan Ashrafi, PhD (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering) “Brain Connectivity Inference from Data Using Graph Signal Processing” Friday, November 3, 2017 10:30-11:30am 6363 Alvarado Ct. #250 See flyer for additional details (pdf) Upcoming Talk Friday, December 1, 2017: Larry Frank (Center for Scientific Computation in Imaging, UCSD)  “What’s in your brain? New methods for … [Read more…]

Training Course in fMRI

The University of Michigan announces a training course in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Functional MRI has become an important addition to the toolbox of cognitive and affective neuroscientists, but substantial training is required to implement an fMRI experiment. The University will offer a 2-week intensive course from August 6-17, 2018, that will train attendees … [Read more…]

Perspectives on Autism

“Researchers’ understanding of autism has greatly advanced since the disorder was formally named in the 1940s. The earliest investigations into autism put forth a now wholly discredited notion that cold, detached parenting somehow stunted emotional and social growth. Today, scientists and families know that autistic characteristics exist on a spectrum; that many people with the … [Read more…]

13 ton Prisma arrives at SDSU Imaging Center

“Here are some pictures of our new 13-ton Prisma being craned into the Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences building today. Some assembly is still required. The copper Faraday cage as well as tons of iron magnetic shielding will soon be wrapped around the magnet room as the Prisma is assembled, cooled down to almost absolute zero, … [Read more…]

Join us June 7th, 2017, for the next installment in our CCN student seminar series!

Please join us on Wednesday, June 7th, 2017, from 2:00-3:00pm for the next installment in our CCN student seminar series!  Gabriela Meade from the NeuroCognition Laboratory, SDSU Department of Psychology, will be presenting “Inhibiting oat and car to read cat: An ERP study of lexical competition in deaf and hearing readers.” See flyer for additional … [Read more…]

Join us March 8, 2017, for the next installment in our CCN Student Seminar Series!

Please join us on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017, from 2:00-3:00pm for the next installment in our CCN student seminar series. Dr. Annika Linke, a postdoc in the Brain Development Imaging Lab, will discuss her research investigating language impairment and atypical sound processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). See flyer for additional lecture details (pdf).    

Spring 2017 CCN Lecture Series

Please find below a line-up of talks in the spring 2017 Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience lecture series. Although the lectures are organized in the context of a course (PSY 767), they are open to anyone interested (students, postdocs, faculty). Download Lecture Series Schedule (pdf)        

Distinguished Lecture Series, February 10, 2017, with Robert T. Knight, M.D.

Join the Center for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience on Friday, February 10th in welcoming Robert T. Knight, M.D. for a distinguished lecture, “ Frontal Cortex and Human Behavior: Insights from Intracranial Recording.”  Lecture 1:00-2:30pm, Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union Theatre followed by a light reception. See the Distinguished Speaker Series page for details.       … [Read more…]