Luciano Fadiga, University of Ferrara, Section of Human Physiology : « Sensorimotor Processing of Language ». Friday, April 5, 2013 at 11:30 am Despite the fact that the famous ‘motor theory of speech perception’ by Alvin Liberman dates…  Continue reading →

Michale Fee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology : « A Model of Basal Ganglia Function ». Friday, March 22, 2013 at 11:30 am The songbird is an excellent model system for understanding how the brain generates and learns complex…  Continue reading →

Erin Schuman, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt: « Transcriptomes and Proteomes at Synapses». Friday, March 1, 2013 at 11:30 am An individual neuron in the brain possesses approximately 10,000 synapses, many of which are hundreds of microns…  Continue reading →

Daniel Shulz, CNRS UPR-3293 Equipe Traitement Sensoriel, Neuromodulation et Plasticité, Gif sur Yvette : « Neuronal representation of complex tactile scenes ». Friday, February 22, 2013 at 11:30 am The tactile system is unique among the other sensory…  Continue reading →

Klaus-Armin Nave, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany : « Novel roles of oligodendrocytes in axonal energy metabolism ». Friday, February 15, 2013 at 11:30 am Oligodendrocytes make myelin to speed up axonal impulse propagation and to…  Continue reading →

Hans Scherberger, Göttingen University and German Primate Center : « Representation of Hand Grasping Movements in Macaque Parietal, Premotor, and Motor Cortex ». Friday, February 8, 2013 at 11:30 am Specialized brain areas in the primate parietal…  Continue reading →

INC Open Mind Seminar Series Friday, December 14, 2012 at 11:00 am Salle des Conférences (R229), Centre Universitaire des Saints-Pères, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, INSERM U992, Neurospin/CEA, Saclay Nature and Nurture in language acquisition:…  Continue reading →