The Cognitive and Brain Sciences Graduate program is happy to sponsor a number of invited speakers. These speakers are sponsored in part by the Center of Integrative Neuroscience, GSAN and CBS Clubs, an organization run by our graduate students. It also hosts an Early Career Seminar Series, bringing in graduate and post-doctoral speakers from around the world.
Please see the list of NeuroLecture speakers which are sponsored by COBRE
Colloquia 2021-2022
Fall Semester
- 9/2/2021 Arnelle Etienne Carnegie Mellon University
Inclusive Electrode Design for EEG Recordings: Sevo Electrodes for Black Patients with Coarse and Curly Hair 11:00 am, Zoom: 817 4747 1407, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
- 9/16/2021 Tianjiao Zhang University of California, Berkeley
Modelling Navigational Representations in the Human Brain 11:00 am, Zoom: 892 0581 2736, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
- 10/14/2021 Dr. Jessica Hua San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco
Mismatch Negativity and Theta Band Oscillation Deficits During Auditory Deviance Processing in Early Illness Schizophrenia 11:00 am, Zoom: 892 0581 2736, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
- 10/21/2021 Vasha DuTell University of California, Berkeley
A Day in the Life of the Human Retina: Hardware Design, Data Collection, and Spatiotemporal Frequency Properties of the Dynamic Visual Input 11:00 am, Zoom: 892 0581 2736, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
Colloquia 2020-2021
Spring Semester
- 4/22/2021 Dr. Raymond P. Najjar Singapore Eye Research Institute and Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
The Spectro-Temporal Tuning of Light: From Understanding the Physiology to Clinical Applications 4:00 pm, Zoom: 823 9449 8636, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
- 4/8/2021 Dr. Lauren Richmond Stony Brook University and Dr. Alexandra Morrison California State University, Sacramento
Working Memory: Limitations and Remediations 11:00 am, Zoom: 842 3578 4066, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
- 3/25/2021 Dr. Kirsten Adam University of California, San Diego
Trial-By-Trial Dynamics of Attention and Working Memory 11:00 am, Zoom: 897 9758 3887, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
- 3/11/2021 M Windy McNerney MIRECC VA Palo Alto and Stanford School of Medicine
Plasticity-Induced Improvements of Cholinergic Function in AD Mice, Aims for Human Translation 11:00 am, Zoom: 893 4719 6886, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
- 2/25/2021 Cody Cushing University of California, Los Angeles
Using Decoded Neurofeedback to Treat Phobia and Other Mental Health Disorders 11:00 am, Zoom: 889 8741 0831, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
Fall Semester
- 12/03/2020 Allison Allen University of California, Santa Cruz
Illusory Apparent Motion, A New Polystable Illusion: Is Subjective Perceptual Control Possible When the Stimulus Affords Endless Interpretations? 11:00 am, Zoom: 945 5616 1939, please contact: taucua@nevada.unr.edu for password
- 11/19/2020 Rebecca Keogh UNSW Sydney, Australia
Understanding and measuring individual differences in visual imagery: Insights from congenital aphantasia. 2:00 pm, Zoom: 968 2504 5636, please contact: zisherwood@unr.edu for password
- 11/05/2020 Katherine Tregillus University of Minnesota
Investigating the Locus of the McCollough Effect Using fMRI 11:00 am, Zoom: 975 9487 3472, please contact: taucua@nevada.unr.edu for password
- 10/22/2020 Marge Maallo Boston Children’s Hospital
Connectivity of the Epileptic Brain Post-Resection. 11:00 am, Zoom: 862 9519 0985, please contact: taucua@nevada.unr.edu for password
- 10/08/2020 Selene Schintu George Washington University
Interhemispheric Balance: Dynamic Changes of Spatial Representations. 11:00 am, Zoom: 996 6043 6562, please contact: taucua@nevada.unr.edu for password
- 09/24/2020 Olena Kleshchova University of Nevada, Reno
Greater Global and Lesser Affective Network Maturity as a Vulnerable Phenotype in Young Women with Multiple Early Traumas. 11:00 am, Zoom: 928 6983 6847
- 09/10/2020 Tong (Tina) Liu National Institute of Mental Health and NIH
Layer-Specific Modulation in Human Visual Cortex by Emotional Faces. 11:00 am, Zoom: 912 4582 8521, please contact: shaigh@unr.edu for password
Colloquia 2016-2017
Fall Semester
- 10/26/2017 Marlene Behrmann Carnegie Mellon University
A broader vision of object recognition: beyond ventral cortex. 2:45 pm, Pennington Health & Science 102
- 10/26/2017 Jeffrey Cummings Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Development: An Insider’s Perspective. 12:30 pm, Pennington Health & Science 102
Colloquia 2015-2016
Spring Semester
- 05/06/2016 Shrikant Bharadwaj LV Prasad Eye Institute
Impact of Distorted Optics on Spatial and Depth Vision - Lessons from Human Disease Models. 12:30 pm, Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 05/04/2016 Megan Tillman UC Davis
Scotopic Vision and Aging. 3:00 pm, Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 04/21/2016 Patrick Emery University of Massachusetts Medical School
Synchronization of Circadian Clocks to Daily Environmental Cycles. 4:00 pm, Davidson Math and Science 105
- 04/15/2016 Robert Shapley New York University
Roles of Cortical Single- and Double-Opponent Cells in Color Vision. 3:00pm, William J. Raggio Building 2030
- 04/08/2016 Ione Fine University of Washington
Pulse Trains to Percepts: The Challenge of Creating a Perceptually Intelligible World with Sight Recovery Techniques. 11:30am, Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 04/01/2016 Vicki Volbrecht Colorado State University
Color Vision in the Peripheral Retina. 3:00pm, William J. Raggio Building 2030
- 03/04/2016 Stacey Tovino University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Health Law Implications of Advances in Neuroscience, Including Neuroimaging. 3:00pm, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center 124
- 02/26/2016 Steven Shevell University of Chicago
11:30am, Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 02/19/2016 Delwin Lindsey Ohio State University
Color Naming, Color Communication and the Evolution of Basic Color Terms. 12:30pm, Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 02/19/2016 Alice O'Toole University of Texas at Dallas
Understanding Person Recognition; Psychological, Computational, & Neural Perspectives. 11:30am, Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 02/12/2016 Dennis Proffitt University of Virginia
Perception viewed as a phenotypic expression. 2:00pm, Matthewson - IGT Knowledge Center 124
Fall Semester
- 12/04/2015 Pablo de Gracia Barrow Neurological Institute
Optimizing monovision and multifocal corrections. 11:30am, Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 11/20/2015 David Peterzell John F. Kennedy University
Discovering Sensory Processes Using Individual Differences: A Review and Factor Analytic Manifesto. 11:30am, Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 11/13/2015 Jack Gallant University of California, Berkeley
Mapping, modeling, and decoding the human brain under naturalistic conditions. 3pm, Jot Travis Building 100
- 09/25/2015 G. Christopher Stecker Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Spatial hearing and the brain: assembling binaural information to understand auditory space. 11:00am, Jot Travis Building 100
- 09/18/2015 Russell Hurlbert University of Nevada Las Vegas
Exploring inner experience in clinical, cognitive, developmental, social psychology, and neuroscience. 11:15am, Reynolds School of Journalism 101
Symposia 2014-2015
Fall Semester
- 11/21/2014 6th Annual Research Symposium of the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ebenezer Yamoah. Changing the paradigm in sensory physiology: Distinction between primary receptors and neurons is blurred.
Colloquia 2014-2015
Spring Semester
- 05/08/2015 Charlotte DiStefano University of California, Los Angeles
Understanding kids who don’t talk: Using EEG to measure language in minimally verbal children with ASD. 4:00pm Ansari Business 106
- 04/30/2015 Noelle L’Etoile University of California, San Francisco
Endogenous RNAi and behavior in C. elegans. 4:00 pm Ansari Business 106
- 04/30/2015 Nancy Xu Old Dominion University
New tools for real-time imaging of single live cells. 1:00 pm Davidson math and Science 105
- 03/24/2015 Libby Huber University of Washington
Auditory perception and cortical plasticity after long-term blindness. 1:00 pm Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 03/12/2015 Talia Retter Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
At face value: An introduction to fast periodic visual stimulation. 1:00 pm Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 03/12/2015 Lara Krisst San Francisco State University
TBA, 10:00 am Reynolds School of Journalism 101
- 03/10/2015 Martha Merrow Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
The times of their lives: Developmental and circadian timing in C. elegans. 4:00 pm Davidson Math and Science 105
- 03/05/2015 John Serences University of California, San Diego
Attentional gain versus efficient selection: Evidence from human electroencephalography. 4:00 pm Ansari Business 106
- 02/25/2015 April Schweinhart University of Louisville
Changing what you see changes how you see: Analyzing the plasticity of broadband orientation perception. 4:00 pm Reynolds School of Journalism 101
Fall Semester
- 11/18/2014 Markus Janczyk Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen
Classes of human behavior: Intentionality, action goals, and dual-task interference.
- 10/23/2014 Karl Deisseroth University of Nevada Las Vegas
Optical deconstruction of fully-assembled biological systems.
- 08/29/2015 Charlie Chubb University of Nevada Las Vegas
Cuttlefish Camouflage.
Colloquia 2013-2014
Spring Semester
- 03/10/2014 Peter Tse Dartmouth College
Chunking of features in space and time: Behavioral and neuronal mechanisms
- 02/18/2014 Ioulia Kovelman University of Nevada Las Vegas
Building a vision: Shared multimodal pediatric fNIRS brain imaging facility at the University of Michigan.
Fall Semester
- 12/11/2013 Ted Huppert University of Pittsburg, Radiology & Bioengineering
Illuminating the Mind: Applications and Challenges for fNIRS.
- 12/10/2013 Ted Huppert University of Pittsburg, Radiology & Bioengineering
Illuminating the Mind: Applications and Challenges for fNIRS.
- 10/18/2013 Alison Harris Claremont-McKenna College
Event-related brain dynamics of value and decision making
- 10/11/2015 Paul Corballis University of Auckland
The Electrophysiology of Human Selective Attention: Target Selection, Distractor Suppression, and Competition for Representation in the Visual System.
Colloquia 2012-2013
Spring Semester
- 04/19/2013 Lars Strother University of Western Ontario
The Visual Cortical Basis of Object Recognition and Reading.
- 04/17/2013 Lila Chrysikou University of Kansas
Flexibility in Semantic Memory for Objects.
- 04/12/2013 Frank Tong Vanderbilt University
The Role of Early Visual Areas in High-level Visual Cognition.
- 02/08/2013 Shaun Vecera University of Iowa
The Control of Visual Attention: Capture, Complexity and Contingency.
- 02/08/2013 David Whitney University of California, Berkeley
The Bottleneck of Conscious Vision.
Fall Semester
- 11/13/2012 Markus Janczyk University of Wurzburg, Germany
Action Effects and Motor Planning in Ideomotor Theory.
- 11/09/2012 Gerald Jacobs University of California, Santa Barbara
The Bottleneck of Conscious Vision.
- 10/03/2012 Martin Banks University of California, Berkeley
The Perceptual Basis of Some Guidelines in Photography.
- 09/17/2012 Phil Kellman University of California, Los Angeles
Object Formation in Space and Time.
Summer Semester
- 08/03/2012 Hiromasa Takemura Stanford University
Neural Correlates of Induced Motion: an fMRI study.
Colloquia 2011-2012
Spring Semester
- 05/09/2012 Karen Gunther Wabash College
What Where’s Waldo can Tell Us About Visual Anatomy.
- 04/27/2012 Sara Szczepanski University of California, Berkeley
Dynamic Frontal-Parietal Interactions During Spatial Attentional Control.
- 04/18/2012 Lynn Robertson University of California, Berkeley
Weak and Strong Feature Binding in Visual Perception.
- 04/04/2012 Anthony Norcia Stanford University
Neuroimaging Figure/Ground Segmentation.