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Events
Apr
23
Tue
The Department of Neurobiology
Presents:
A Distinguished Lecture in Neurobiology
“Marmoset as a Model System to Study the Neural Basis of Hearing and Vocal Communication”
Xiaoqin Wang, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, and Otolaryngology
Johns Hopkins University
Tuesday, April 23nd, 2019
10:00am- 11:00am
University Club, Ballroom B
Center for Philosophy of Science
Tuesday, April 23 Lunchtime Talk
“Cognition does not affect perception”
Chaz Firestone
Department of Psychology
Johns Hopkins University
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
12:05 pm
1117 Cathedral of Learning
Abstract: What determines what we see? A tidal wave of recent research alleges that visual experience is ‘penetrated’ by higher-level cognitive states such as beliefs, desires, emotions, intentions, and linguistic abilities. There is a growing consensus that such effects are ubiquitous, and even that the distinction between seeing and thinking may itself be unsustainable. I argue otherwise: There is in fact no compelling evidence for such top-down effects of cognition on perception, or “cognitive penetrability”. I will present several case studies of empirically anchored ‘pitfalls’ that recast such evidence, in each case showing how alleged top-down effects on perception not only can be explained by alternative factors, but in fact are explained by such factors. The discovery of substantive top-down effects of cognition on perception remains a revolutionary possibility for our understanding of how the mind is organized; but without addressing these pitfalls, no empirical report will license such exciting conclusions.
www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr
Apr
30
Tue
The Department of Neurobiology Presents a Special Seminar:
“Holographic Deep Brain Stimulation”
Cameron C. McIntyre, PhD
Tilles-Weidenthal Professor
Departments of Bioengineering, Neurology, and Neurosurgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
11:00am- 12:00pm
Conference Room 1495 BST
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