32.46, FYI: Online Lecture 01/14: David Eagleman - Brain Plasticity and What We Can do with It

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Subject: 32.46, FYI: Online Lecture 01/14: David Eagleman - Brain Plasticity and What We Can do with It

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Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2021 04:31:09
From: Dirk Den Ouden [denouden at sc.edu]
Subject: Online Lecture 01/14: David Eagleman - Brain Plasticity and What We Can do with It

 
Thursday, January 14, 2pm ET
Presentation in Zoom, accessible via the C-STAR website:
http://cstar.sc.edu/lecture-series/

Brain plasticity and what we can do with it
David Eagleman, Ph.D.
Stanford University

The brain is typically portrayed as an organ with different regions dedicated
to specific tasks. But that textbook model doesn't capture the full picture,
because the brain dynamically modifies its own circuitry to match the demands
of the environment and the body in which it finds itself. This talk will cover
plasticity in general, as well as my laboratory's work to feed sensory signals
into the brain through atypical sensory pathways. For example, we can address
deafness by turning auditory information into a series of vibrating patterns
on the skin. This is done via Buzz, a small wristband with vibratory motors in
the band. But Buzz isn’t only for hearing loss: we’re using it to feed in all
kinds of information streams, from infrared to olfactory information to the
stock market.  Using this approach of sensory substitution, we can translate
and feed almost any kind of data through the skin, expanding the human sensory
experience.
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The online lecture can be followed online from your computer, tablet or
smartphone, in Zoom. The zoom link is accessible via the C-STAR website:
http://cstar.sc.edu/lecture-series/

For more information, or to be added to the C-STAR mailing list, contact Dirk
den Ouden: denouden at sc.edu

 



Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics
                     Cognitive Science
                     Neurolinguistics





 



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