MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit- Chaucer Club


2006-11-02 16:00: Semantic knowledge and the anterior temporal lobes: why doesn't anyone believe us? (Dr Tim Rogers, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

2006-11-09 16:15: The role of the hippocampus in relational memory: Evidence from amnesia and fMRI (Prof Mieke Verfaellie, University of Boston)

2006-11-16 16:15: Neural mechanisms of attention and cognitive control in the human brain: Evidence from TMS (Dr Chris Chambers, University College London)

2006-11-23 16:15: Do S-cones contribute to the perception of brightness? (Prof Christian Wehrhahn, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany and the Visual Center Lab at the Salk Institute in the US.)

2006-11-30 16:15: Experience-dependent plasticity as revealed by fMRI (Dr Zoe Kourtzi, University of Birmingham)

2006-12-07 16:15: Hearing with a cochlear implant: The perception of sound intensity (Prof Colette McKay, Aston University Birmingham)

2007-01-18 16:15: Auditory processing, language impairment and developmental dyslexia (Professor Usha Goswami, University of Cambridge)

2007-01-25 16:15: Prefrontal contributions to dynamic cognitive control (Dr Hugh Garavan, Trinity College Dublin)

2007-02-01 16:15: Crossing the divide: Interactions between the processing of regular and irregular past tense words (Professor Elaine Funnell, Royal Holloway, University of London)

2007-02-08 16:15: Investigation of the relationship between the BOLD response and cortical oscillatory dynamics using MEG and fMRI (Professor Krish Singh, Cardiff University)

2007-02-22 16:15: Clarifying the functional neuro-anatomy of face processing by combining lesion studies and neuroimaging (Dr Bruno Rossion, UCL Belgium)

2007-03-01 16:15: Involvement of subregions of prefrontal cortex in episodic memory and strategy implementation (Dr Mark Baxter, University of Oxford)

2007-03-08 16:15: 11thousand autobiographical memories: Results from the BBC memory survey (Professor Martin Conway, Leeds University)

2007-03-15 16:15: Tactics of person understanding: Minds, brains and social cognition (Professor Neil Macrae, Aberdeen University)

2007-04-19 16:15: The effects of learning on the neural representation of natural objects in extrastriate, temporal and prefrontal cortex (Dr Gregor Rainer (Tuebingen))

2007-04-26 16:15: Psychological factors in the epidemiology of disease (Dr Paul Surtees (Cambridge))

2007-05-03 16:15: The thoughts and brain activity of taxi drivers navigating in London (Dr Hugo Spiers (UCL))

2007-05-10 16:15: Tactics of person understanding: Minds, brains and social cognition (Professor Neil Macrae (Aberdeen))

2007-05-17 16:15: Can the mirror neuron system infer intentions from observed action? (Dr James Kilner (UCL))

2007-05-24 16:15: Imaging voice-specific responses in auditory areas (Professor Pascal Belin (Glasgow))

2007-05-31 16:15: The time-course of response inhibition revealed by an examination of movement trajectory (Professor Robin Walker (Royal Holloway, University of London))

2007-06-07 16:15: Fundamental principles of cognition, which might apply across several cognitive domains (Professor Nick Chater (UCL))

2007-06-20 16:15: Human memory: new insights and fresh challenges (Dr Kim Graham)

2007-09-04 16:15: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: building bridges or falling between two stools? (Barbara Wilson (MRC-CBU))

2007-10-11 16:15: Knowing Me, Knowing You (Neil Macrae (University of Aberdeen))

2007-10-18 16:15: Functional interactions of frontal cortex during action selection and attentional selection (Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford))

2007-11-01 16:15: The cognitive neuroscience of the human voice (Pascal Belin (University of Glasgow))

2007-11-08 16:15: Computational mechanisms for the generation and regulation of behaviour (Richard Cooper (Birkbeck College, University of London))

2007-11-15 16:15: Beyond localization.  What brain imaging can tell us (Dick Passingham (University of Oxford))

2007-11-29 16:15: Uncertainty and behavioural control: Episodes, actions and habits (Peter Dayan (University College London))

2007-12-06 16:15: Chaucer Club debate: What can functional neuroimaging tell us that is relevant for cognitive psychology? (Mike Page (University of Hertfordshire) vs Tim Shallice (University College London))

2008-01-18 16:30: Plasticity of the cerebral cortex: when, how, why? (Colin Blakemore (University of Oxford))

2008-01-24 16:15: The neural architecture of social concepts and values: implications for neuropsychiatry (Roland Zahn (University of Manchester))

2008-01-31 16:15: Cell recording and fMRI reveal a specialized system for processing faces in the temporal lobe (Doris Tsao (University of Bremen))

2008-02-07 16:15: Cognitive processes and molecular mechanisms (Seth Grant (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute))

2008-02-14 16:15: Developmental impairments of attention and working memory: Same of different? (Sue Gathercole (University of York))

2008-02-21 16:15: A cognitive neuropsychological account of antidepressant drug action (Catherine Harmer (University of Oxford))

2008-02-28 16:15: Learning predictions and actions in the basal ganglia (Ben Seymour (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL & Dept of Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital))

2008-03-13 16:15: Insight, Attention and Error (Ian Robertson (Trinity College, Dublin))

2008-04-24 16:15: Pragmatic me, pragmatic you: the development of informativeness from a speaker's and a comprehender's perspective. (Napoleon Katsos (Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge))

2008-05-01 16:15: Adaptive face-coding mechanisms in typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder. (Liz Pellicano (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol))

2008-05-08 16:15: A Neural Mechanism of Decision Making, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bound. (Michael Shadlen (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle))

2008-05-15 16:15: Human evolution and the environment of evolutionary adaptedness. (Robert Foley (Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge))

2008-05-22 16:15: Does Sudoku Require Semantic Memory? (Karalyn Patterson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit)

2008-06-05 16:15: Binding temporary information in working memory: A role for an episodic buffer? (Graham Hitch (Department of Psychology, University of York))

2008-06-12 16:15: Spatial Representations in Numerical Cognition (Martin Fischer (School of Psychology, University of Dundee))

2008-09-25 16:15: Resting-state functional connectivity: Principles and applications in cognitive neuroscience (Michael Greicius (Stanford University School of Medicine))

2008-10-02 16:15: Conflict, competition and cognitive control (Nick Yeung (University of Oxford))

2008-10-09 16:15: Imaging the relationship between structure, function and behaviour in the human brain (Heidi Johansen-Berg  (University of Oxford))

2008-10-16 16:15: Perception and production of speech - a view from functional imaging (Sophie Scott  (University College London))

2008-10-23 16:15: Remapping attention (Patrick Cavanagh (Université Paris Descartes))

2008-10-30 16:15: Causal functional interactions between cortical areas (Wim Vanduffel  (Catholic University of Leuven))

2008-11-06 16:15: Neural mechanisms of sequence learning (Bruno Averbeck (University College London))

2008-11-13 16:15: Cerebral signature for pain perception and its modulation in health and disease (Irene Tracey (University of Oxford))

2008-11-20 16:15: Mirror-touch: A remarkable form of synaesthesia (Jamie Ward (University of Sussex))

2008-11-27 16:15: Reward and choice (Ray Dolan (University College London))

2008-12-04 16:15: Top-down influences on visual processing studied with TMS and fMRI (Christian Ruff (University College London))

2009-01-15 16:15: Back to the future: memories for making predictions and decisions (Mate Lengyel (University of Cambridge))

2009-01-22 16:15: Decoding the listening brain with human neuroimaging and machine learning (Elia Formisano  (Maastricht University))

2009-01-29 16:15: An a priori model of biased perceptual choice (Christopher Summerfield (University of Oxford))

2009-02-05 16:15: The role of human prefrontal cortex in hierarchical decision making (John O’Doherty  (Trinity College Dublin))

2009-02-13 16:15: Signatures of conscious access: Ignition, oscillation, synchrony, causality (Stanislas Dehaene (INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Paris))

2009-02-19 16:15: Prefrontal cortex and top-down control: ablation studies (David Gaffan  (University of Oxford))

2009-02-26 16:15: What are illusions and why do we see them? (Beau Lotto  (University College London))

2009-03-05 16:15: Investigating the clinical features of casino-based gambling and its neurobiology (Robert Rogers (University of Oxford))

2009-03-12 16:15: From a face to its category via a few information states in the brain (Philippe Schyns (University of Glasgow))

2009-04-30 16:15: Lateralisation of brain functions: what and why? (Dorothy Bishop (University of Oxford))

2009-05-07 16:15: Auditory processing in singing and walking crickets (Berthold Hedwig (University of Cambridge))

2009-05-14 16:15: Dissociating timing from temporal attention with fMRI (Jenny Coull (University of Provence))

2009-05-21 16:15: The humble rat has a cognitive moment: coordinating limbic-cortical networks in cognition, sleep and disease (Matthew Jones (University of Bristol))

2009-05-28 16:15: Motivation and executive control in human prefrontal cortex (Etienne Koechlin (INSERM-ENS, Paris))

2009-06-04 16:15: Cognitive neuroscience of attention: insights from developmental disorder (Gaia Scerif (University of Oxford))

2009-06-11 16:15: The social brain (Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (University College London))

2009-10-08 15:30: The contribution of structural imaging to the understanding of language networks (Prof Cathy Price (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL))

2009-10-22 15:30: Syntax in the human brain (Prof Angela Friederici (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany))

2009-10-29 15:30: The ways in which context and knowledge can assist speech comprehension, especially in challenging conditions (Prof Ingrid Johnsrude (Department of Psychology, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada))

2009-11-05 15:30: Brain mechanisms for ultra-rapid visual categorisation (Prof Simon Thorpe (Brain and Cognition Research Center (CerCo), University of Toulouse, France))

2009-11-12 15:30: Characterizing categorical and continuous visual-object codes in man, monkey and computational models (Dr Niko Kriegeskorte (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit))

2009-11-19 15:30: Change detection in auditory cortex: beyond the MMN paradigm (Dr Maria Chait (Ear Institute, UCL))

2009-11-26 15:30: Navigating in a 3-d world (Prof Kate Jeffery (Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, UCL))

2009-12-03 15:30: Decoding memories in the human hippocampus (Prof Eleanor Maguire (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL))

2009-12-10 15:30: Action and Language (Prof Luciano Fadiga (Department of Human Physiology, University of Ferrara, Italy))

2009-12-17 15:30: Analysing and communicating uncertainty (Prof David Spiegelhalter (MRC BioStatistics Unit and Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge))

2010-01-08 11:00: Modeling of MEG and EEG: from Surface Mapping to Multimodal Imaging (Prof Matti S. Hämäläinen (Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA))

2010-01-14 15:30: Cognitive and Neural Systems Underlying the Suppression of Unwanted Memories (Dr Michael Anderson (MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit))

2010-01-21 15:30: Investigating the clinical features of casino-based gambling and its neurobiology (Prof Robert Rogers (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford))

2010-01-28 15:30: Fetal testosterone in mind (Prof Simon Baron Cohen (Department of Experimental Psychology, Cambridge))

2010-02-04 15:30: V1: Predicting the near future on the basis of the recent past (Dr Lars Muckli (University of Glasgow, Department of Psychology))

2010-02-11 15:30: Inferotemporal cortex and face recognition learning (Prof Keith Kendrick (Babraham Institute, Cambridge))

2010-02-18 15:30: FOXP2 as a molecular window into speech and language (Dr Simon Fisher (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford))

2010-02-26 16:30: Human Cerebral Cortex: Cytoarchitectonics, Segregation of Function and Transmitter Receptors (Prof Karl Zilles (Vogt Institute of Brain Research, University of Dusseldorf, Germany))

2010-03-04 15:30: Morpho-phonological Processing in the Human Brain (Prof Carsten Eulitz (Neurolinguistics Group, Department of Linguistics, University of Konstanz, Germany))

2010-03-11 15:30: Fronto-amygdala mechanisms underlying emotion regulation (Prof Angela Roberts (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Cambridge))

2010-03-18 15:30: Does prefrontal cortex contain a variety of  subsystems with separable functions: the neuropsychological perspective ? (Prof Tim Shallice (SISSA Trieste and ICN, UCL, London ))

2010-04-22 15:30: Time-resolved brain imaging and the neuroscience of language (Prof Riitta Salmelin (Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland))

2010-04-29 15:30: What can brain imaging tell us about developmental disorders of speech and language? (Dr Kate Watkins (Centre for Functional Magnetic Imaging of the Brain, University of Oxford))

2010-05-06 15:30: Comprehension of human action in a hierarchical framework for mirroring and mentalising (Dr Antonia Hamilton (School of Psychology, University of Nottingham))

2010-05-13 15:30: When all the songs sound the same: Characterising congenital amusia (Dr Lauren Stewart (Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London))

2010-05-20 15:30: Electrical neuroimaging for understanding decision making and developing patient machine interfaces (Dr Sara Gonzalez Andino (Electrical Neuroimaging Group, Geneva University Hospital))

2010-06-03 15:30: Hemispheric lateralisation for auditory processing – does the brainstem play a role? (Dr Katrin Krumbholtz (MRC Institute of Hearing Research))

2010-06-10 15:30: Flashbacks and flash-forwards: Imagery and emotion in psychopathology (Dr Emily Holmes  (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford))

2010-06-17 15:30: Language processing in the musician brain (Dr Mireille Besson (CNRS Mediterranean Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience))

2010-06-24 15:30: A new paradigm to uncover regions involved in parsing language into constituent structure (Dr Christophe Pallier (CNRS INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit))

2010-10-07 15:30: Time-resolved brain imaging and the neuroscience of language (Ritta Salmelin (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland))

2010-10-14 15:30: Electrical neuroimaging for understanding decision making and developing patient machine interfaces (Sarah Gonzales-Andino (Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland))

2010-10-21 15:30: Predicting pain and pain modulation from fMRI activity (Tor Wager (Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, USA))

2010-10-28 15:30: Ideas about the role of cortical oscillations in speech perception and production (Anne-Lise Giraud (Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, Départment d'Etudes Cognitives, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France))

2010-11-04 15:30: Memory consolidation: the impact of novelty and prior knowledge (Richard Morris (Edinburgh University))

2010-11-11 15:30: 'Why Eyes' (Vicki Bruce (Newcastle University))

2010-11-25 15:30: Attention, Distraction and Cognitive Control under Load (Nilli Lavie (University College London))

2010-12-02 15:30: Tracking memory retrieval using multivariate pattern analysis (Ken Norman (Princeton University))

2011-01-20 15:30: Face to Face, Brain to Brain: Exploring the Mechanisms of Dyadic Social Interactions (Uri Hasson (Dept of Psychology, Princeton, USA))

2011-01-27 15:30: Which mental functions get their own private patch of cortex? (Nancy Kanwisher (Dept of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, USA))

2011-02-03 15:30: Timing attention in the human brain (Kia Nobre (Dept Psychology, Oxford))

2011-02-10 15:30: The role of early visual areas in high-level visual cognition (Frank Tong (Dept of Psychology, Vanderbilt Uiveristy, USA))

2011-02-17 15:30: Toward a semantic infrastructure for cognitive neuroscience: The Cognitive Atlas Project (Russ Poldrack (University of Texas at Austin), USA)

2011-02-24 15:30: fMRI brain activity patterns in real-time: From basic  research to clinical applications (Rainer Goebel (Department of Neurocognition, University of Maastricht), The Netherlands)

2011-03-03 15:30: Parsing the stream of behaviour (Jeff Zacks (Washington University, St Louis, USA))

2011-03-10 15:30: A novel developmental model of episodic-like memory in laboratory rodents (Rosamund Langston (Centre for Neuroscience, University of Dundee))

2011-03-17 15:30: The role of experience in shaping category selectivity in human ventral visual cortex (Kalanit Grill-Spector (Neuroscience Institute, Stanford University, USA))

2011-05-05 15:30: Memory and the Brain: Past, Present and Future (Professor Morris Moscovitch from the University of Toronto)

2011-05-12 15:30: Neurobiological landscapes for language evolution and variation (William Marslen-Wilson (Dept of Experimental Psychology,  University of Cambridge))

2011-05-19 15:30: Getting a grip on reality: A role for medial prefrontal cortex in source recollection (Jon Simons (Dept of Experimental Psychology,  University of Cambridge))

2011-06-02 15:30: The role of dopamine for the persistence of human long-term memory (Emrah Duzel (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL))

2011-06-09 15:30: esfMRI: Signal propagation and studies of connectivity (Nikos Logothetis (Dept of Physiology,  Max Planck Institute))

2011-06-16 15:30: Improving cognition (John Jonides (Dept of Psychology, University of Michigan))

2011-10-06 15:30: Forgetting fear - the neural mechanism underlying fear memories (Professor Daniella Schiller (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York))

2011-10-13 15:30: Identifying poorly functioning cochlear implant channels (Professor Julie Bierer (University of Washington))

2011-10-20 15:30: Representation of visual features, objects, actions and scenes in the human brain (Professor Jack Gallant (University of California, Berkeley))

2011-11-03 15:30: Corvid mentality: Implications for the evolution of human intelligence (Professor Nicky Clayton (University of Cambridge))

2011-11-10 15:30: Reconsidering Papez circuit and memory: Is it all about the anatomy? (Professor John Aggleton (University of Cardiff))

2011-11-17 15:30: Experimental and neuroimaging studies of memory for trauma and PTSD (Professor Chris Brewin (University College London))

2011-11-24 15:30: Executive functions: fractures, fractionation, and repair (Professor Sue Gathercole (MRC Cognition and Braiin Sciences Unit))

2011-12-01 15:30: Distributed cortical circuits, optimized over development, mediate visual cognition (Professor Marlene Behrmann (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh))

2011-12-08 15:30: Cognitive style in Autism: what does 'weak central coherence' explain? (Professor Francesca Happe (Institute of Psychiatry, London))

2012-01-12 15:30: Information gathering and impulsivity (Professor Bruno Averbeck (Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health))

2012-01-19 15:30: Computational phenotyping of social gestures using economic games (Professor P. Read Montague (Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and Dept of Physics, Virginia Tech & Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College, London))

2012-01-26 15:30: Developmental dyslexia: A temporal sampling framework (Professor Usha Goswami (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge))

2012-02-02 15:30: Brain function for communication: Cross-species comparisons (Dr Christopher Petkov (Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University Medical School))

2012-02-10 16:30: Cognitive reserve and Alzheimer’s disease: Where society and biology meet (Professor Ian Robertson (School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin))

2012-02-23 15:30: Components of working memory in task control (Professor Graham Hitch (Department of Psychology, University of York))

2012-03-01 15:30: Imagining other people (Dr Demis Hassabis (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London))

2012-03-08 15:30: Neurocognitive plasticity in the aging brain (Professor Lorraine Tyler (Centre for Speech, Language and the Brain, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge))

2012-04-19 15:30: Education 2.0: How genetics informs us about cognitive development, learning, and achievement (Professor Timothy Bates (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh))

2012-04-26 15:30: How memory guides perception (Professor Kia Nobre (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford))

2012-05-03 15:30: Placing the wandering mind in context: Dispelling three myths about the daydreaming state (Jonathon Smallwood (Department of Social Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive Brain Sciences, Germany))

2012-05-10 15:30: Conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits: Using multiple methodologies to find out more (Professor Essi Viding (Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL, London))

2012-05-17 15:30: Multimodal neuroimaging of the human visual system: Linking cortical oscillatory dynamics to haemodynamic responses, neurotransmitters and behaviour (Professor Krish Singh (Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University))

2012-05-24 15:30: Translational cognitive neuroscience of social knowledge and moral motivations: new clues for the understanding of affective disorders (Dr Roland Zahn (Divisions of Psychology & Psychiatry, The University of Manchester))

2012-05-28 15:30: Distributed neural circuits, not circumscribed centers, mediate both face and word recognition (Professor Marlene Behrmann (Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition))

2012-06-07 15:30: Does the motor system have a functional role in action perception? (Dr James Kilner (Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology))

2012-06-14 15:30: Look on the bright side: Reducing anxiety via the direct modification of cognitive bias (Dr Laura Hoppitt (School of Social Work and Psychology, University of East Anglia))

2012-10-04 15:30: New methods for noninvasive brain imaging and stimulation (Professor Risto Ilmoniemi (Aalto University, Finland))

2012-10-11 15:30: Person identification and speech recognition in human communication (Dr Katharina von Kriegstein (Max Plank Institute, Leipzig, Germany))

2012-10-18 15:30: Mechanisms underlying generalisation in word learning (Professor Kathy Rastle (Royal Holloway, University of London))

2012-10-25 15:30: Asymmetric Belief Formation (or why humans discount bad news) (Dr Tali Sharot (University College London))

2012-11-08 15:30: Neural mechanisms of foraging and decision making (Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford))

2012-11-15 15:30: Interactions between form and meaning in language processing (Dr Anna Woollams (University of Manchester))

2012-11-22 15:30: Imaging and stimulating learning and recovery in the human motor system (Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg (University of Oxford))

2012-11-29 15:30: Representation of motor skills in cortical networks (Dr Jörn Diedrichsen (University College London))

2013-01-17 15:30: Volition and Agency (Professor Patrick Haggard  (University College London))

2013-01-24 15:30: Is specific language impairment a procedural learning deficit?  (Professor Dorothy Bishop (University of Oxford))

2013-01-31 15:30: Studying action selection in frontoparietal motor networks with transcranial magnetic stimulation  (Professor Hartwig Siebner (Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre))

2013-02-14 15:30: Executive control and decision making in the human prefrontal cortex (Professor Étienne Koechlin (Hopital de la Salpetriere, Paris))

2013-02-21 15:30: Large-scale high-density electrocorticography reveals distinct synchronization networks and their cognitive functions  (Professor Pascal Fries (Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society))

2013-02-28 15:30: Neurocognitive and social-affective development in adolescence (Professor Eveline Crone (University of Leiden))

2013-03-07 15:30: Adaptive constructive processes and the future of memory  (Professor Daniel Schacter (Harvard University, USA))

2013-03-14 15:30: Neuroimaging of ADHD: disorder-specificity and medication effects (Professor Katya Rubia (King's College, London) )

2013-04-25 15:30: The role of the subthalamic nucleus in strategic decision-making: A model-based approach (Dr Birte Forstmann (University of Amsterdam))

2013-05-02 15:30: The role of the posterior lateral prefrontal cortex in cognitive control: From implementing instructions to cognitive flexibility (Professor Marcel Brass (University of Ghent))

2013-05-09 15:30: What can brain imaging tells us about psychology? (Professor Dick Passingham (University of Oxford))

2013-05-16 15:30: Heterogeneity in the biology of developmental disorders (Professor Sarah Durston (University of Utrecht))

2013-05-23 15:30: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of age-related changes in memory across the adult life span (Professor Lars Nyberg (Umeå Universit))

2013-05-30 15:30: MRI biomarkers for neurodegenerative brain diseases (Dr Julio Acosta-Cabronero (University of Cambridge))

2013-06-06 15:30: Sources of variation in developmental language disorders: Evidence from eye-tracking studies (Dr Courtenay Norbury (Royal Holloway, University of London))

2013-06-13 15:30: Cortical mechanisms of cognition: A view from direct brain recordings (Professor Bob Knight (University of California, Berkeley))

2013-10-10 15:30: Challenging the use of adult neuropsychological models for explaining neurodevelopmental disorders: Developed versus developing brains (Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith (Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London) )

2013-10-17 15:30: Don't believe everything you read in the papers... (Professor Marcus Munafo, University of Bristol)

2013-10-24 15:30: Neonatal hypoxia, hippocampal damage and episodic memory impairment: A causal sequence? (Professor Faraneh Vargha-Khadem (Institute of Child Health, London))

2013-10-31 15:30: Chickens and eggs: Separating cause and effect in drug addiction (Dr Karen Ersche, University of Cambridge  )

2013-11-07 15:30: Waiting and resting brain states in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke (University of Southampton) )

2013-11-21 15:30: Two cortical systems for memory-guided behaviour (Professor Charan Ranganath (Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis))

2013-11-28 15:30: Using the internet for psychological research and clinical trials (Professor Gerhard Andersson (Linköping University))

2013-12-05 15:30: A spectrum of sociability: Discussing social attention, social cognition and social behaviours in Williams syndrome and autism (Dr Debbie Riby (Durham University))

2014-01-16 15:30: Cortical specialisation for language and auditory processing in the congenitally-blind (anophthalmic) brain (Kate Watkins (University of Oxford))

2014-01-23 15:30: The neural basis of semantic cognition: Convergence of neuropsychology, fMRI, MEG and TMS (Beth Jefferies (University of York) )

2014-01-30 15:30: Brain control: new developments in neurofeedback and neuromodulation (David Linden (Cardiff University))

2014-02-06 15:30: How do antidepressants work? (Catherine Harmer (University of Oxford) )

2014-02-13 15:30: Chickens and eggs: Separating cause and effect in drug addiction (Karen Ersche, University of Cambridge)

2014-02-20 15:30: Rehearsal and the development of verbal short-term memory (Chris Jarrold (University of Bristol) )

2014-02-27 15:30: Hierarchical mechanisms of face processing  (Galit Yovel (Tel Aviv University) )

2014-03-06 15:30: Strategic offloading of prospective memory to the external environment (Sam Gilbert (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL))

2014-03-13 15:30: Subcortical contributions to cognition and behaviour: human imaging and lesion model evidence (Michael Hornberger (University of New South Wales, Australia) )

2014-04-24 15:30: From cortical inhibition and excitation to cognitive enhancement (Roi Cohen Kadosh (University of Oxford))

2014-05-01 15:30: Motor cortex and  perception - from speech to laughter (Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) )

2014-05-08 15:30: Life as we know it (Karl Friston (Institute of Neurology, University College London))

2014-05-15 15:30: Health economic evaluation: what can it do for me? (Sarah Byford)

2014-05-22 15:30: Antisocial behaviour in young people: Identifying risk pathways (Stephanie Van Goozen)

2014-05-29 15:30: Categorizing facial expressions of emotion with and without conscious awareness  (Marie Smith (Birkbeck))

2014-06-05 15:30: Working Memory: Mechanisms of training and development during childhood (Torkel Klingberg (Karolinksa Insitute, Sweden))

2014-10-09 15:30: Development, plasticity, and structure underlying auditory language understanding (Fred Dick (Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London))

2014-10-16 15:30: Exploring neural correlates of object formation in Auditory Cortex (Jennifer Bizley (Ear Institute, UCL))

2014-10-30 15:30: Developmental aspects of understanding speech in noisy backgrounds (Stuart Rosen (Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences, UCL))

2014-11-06 15:30: The neural mechanisms of top-down control during visual working memory (Eva Feredoes (School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading))

2014-11-13 15:30: The vocal brain: cerebral processing of voice information (Pascal Belin (Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone), Aix-Marseilles Université)

2014-11-20 15:30: Specificity of effects of early parent-infant interactions in the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology, and implications for intervention (Lynne Murray (School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading))

2014-11-27 15:30: The role of synchronized and desynchronized oscillations for episodic memory – Association vs information (Simon Hanslmayr (School of Psychology, University of Birmingham))

2014-12-04 15:30: Imagined pleasures: The cognitive psychology of desire (Jackie Andrade (Plymouth University, School of Psychology))

2015-01-15 15:30: Opportunities for Cognitive Neuroimaging at 7T  (David Norris (Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen)

2015-01-22 16:00: How do listeners use their past experience to improve access to word meanings? (Jennifer Rodd (Experimental Psychology, UCL) )

2015-01-29 15:30: How the brain exploits binaural hearing: more than just two bites of the cherry  (Alan Palmer (MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham) )

2015-02-05 15:30: Variability in visual processing between and within individuals (Sam Schwarzkopf (Experimental Psychology & ICN, UCL) )

2015-02-12 15:30: Neural mechanisms of spatial and episodic memory  (Neil Burgess (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience & Department of  Anatomy) )

2015-02-19 15:30: Circuit mechanisms of hippocampus-dependent memory (Ole Paulsen (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge) )

2015-02-26 15:30: Age-related and individual differences in the time-course and information content of early face brain activity  (Guillaume Rousselet (Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow) )

2015-03-05 15:30: Challenges and pitfalls in the application of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) (Andrea Antal (Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Göttingen University Medical School, Germany) )

2015-03-12 15:30: Online and offline human brain mapping with intracranial EEG (Jean-Philippe Lachaux (French National Health Research Institute (INSERM), Lyon) )

2015-04-23 15:30: The functional role of local and large-scale synchronization in human cognition (Satu Palva (Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki))

2015-04-30 15:30: Adaptive computations for flexible cognition in the human brain  (Zoe Kourtzi (Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge))

2015-05-07 15:30: Heuristics of control: Habitization, fragmentation, memoization and pruning  (Peter Dayan (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UCL) )

2015-05-14 15:30: JASP: Bayesian hypothesis testing without tears  (Eric-Jan Wagenmakers (Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam))

2015-05-21 15:30: Temporal dynamics of post-retrieval amnesia for learned fear  (Merel Kindt (Department of Psychology, Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Center, University of Amsterdam))

2015-05-28 15:30: Cognition and the ventral visual-perirhinal-hippocampal stream: Thinking outside of the boxes  (Lisa Saksida (Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge))

2015-06-04 15:30: Fast transient brain states  (Mark Woolrich (Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, University of Oxford) )

2015-06-11 15:30: Pitch perception: New approaches to classic questions  (Andrew Oxenham (Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota))

2015-10-15 15:30: Emotion recognition without awareness and visual cortex: functional and anatomical mechanisms (Marco Tamietto, Dept of Psychology, University of Torino, Italy)

2015-11-05 15:30: Neural systems for navigation (Hugo Spiers, Dept of Experimental Psychology, UCL)

2015-11-12 15:30: The integrative self (Glyn Humphreys, Psychology, Oxford)

2015-11-19 15:30: The Dyslexia Debate (Joe Elliott, Durham)

2015-11-26 15:30: Drink, Drugs and Disasters: Disrupting reconsolidation to treat addiction and PTSD (Amy Milton, Dept of Psychology, Cambridge)

2016-01-14 15:30: Human brain networks from functional MRI (Professor Ed Bullmore, Head of Dept Psychiatry, Cambridge)

2016-01-21 15:30: How does attentional control matter? Mechanisms and developmental dynamics (Professor Gaia Scerif, Department of Educational Psychology, Oxford)

2016-01-28 15:30: Learning and processing abstract concepts: The role of emotion and the role of language (Professor Gabriella Vigliocco, Director, Language and Cognition Laboratory, UCL)

2016-02-04 15:30: Size Matters: targetting non - conscious processes to reduce food and drink consumption (Prof Theresa Marteau, Director of Behaviour and Health Research unit, University of Cambridge)

2016-02-11 15:30: Human neuroscience in the wild (Dr Aldo Faisal, Department of Neurotechnology, Imperial)

2016-02-25 15:30: The economic utility signal of dopamine neurons (Dr Wolfram Schulz, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, BCNI, Cambridge)

2016-03-03 15:30: The brain on stress - Mechanisms underlying increases risk to develop psychopathologies (Professor Carmen Sandi, Director of the Laboratory of Behavioural Genetics, Brain and Mind Institute, EPFL, Lausanne)

2016-03-10 15:30: The relationship between speechreading and reading in deaf children: outcomes from an RCT (Dr Mairead MacSweeney, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL)

2016-04-07 15:30: Investigating effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on hearing and auditory streaming (Dr Lars Riecke, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht, The Netherlands)

2016-04-07 15:30: Investigating effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on hearing and auditory streaming (Dr Lars Riecke, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht, The Netherlands)

2016-04-28 15:30: Motivated visual cognition: How rewards affect visual attention and memory (Professor Jane Raymond, School of Psychology, Birmingham)

2016-05-05 15:30: Is depression caused by a hyperactive habenula? (Professor John Rosier, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL)

2016-05-12 15:30: Helping the police with their enquiries (Professor Vicki Bruce, School of Psychology, Newcastle)

2016-05-19 15:30: Motivated rejection of (climate) science: causes, tools and effects (Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, School of Experimental Psychology, Bristol)

2016-06-09 15:30: The future of fMRI in cognitive neuroscience   (Professor Russell Poldrack, Department of Psychology, Stanford)

2016-06-16 15:30: Explorations in structural and functional compensation: Examples from aphasia and dyslexia (Dr Anna Woollams, University of Manchester)

2016-10-06 15:30: Improving access to treatments for childhood anxiety disorders (Cathy Creswell, University of Reading)

2016-10-13 15:30: Adaptive memory and its temporal dynamics (Maria Wimber, Birmingham University)

2016-10-20 15:30: Single neuron evidence of model-based and model-free reinforcement learning (Steve Kennerley, UCL)

2016-11-03 15:30: Storing and updating models of the world for behavioural control (Tim Behrens, Oxford)

2016-11-10 15:30: Intelligent hearing tests using Gaussian Processes (Richard Turner, Cambridge)

2016-11-17 15:30: How attention and sound quality affect how well we understand and remember speech    (Ingrid Johnsrude, University of Western Ontario)

2016-11-24 15:30: Are we any closer to understanding and treating tinnitus? (David Baguley, University of Nottingham)

2016-12-01 15:30: On sensing what is not there (Andrew Welchman, Cambridge)

2017-01-26 15:30: Richness of the human connectome: linking micro and macro connectivity (Martijn van den Heuvel (Utrecht))

2017-01-26 15:30: Functional neurological disorders, cognition and mild traumatic brain injury (Alan Carson (Edinburgh))

2017-01-26 15:30: Functional neurological disorders, cognition and mild traumatic brain injury (Alan Carson (Edinburgh))

2017-02-02 15:30: Functional neurological disorders, cognition and mild traumatic brain injury (Alan Carson (Edinburgh))

2017-02-02 15:30: Vision, decision and navigation in mouse parietal cortex (Matteo Carandini (UCL))

2017-02-09 15:30: Vision, decision and navigation in mouse parietal cortex (Matteo Carandini (UCL))

2017-02-09 15:30: Confidence and adaptive decision making (Nick Yeung (Oxford))

2017-02-23 15:30: Perspective taking during language comprehension (Shirley-Ann Rueschmeyer (York))

2017-03-02 15:30: Can neurocognitive findings inform our understanding of disruptive behavior and what to do with it? (Essi Viding (UCL))

2017-03-02 15:30: Can neurocognitive findings inform our understanding of disruptive behavior and what to do with it? (Essi Viding (UCL))

2017-03-02 15:30: Can neurocognitive findings inform our understanding of disruptive behavior and what to do with it? (Essi Viding (UCL))

2017-03-09 15:30: Social brain development in adolescence (Sarah Jane Blakemore (UCL))

2017-03-09 15:30: Social brain development in adolescence (Sarah Jane Blakemore (UCL))

2017-03-16 15:30: Social cognition in frontal lobe dysfunction (Facundo Manes (INECO, Buenos Aires))

2017-03-16 15:30: Social cognition in frontal lobe dysfunction (Facundo Manes (INECO, Buenos Aires))

2017-03-16 15:30: Social cognition in frontal lobe dysfunction (Facundo Manes (INECO, Buenos Aires))

2017-04-27 15:30: Seeing and imitating: Neural and cognitive mechanisms of gaze and social interaction (Antonia Hamilton (UCL))

2017-05-04 15:30: I think, therefore I am: A combined cognitive-learning approach to adolescent anxiety, aches and pains. (Jennifer Lau (KCL))

2017-05-11 15:30: CANCELLED: The problem of working memory: How does the brain keep information in mind? (Mark Stokes (Oxford))

2017-05-18 15:30: Imaging and stimulating adaptive brain plasticity (Heidi Johansen-Berg (Oxford))

2017-05-25 15:30: Multisensory integration in the cortical hierarchy  (Uta Noppeney (University of Birmingham))

2017-06-08 15:30: Neuroimaging of the emergence of cognition in infants and its clinical applications (Rhodri Cusack (Trinity College, Dublin))

2017-06-15 15:30: The typical and atypical development of the human social brain (Mark Johnson (UoC))

2017-06-22 15:30: Building a sense of direction – from perception to cognition (Kate Jeffrey (UCL))

2017-10-05 15:30: Differentiation, compensation and cognitive reserve in ageing (Rik Henson (MRC CBU))

2017-10-12 15:30: Perspective taking during communication (Shirley-Ann Rueschemeyer (U. of York))

2017-10-19 15:30: How memory guides value-based decisions (Daphna Shohamy (U. of Columbia))

2017-10-26 15:30: Suppressing unwanted visual and emotional content of memory: role in mental health (Pierre Gagnepain (U. of Normandie))

2017-11-02 15:30: Stress, genes and memory: from basic research to clinical implications  (Dominique deQuervain (U. of Basel))

2017-11-09 15:30: The brain isn't porridge  (Dick Passingham (U. of Oxford))

2017-11-16 15:30: Translational studies of entorhinal cortex and hippocampal function in Alzheimer’s disease (Dennis Chan (U. of Cambridge))

2017-11-23 15:30: The surprising subtleties of changing emotional memory (Merel Kindt (U. of Amsterdam) )

2017-11-30 15:30: Testing your memory: The many consequences of retrieval on long-term learning and retention (David Shanks (UCL))

2018-01-25 15:30: Towards large-scale analyses of genes, brains and language (Prof Simon Fisher (Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen))

2018-02-01 15:30: Imaging in an era of multi-scale neuroscience: challenges and opportunities  (Karla Miller (U. of Oxford))

2018-02-08 15:30: Attentional episodes and cognitive control (John Duncan (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU))

2018-02-15 15:30: How language variation contributes to reading difficulties and “achievement gaps” (Mark Seidenberg (U. of Wisconsin-Madison))

2018-02-22 15:30: Finding meaning in English writing (Kathy Rastle (Royal Holloway))

2018-03-01 15:30: CANCELLED: The cognitive neuroscience of antidepressant drug action (Catherine Harmer (U. of Oxford))

2018-03-08 15:30: The persistence and transience of memory (Paul Frankland (U. of Toronto))

2018-03-15 15:30: Neurodevelopment disorders of genetic origin – what can we learn?  (Kate Baker (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU))

2018-05-03 15:30: What is sleep’s contribution to the language system?  (Gareth Gaskell (U. of York))

2018-05-10 15:30: Title TBC (Speaker TBC)

2018-05-17 15:30: Remembering complex events (Chris Bird (U. of Sussex))

2018-05-24 15:30: Why are we so bad at face recognition? (Mike Burton (U. of York))

2018-05-31 15:30: The structure and function of visual working memory  (Paul Bays (U. of Cambridge, Dept of Psychology))

2018-06-07 15:30: The neural bases of declarative memory and primary using studies of brain damaged patients (Daniela Montaldi (U. of Manchester) )

2018-06-14 15:30: Concept learning as compression (Bradley Love (UCL))

2018-10-04 15:30: The cognitive, computational and neural bases of semantic representation and its disorders  (Matt Lambon Ralph (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge))

2018-10-11 15:30: Lifestyle factors and cognitive ageing: From observation to intervention  (Alan Gow (Heriot-Watt University))

2018-10-18 15:30: Processing Multi-Constituent Units during Reading: Non-alphabetic languages, word segmentation, and serialism and parallelism in oculomotor control (Simon Liversedge (University of Central Lancashire))

2018-10-25 15:30: Interference and memory capacity limitations (Ansgar Endress (City University))

2018-11-08 15:30: 'The architecture of the semantic network' and 'From pixels to semantics - machine learning as a key to understanding the dynamic computations along the human ventral stream' (Becky Jackson and Tim Kietzmann (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge))

2018-11-15 15:30: Dynamic network reconstruction of human decision making and learning via     EEG-fMRI fusion (Marios Philiastides (University of Glasgow))

2018-11-22 15:30: A Bayesian approach to internal models (Mate Lengyel (Dept of Engineering, U. of Cambridge))

2018-11-29 15:30: Brain mechanisms of flexible cognitive control (Alexandra Woolgar (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge))

2019-01-17 16:00: The Cambridge NeuralNET”: Investigating origins of brain and mental health (David Rowitch (Dept of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge))

2019-01-24 15:30: Castles built on sand: can we trust non-invasive brain stimulation techniques? (John Rothwell (UCL))

2019-01-31 15:30: The Eye’s Mind – perspectives on visual imagery (Adam Zeman (University of Exeter))

2019-02-07 15:30: Shattered lives: Understanding and treating post traumatic stress in children and adolescents (Tim Dalgleish (MRC CBU, U.of Cambridge))

2019-02-14 15:30: Ecological Language: A multimodal approach to language learning and processing  (Gabriella Vigliocco (UCL))

2019-02-21 15:30: Understanding mechanisms of anxiety: combining experimental psychology and genomics (Thalia Eley (Kings College London))

2019-02-28 15:30: The neural fingerprints of a missing hand: from phantoms to artificial limbs (Tamar Makin (UCL))

2019-03-07 15:30: Cognitive training works: what are the mechanisms and why are so many experimental psychologists opposed? (Ian Robertson (Trinity College Dublin) )

2019-03-14 15:30: Far beyond the back of the brain (Peter Hagoort (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour) )

2019-04-25 15:30: Learning to read words: from novice to expert (Kate Nation (University of Oxford))

2019-05-02 15:30: Reinforcement learning in AI systems and in the brain (Matt Botvinick (DeepMind and Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London))

2019-05-09 15:30: Getting the gist: memory confusability in young and older people  (Alexa Morcom )

2019-05-16 15:30: Heart-brain interactions in emotion and memory (Sarah Garfinkel (University of Sussex))

2019-05-23 15:30: The emergence of cognitive ability in childhood (Rogier Kievit, MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge))

2019-05-30 15:30: Modeling the N400 brain potential as change in a probabilistic representation of meaning (Milena Rabovsky (Freie University, Berlin))

2019-06-06 15:30: Computational neuropsychiatry: perception, prediction and learning (Rebecca Lawson (Dept of Psychology, Cambridge))

2019-06-13 15:30: Sleep and vocabulary consolidation: Perspectives from typical and atypical development and sleep deprived teens (Lisa-Marie Henderson (University of York))

2019-10-10 15:30: Using narratives to understand human conscious experience (Lorina Naci (Trinity College, Dublin))

2019-10-17 15:30: The perceptual prediction paradox (Clare Press (U. of London, Dept of Psychology Sciences))

2019-10-24 15:30: A mathematical theory of semantic development in deep neural networks (Andrew Saxe (U. of Oxford, Dept of Experimental Psychology) )

2019-10-31 15:30: The anatomo-functional role of the subthalamic nucleus in strategic decision making (Birte Forstmann (U. of Amsterdam))

2019-11-07 15:30: Frontotemporal dementia – challenges, opportunities, progress (James Rowe (U.of Cambridge, MRC CBU))

2019-11-14 15:30: Neurocognitive psychometrics of intelligence (Anna-Lena Schubert (U. of Heidelberg))

2019-11-21 15:30: Chemistry of the adaptive mind: on dopamine and mental work (Roshan Cools (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour))

2019-11-28 15:30: Mechanisms of remembering: separation, replay, and integration in the human brain (Anthony Wagner (Stanford University))

2020-01-16 15:30:  What accounts for the emergence and persistence of widespread false beliefs? (Tim Rogers (Dept. of Psychology, U. of Wisconsin-Madison))

2020-01-23 15:30: Combining brain mapping with machine-learning on individual differences (Simon Eickhoff (Institute of Systems Neuroscience, U. of Dusseldorf))

2020-01-30 15:30: Non invasive deep brain stimulation via temporally interfering electric fields (Nir Grossman (Dept. of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London))

2020-02-06 15:30: Attention, perception, and neural response: testing the limits (Nilli Lavie (Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL))

2020-02-13 15:30: How listeners track the changing statistics of rapidly unfolding auditory scenes – evidence from brain imaging and pupillometry (Maria Chait (The Ear Institute, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL))

2020-02-27 15:30: The neural basis of flexible semantic retrieval (Beth Jefferies (Dept. of Psychology, U. of York))

2020-03-05 15:30: Translating basic science on autobiographical memory to improved clinical practice  (Caitlin Hitchcock (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge))

2020-03-12 15:30: Predictive oscillations in speech perception  (Matt Davis (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge))

2020-10-08 14:00: Adolescent brain development as a window of social-affective opportunities (Eveline Crone (Leiden University))

2020-10-15 14:00: Flexible redistribution in the language network (Dr. Gesa Hartwigsen (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences))

2020-10-22 14:00: How do our brains form maps of the world? (Alexandra Constantinescu (University College London))

2020-11-05 14:00: Category selectivity in the ventral visual pathway: Computational models and developmental origins (Nancy Kanwisher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) )

2020-11-12 14:00: Cognitive control networks involved in different kinds of listening  (Barbara Shinn-Cunningham (Carnegie Mellon University))

2020-11-19 14:00: Cognitive neuroscience in the era of Big Data: Lessons learned from the    Adolescent Cognition Brain Development Study (Damien Fair (University of Minnesota))

2020-11-26 14:00: The interpersonal function of emotional expressions (Julie Grezes (Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitive & Computationnelles))

2020-12-03 14:00: Working Memory 2.0 (Earl Miller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology))

2021-01-21 14:00: Early adversity, brain development, and risk/resilience for mental health across development (Deanna Barch (Washington University, St. Louis))

2021-01-28 16:00: Pushing the boundaries of episodic memory: Representation and segmentation of naturalistic events by cortico-hippocampal networks (Charan Ranganath (University of California, Davis))

2021-02-04 14:00: The human language system in the mind and brain (Evelina Fedorenko (Massachusetts Institute of Technology))

2021-02-11 14:00: A data-driven approach to advancing cognitive neuroscience (Kendrick Kay (University of Minnesota))

2021-02-25 14:00: Imaginative reinforcement learning (Sam Gershman (Harvard University))

2021-03-04 16:00: Neuroscience informed treatments for anxiety and depression (Michelle Craske (UCLA))

2021-03-11 14:00: Mesoscale fMRI and electrophysiology in human visual cortex (Dora Hermes (Mayo Clinic, Minnesota))

2021-03-18 14:00: The role of content-free pointers in online visual memory (Ed Awh (University of Chicago))

2021-04-29 12:00: Physiology and pathology of the higher brain function: insights from intracranial EEG recordings (Riki Matsumoto (Kobe University) )

2021-05-06 14:00: The geometry of neural representations in artificial and biological neural networks (Stefano Fusi (Columbia University))

2021-05-13 14:00: Reasoning: neural underpinnings, development, and plasticity (Silvia Bunge (UC Berkeley))

2021-05-20 14:00: How hippocampal memory shapes, and is shaped by, attention (Mariam Aly (Columbia University))

2021-05-27 14:00: Carving the world into useful task representations (Yael Niv (Princeton University))

2021-06-10 14:00: A computational approach to understanding motivational symptoms in depression (Jonathan Roiser (UCL))

2021-06-17 14:00: Next-generation atlases of the human brain – how relevant for cognitive research? (Katrin Amunts (Dusseldorf University))

2021-10-07 14:00: The function of spontaneous brain activity (Maurizio Corbetta (University of Padua))

2021-10-21 14:00: Neural dynamics of working memory (Tim Buschman (Princeton University))

2021-11-04 14:00: Prosocial motivation, learning and intentions: age-related changes and neural mechanisms (Patricia Lockwood (University of Birmingham))

2021-11-11 14:00: The neural correlates of ongoing conscious thought (Jonathan Smallwood (Queen’s University))

2021-11-18 14:00: Post-encoding persistence of encoding states strengthens individual memories, reorganizes those experiences based on shared features and biases the fate of new memories (Lila Davachi (Columbia University))

2021-11-25 14:00: Stimulating the brain with sound: low intensity ultrasound for neuromodulation (Chris Butler (Imperial College London/University of Oxford))

2021-12-02 14:00: New models of human hearing via machine learning (Josh McDermott (MIT))

2021-12-09 14:00: How do signals from the body shape our actions (and our inactions)? Plus, a discussion on how we can green neuroscience (Charlotte Rae (University of Sussex))

2022-01-20 14:00: Neural dynamics of working memory  (Timothy Buschman (Princeton University) )

2022-01-27 14:00: The neural correlates of ongoing conscious thought  (Jonathan Smallwood (Queen’s University) )

2022-02-03 14:00: Neural dynamics of natural speech perception via natural language processing (nlp) models (Hyojin Park (University of Birmingham)   )

2022-02-10 14:00: Perceiving and representing voice identity: effects of taker variability and listener familiarity (Carolyn McGettigan (UCL) )

2022-02-24 16:00: Brain dynamics and flexible behaviors (Lucina Uddin (UCLA) )

2022-03-03 14:00: Prosocial motivation, learning and intentions: age-related changes and neural mechanisms  (Patricia Lockwood (University of Birmingham) )

2022-03-17 14:00: Remembering the mammillary bodies: the importance of wider networks for memory (Seralynne Vann (Cardiff University))

2022-04-28 16:00: Learning representations of specifics and generalities over time (Anna Schapiro (University of Pennsylvania) )

2022-05-05 14:00: Predicting language outcome and recovery after stroke (PLORAS) (Cathy Price (UCL))

2022-05-26 14:00: Episodic Memory: Some stimulating findings (Joel Voss (University of Chicago) )

2022-06-09 14:00: Cortical (beta) dynamics of movement control (Sven Bestmann (UCL))

2022-06-29 12:30: Exploring the role of the human cerebellum across functional domains (Jorn Diedrichsen (University of Western Ontario))

2022-06-30 14:00: Blurring boundaries: Aging and memory for movies (Karen Campbell (Brock University))

2022-10-06 14:00: Tidying up working memory (Jarrod Lewis-Peacock (University of Texas at Austin))

2022-10-13 14:00: Multimodal imaging and stimulation approaches to study motor learning (Charlotte Stagg (University of Oxford))

2022-10-20 14:00: Neurocomputational basis of anxiety (Oliver Robinson (UCL))

2022-11-03 14:00: Ultrasound for the brain: new tools for reading and writing in the neural circuits (Charlie Demene (ESPCI Paris))

2022-11-10 14:00: Neural and cognitive architectures for human metacognition (Steve Fleming (UCL))

2022-11-17 14:00: Talk title tbc (Ida Momennejad (Microsoft Research))

2022-11-24 14:00: The neurobehavioural basis of compulsivity (Trevor Robbins (Psychology Dept, UoC))

2022-12-01 16:00: Against brain reorganisation. Perspectives from individuals with congenital and acquired hand loss (Tamar Makin (MRC CBU))

2023-01-19 14:00: Neuronal signals for multi-component choice options in orbitofrontal cortex (Wolfram Schultz (PDN, U. of Cambridge))

2023-01-26 14:00: Amygdala and PFC encode different associative structures and their connectivity helps predict subclinical variation in mental well-being (Miriam Klein-Flugge (U. of Oxford))

2023-02-02 14:00: Towards a recipe for physical reasoning in humans and machines (Kelsey Allen (Deep Mind))

2023-02-09 14:00: Neuronal computation underlying inferential reasoning in humans and mice (Helen Barron (U. of Oxford))

2023-02-23 14:00: Changes in the functional organisation of somatosensory cortex following surgical repair of the major nerves of the hand (Ken Valyear (Bangor University))

2023-03-02 14:00: Hierarchical processing across dual stream architecture in the primate cortex (Henry Kennedy (U. of Lyon/INSERM) )

2023-03-16 15:30: “The role of the human insula in decision and response monitoring during working memory revealed by iEEG” and "Gender bias in academia: time for action” (Anais Llorens (UC Berkeley)  )

2023-03-23 14:00: Somatosensory participation in human motor learning (David Ostry (McGill University) )

2023-04-27 14:00: Neural mechanisms and individual differences in the removal of information from     working memory (Marie Banich (U, of Colorado Boulde))

2023-05-04 14:00: Our Realms of Existence: An exploration of the biology and psychology of life     (Joseph Ledoux (New York University) )

2023-05-11 14:00: The iMAGine study: investigating motivational abnormalities guiding self-harm behaviour (Martina Di Simplicio (Imperial College London))

2023-05-18 14:00: Cognitive and neural mechanisms of intentional forgetting  (Lili Sahakyan (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign))

2023-05-25 14:00: Improving mental health by training the suppression of unwanted thoughts  (Mike Anderson (MRC CBU))

2023-06-08 14:00: Human medial temporal theta oscillations in learned fear and schizophrenia (Dan Bush (UCL)	)

2023-06-15 14:00: Crossing the divide: Promoting confidence in contact in a diverse world (Rhiannon Turner (Queen's University Belfast))

2023-06-22 14:00: Recovery from aphasia after stroke – from network to therapy (Dorothee Saur (Max Planck Institute/ U. of Leipzig) )

2023-10-05 14:00: Importance of studying cognitive ageing in everyday life: Findings from diary studies of everyday memory failures (Lia Kvavilashvili (U. of Hertfordshire) )

2023-10-12 14:00: When language typology meets dementia (Boon Lead Tee (UCSF) )

2023-10-19 14:00: How does the brain generate movement? A neural population view (Juan Alvaro Gallego (Imperial College))

2023-11-02 14:00: A mechanism for the flexibility of prefrontal cortex  (Sanjay Manohar (U. of Oxford))

2023-11-09 14:00: Neural mechanisms of domain-general inhibitory control (Jan Wessel (U. of Iowa)   (Joint Chaucer-Zangwill talk) )

2023-11-16 14:00: Joint Hypermobility: insights from bench to bedside (Jessica Eccles (Brighton and Sussex Medical School))

2023-11-23 14:00: Cognitive-computational mechanisms in psychotherapy (Quentin Huys (UCL))

2023-11-30 14:00: Disruptive behaviour disorders: The poor cousin of children and young people’s mental health research (Essi Viding (UCL) )

2023-12-07 14:00: Challenges and future directions in cochlear implants (Ruth Litovsky (U. of Wisconsin – Madison))

2023-12-12 12:45: The effort paradox: Why labour is loathed and loved  (Michael Inzlicht (U. of Toronto))

2023-12-12 14:00: The entangled brain: Integration of emotion, motivation, and cognition (Dr Luiz Pessoa (U. of Maryland))

2024-01-18 14:00: Developmental brain plasticity: a few insights from stroke and epilepsy in children (Torsten Baldeweg (UCL))

2024-01-25 14:00: The finger of blame in depression and the brain (Roland Zahn (KCL))

2024-02-01 14:00: Towards early identification and prevention of child mental health problems (Anna Moore (UoC, Dept of Psychiatry) )

2024-02-08 14:00: Cognitive mechanisms of antidepressant drug action; from established treatments to novel developments (Cath Harmer (U. of Oxford) )

2024-02-22 14:00: Mind Hacking – How magicians exploit psychological biases and limitations (Gustav Kuhn (U. of Plymouth))

2024-02-29 14:00: Consolidation of memory and model-based planning  (Neil Burgess (UCL)

2024-03-07 14:00: Restoring communication with intracortical brain-computer interfaces (Jaimie Henderson (Stanford University))

2024-03-14 14:00: Stimulating speech: auditory-motor interactions during perception and production (Kate Watkins (U. of Oxford) )

2024-04-25 14:00: Early phase neuroplasticity induced by transcranial ultrasound stimulation (Elsa Fouragnan (U. of Plymouth))

2024-05-02 14:00: Paranoia: My life understanding and treating extreme mistrust (Dan Freeman (U. of Oxford))

2024-05-09 14:00: Learning and memory in developmental amnesia  (Rachael Elward (London South Bank University))

2024-05-16 14:00: Sleep to forget unwanted memories (Scott Cairney (U. of York))

2024-05-23 14:00: How does the human brain recognize faces? (Bruno Rossion (U. of Lorraine))

2024-05-30 14:00: The problem with mental health awareness (Lucy Foulkes (U. of Oxford))

2024-06-03 15:00: The evolution of Alzheimer’s disease in the aging brain (Bill Jagust (UC Berkeley))

2024-06-06 14:00: The role of reward in language learning (Saloni Krishnan (Royal Holloway))

2024-10-10 14:00: Integrating approaches to semantic memory and cognitive control (Tim Rogers (Madison-Wisconsin/ MRC CBU) )

2024-10-17 14:00: The remembering and forgetting of complex episodic events (Adrian Horner (U. of York) )

2024-10-24 14:00: Outsourcing cognition to the external environment: Cognitive offloading, value-based decision making, and metacognition (Sam Gilbert (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience))

2024-10-31 14:00: Balancing predictive and reactive control in next generation bioelectronic systems: towards “circadian-aware” neuromodulation for neurological conditions (Tim Denison (U. of Oxford))

2024-11-07 14:00: Gradients of thalamocortical connectivity (Dr Stuart Oldham (Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Monash University))

2024-11-14 14:00: Be still my churning stomach: The function and development of neurogastric interactions in the emotion of disgust (Edwin Dalmaijer (U. of Bristol))

2024-11-21 14:00: Reactivation in the human brain connects the past with the present (Avital Hahamy (University College London)	)

2024-11-28 14:00: Special seminar: Topics on diversity, equality and inclusion in Neuroscience - Cryptocolonial psychology: Echoes of the past that shape cognitive research today (Akira O’Connor (University of St Andrews) )

2024-12-05 14:00: Efficient coding of a complex goal-directed behaviour in mouse medial frontal cortex (Thomas Akam (U. of Oxford) )

2025-01-16 14:00: Cognitive-Motor Borderlands (Sam McDougle (Yale University))

2025-01-23 14:00: Cognitive influences on speech perception in noisy environments (Emma Holmes (UCL))

2025-01-30 14:00: Brain and cognitive impairments in people with a new diagnosis of epilepsy (Simon Keller (U. of Liverpool))

2025-02-06 14:00: Neural dynamics of an extended frontal lobe network in goal-subgoal problem solving (John Duncan (MRC CBU))

2025-02-13 14:00: Neuroplasticity in visual development, deprivation, and sight rescue (Tessa Dekker (UCL))

2025-02-27 14:00: Why do some people remain cognitively able in old age? Investigating Cognitive Reserve in the CamCAN sample (Rik Henson (MRC CBU U.of Cambridge))

2025-03-06 14:00: Psychiatric disorders, dimensions, hierarchies, states or traits? How can we determine the right ontology for research and practice? (Claire Gillan (Trinity College Dublin) )

2025-03-13 14:00: A neural basis for distinguishing imagination and reality in the human brain (Nadine Dijkstra (UCL))

2025-03-20 14:00: Who is this? Forming first impressions from voices (Nadine Lavan (Queen Mary U. of London))

2025-05-01 14:00: From survival in the wild to music enjoyment - how the human brain discovers structure in sound sequences (Maria Chait (UCL))

2025-05-08 14:00: The human sense of smell: From hunter-gatherers to wine experts (Asifa Majid (U. of Oxford) )

2025-05-15 14:00: Dissecting the neural control of skilled movements (Katja Kornysheva (U. of Birmingham) )

2025-05-22 14:00: A computational perspective on causal interventions in psychiatry (Lilian Weber (U. of Oxford))

2025-06-05 14:00: From anatomy to systems: Charting the language connectome (Stephanie Forkel (Donders Institute))

2025-06-12 14:00: Rethinking the sensory-deprived brain: How sensory deprivation improved our vision on brain function (Emiliano Ricciardi (U. of Pisa)

2025-06-19 14:00: Insights into mental health disorders from genetics and immunology (Mary-Ellen Lynall (U. of Cambridge, Psychiatry Dept.)  )

2025-09-02 14:00: Attention under challenge: Addressing the consequences of modern environments (Anina Rich (Macquarie University, Sydney))

2025-10-09 14:00: Neural and computational mechanisms of conscious visual perception in     humans (Biyu He (NYU) )

2025-10-16 14:00: Towards realistic and understandable models of human speech processing (Jim Magnuson (U. of Connecticut and BCBL))

2025-10-23 14:00: Grasping the invisible: Multidimensional meanings for abstract concepts (Penny Pexman (Western University, Canada) )

2025-11-06 14:00: A meeting of minds: Modulating mentalizing in autism (Sarah White (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL))

2025-11-13 14:00: How would I feel tomorrow: Towards a computational understanding of subjective pain    experiences (Deborah Talmi (U. of Cambridge) )

2025-11-20 14:00: Building efficient & useful knowledge systems (Tali Sharot (University College London)	)

2025-11-27 14:00: The neurocognition of dance (Guido Orgs (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL) )

2025-12-04 14:00: Reconnecting with the body: Repairing interoception in physical illness and mental health (Lauren Heathcote (Kings College London) )

2026-01-22 14:00:  Scales of injustice: Why a balance metaphor can be misleading when weighing evidence (David Lagnado, UCL)

2026-01-29 14:00: Correcting misconceptions and shaping preferences about energy sources with reinforcement learning (Stefano Palminteri, Ecole Normale Superieure)

2026-02-05 14:00: Exploring high-level cognition through large language models (Ariel Goldstein, U. of Cambridge)

2026-02-12 14:00: Understanding, predicting and reducing dementia risk: insights from the heart and brain (Sana Suri, U. of Oxford)

2026-02-26 14:00: Translational psychological science for youth mental health (Tim Dalgleish, U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU)

2026-03-05 14:00: Verbal suggestion and the modulation of perception: Implications for psychological science, psychopathology, and psychedelics (Devin Terhune, KCL)

2026-03-12 14:00: Building Word Meanings from Memories and Predictions (Jenni Rodd, UCL)

2026-03-19 14:00: The neural circuit underlying perceptual predictions (Peter Kok, UCL)