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SUMMARY:Behavioral\, Neuropsychological\, and Computational Perspectives o
 n Sensorimotor Learning - Jonathan Tsay - Incoming faculty at Carnegie Mel
 lon University's Department of Psychology and currently postdoc at the MRC
  Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge
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CONTACT:Samuel Eckmann
DESCRIPTION:Humans are remarkably adept at learning to use their bodies in
  a coordinated manner. Understanding how we acquire\, adapt\, and retain m
 otor skills is one of the principal goals of cognitive neuroscience\, and 
 remains a defining challenge for robotics and clinical rehabilitation. Whi
 le it is well established that sensorimotor learning entails multiple impl
 icit and explicit processes\, the underlying computations and neural subst
 rates governing these processes remain poorly understood. Drawing on my re
 search ranging from fine-grain sensorimotor psychophysics to large-scale c
 rowdsourced datasets\, I will highlight core neuropsychological constraint
 s and novel computational insights into sensorimotor learning. This body o
 f work offers a fresh perspective regarding the cerebellum’s role in cog
 nition and action\, and has motivated a new hypothesis concerning how the 
 cerebellum coordinates both our physical and mental kinematics.
LOCATION:CBL Seminar Room\, Engineering Department\, 4th floor Baker build
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