BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The promises and challenges of using transcranial current stimulat ion to modulate social perception - Dr Michael Banissy - Reader in Psychol ogy\, Head of Research at Goldsmiths\, University of London DTSTART:20170213T130000Z DTEND:20170213T140000Z UID:TALK70396@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Lorraine Coulson DESCRIPTION:Our ability to successfully perceive and use social signals is a critical feature of our everyday lives. Difficulties in perceiving soci al cues contribute to deficits in communication and social competence\, re duced quality of life\, and social isolation. Given this\, techniques that enhance social perception could be valuable. One approach that has been shown to be a useful tool to facilitate a variety of cognitive and percept ual abilities is transcranial electrical current stimulation (e.g. transcr anial direct current stimulation\, transcranial random noise stimulation\, transcranial alternating current stimulation). While commonly employed i n non-social domains (e.g. numerical cognition\, motor learning)\, fewer s tudies have examined the utility of this approach for modulating the perce ption of social information. In this talk\, I will describe a series of st udies using transcranial electrical current stimulation in order to examin e neural processes that are crucial to specific social perception abilitie s\, and whether we can use brain stimulation to aid the processing of soci al cues. The talk will include studies examining facial identity and emoti on perception\, and examinig affective state modulation following transcra nial electrical current stimulation. I will discuss the promises and chall enges of using transcranial electrical current stimulation to modulate soc ial perception abilities in different groups (younger and older typical ad ults and atypical adults). LOCATION:Kenneth Craik Room\, Craik Marshall Building\, Downing Site\, Cam bridge END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR