The Department of Cognitive Sciences Colloquia Series presents

“Neural Correlates of Auditory Cognition: Features, Categories and Decisions”
with Yale Cohen, Associate Professor, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, Neuroscience, and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Language Science, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Center for Hearing Research.

The School of Social Sciences Anechoic Facility opened in fall 2011 as a shared school resource for use by all faculty who have an interest in auditory research. The facility includes a large (12.5′x12.5′x7′ interior) acoustically isolated RF-shielded chamber for free-field research and a second smaller RF-shielded steel booth for research using headphones.

The Department of Cognitive Sciences, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Center for Hearing Research, and Center for Language Science present

"Perceiving Actions and Understanding Language"
with Steven L. Small, Ph.D., M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology; Professor, Cognitive Sciences; Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior; University of California, Irvine

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG), Room 1517

From the OC Register:

In 2008, UCI cognitive science professors Mike D’Zmura, Ramesh Srinivasan, Gregory Hickok and Kourosh Saberi were awarded $4 million from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program to develop a communication system that would use thought rather than voice to communicate.

It can be heart wrenching to watch a loved one grasp for words to explain what they are thinking but literally can’t say due to stroke-induced brain damage known as conduction aphasia.

UCI cognitive neuroscientists Gregory Hickok and Kourosh Saberi have received a five year, $2,169,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the organizational make-up and role of the planum temporale (PT), a region of the brain recent studies suggest may have links to autism, schizophrenia and stroke induced aphasia. The small area of the brain has also been linked to spatial hearing, lip reading skills and musical abilities.