Week of Events
4C the Future: Consciousness
Join UCI Brain virtually for our UCI Brain Dialogue Series, 4C the Future. UCI faculty from across the UCI campus will discuss Consciousness. Featured speakers for this event are: Yama Akbari, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery Donald Hoffman, Professor of Cognitive Sciences and Philosophy Megan Peters, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Sciences Theresa Jean…
CNCM Seminar with Orkide Koyuncu, PhD
Alpha-Herpesvirus Neuroinvasion: Deciphering the Long Path Toward Latency Please join the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a virtual seminar with Dr. Orkide Koyuncu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics of the UCI School of Medicine. Free to attend. Registration required. For more information, please visit: www.cncm.som.uci.edu/seminars
Steven Petrou, Ph.D.
Dr. Steven Petrou, professor and director of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, is one of the speakers in the 2020/21 EpiCenter Seminar Series. Dr. Petrou is a leader in the field of ion channel neuropathies, with a particular focus on rare epileptic encephalopathies. These are a range of genetic epilepsies affecting infants and…
Works-In-Progess Series: Cognition and Political Ideology: A Study of Neuropolitics, by Mark J. Fisher, Davin L. Phoenix, and Sierra Powell
The relationship between political ideology and cognition has received little attention. In this presentation, we will describe our pioneering investigation into the relationship between cognitive decline and political ideology. This work, supported in part by the UCI Medical Humanities Initiative, analyzed ideological self-identification, political policy choices, and cognition in individuals participating in the landmark UCI…