December 8, 2023: External speaker
Dr. Maryellen MacDonald, University of Wisconsin Department of Psychology
Events: 2023-2024
These twice-monthly sessions explore a range of brain related topics with discussions led by leading researchers.
IMB members may also be interested in attending Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery (C-STAR) lectures: https://cstar.sc.edu/lecture-series/
February 16 2024: IMB Conference on the Reading Brain
Save the date for this year's IMB Conference on the Reading Brain. This conference will be chaired by Dr. Suzanne Adlof.
April 12 2024: Workshop on IRT
In partnership with the Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery (C-STAR), the IMB will be hosting a workshop on Item Response Theory (IRT). More details will be coming soon about the agenda and how to register.
Colloquium Series Talks - Archive
These twice-monthly sessions explore a range of brain related topics with discussions led by leading researchers.
Dr. Mark Seidenberg, University of Wisconsin-MadisonDepartment of Psychology
Talk title: Using reading research to improve literacy outcomes
Dr. Cailee Nelson: Dr. Nelson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow Brain Research Across Development (B-RAD) Lab University of South Carolina.
Talk title: Coping with Ostracism: A Neuroscientific Investigation of Mindset and Autistic Characteristics
Sara Wilson, Ph.D. Candidate in Linguistics Program, Graduate Research Assistant for Aging Brain Cohort
Talk title: Partner-specific Alignment Across Multiple Linguistic Levels in Interactive Dialogue
Dr. Xiaoxue (Jessie) Fu discussed her research program and future directions.
Meet and greet: To kick off the 2023-2024 colloquium season, the Institute for Mind and Brain is inviting you for a meet-and-greet on Friday August 25th, at noon, in the Walsh conference room in Barnwell (Dept. of Psychology). Lunch will be served, and Dr. Rutvik Desai, the interim director of the IMB, will give a brief overview of the mission of the IMB, and of events and opportunities offered through the IMB in the coming season!
TBD
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Student Guest Speaker #1: Rebecca Revilla, USC
Title: Are people worth the effort? The brain basis for social decision-making
Student Guest Speaker #2: Deepa Tilwani, USC
Title: TBD
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Dr. Bradley Postle, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Controlling the Contents of Working Memory
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jerry Tang, UT Austin
Title: Decoding continuous language from fMRI recordings
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Dr. Simon Fischer-Baum, Director, NSF Perception, Action, and Cognition Program
Title: Funding at the National Science Foundation
Abstract: The National Science Foundation supports fundamental research and education in science and engineering – including fundamental research about how the mind and brain works. Opportunities at the NSF change all the time. This presentation and Q&A session will provide information on current funding opportunities related to your community – but also more general information about the NSF merit criteria and the review process so that you can be prepared when new opportunities emerge. How to find the appropriate program for your work and some tips for writing successful proposals will also be covered.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Erin Meier [C-STAR]
Talk Title: TBA
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Brent Strickland
Talk Title: TBA
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Meisam Arjmandi
Talk Title: Towards a personalized approach to improve speech and language outcomes
in cochlear implant listeners
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Caitlin Hudac
Talk Title: Brain ‘coupling’: EEG dynamics between loving partners
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Yuan Wang
Talk Title: Modeling the Shape of Brain Signals and Networks with Topological Data
Analysis
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Amit Sheth
Talk Title: Knowledge-infused Natural Language Understanding for Addiction and Mental Health Research
[pdf]
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Guest Speaker: Stephen Wilson [C-STAR]
Talk Title: Neural Correlates of Recovery from Aphasia after Stroke [pdf]
A recording of the lecture available later, via our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8p0CuG4He9nqCR4nnzhZ7w/videos
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Barnwell College - Walsh Conference Room 227
Welcome Meeting
Workshops archive:
The IMB hosted a workshop on transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS), geared towards trainees. Dr. Karim Johari fron Louisiana State University.
Previous Years Events
Dr. Christian O'Reilly from USC, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Artificial
Intelligence Institute (#AllSC), and the Autism and Neurodevelopment Disorders Center
(#USCAN).
3:30pm-4:45pm
Talk Title: EEG functional connectivity and its application to the study of Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Dr. Jennifer Vendemia from USC, Department of Psychology and Institute for Mind and
Brain
3:30pm - 4:45pm
Talk Title: Proprioception and the Impact of LBP: A Tale of Two Cortical Systems
Dr. Robert Mason from Carnegie Mellon University
3:30pm
Talk Title: The new cognitive educational neuroscience: a neurosemantic approach
to the science of learning
Rutvik Desai
3:30pm-4:45pm
Talk Title: TBA
Jessica Bradshaw
3:30pm-4:45pm
Talk Title: Mapping Infant Experience: Physiology, Attention, and Movement as Predictors
of Social Engagement
Watch Jessica Bradshaw's talk here.
The passcode is: %%k6rdaM
Amy Dawel, The Australian National University
3:30pm-4:45pm
Talk Title: Why faking it isn’t making it in facial expression research
Darrell Worthy, Texas A&M University
3:30pm-4:45pm
Talk Title: TBA
ZOOM 3:30pm-4:45pm
Dr. Cheryl Armstead
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of South Carolina
Connections Between Emotional Regulation, Chronic Discrimination, and Allostatic Load Biomarkers Among Midlife African American Women
Watch Dr. Armstead's Presentation. The passode is 9K&&Y*p0
Zoom 3:30pm – 4:45pm
Dr. Jennifer Trueblood
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Vanderbilt University – Nashville, TN
The Dynamics of Contextual Sensitivity in Multi-alternative Choice
Watch Dr. Trueblood's presentation. The passcode is: Ng+S.wm8
ZOOM 3:30pm-4:45pm
Chuanji Gao, PhD
Incoming Postdoctoral Fellow @
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Institute for Mind and Brain, University of South Carolina
ZOOM 3:30pm – 4:45pm
Dr. Valerie Shalin
Professor, Department of Psychology
Wright State University – Dayton, OH
Automating the Interpretation of Behavioral Measures in Open Task Environments
View the recording of the October 6th Colloqia
Passcode for Zoom video: fp$bz*y4