This course will survey emerging ethical questions raised by recent neuroscientific discoveries on genetic and environmental factors that influence human behavior, decision-making, personality traits, and mental states.
Instructor: Dr. Nadine Kabbani
For information about Spring 2017 course, contact nkabbani@gmu.edu.
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OnAir Post: GMU Introductory Neuroethics Course
Author: John von Neumann Book Review: “The Computer and the Brain”
Presenter: Harold Morowitz
Time: 12 pm EST Date: Feb. 8, 2016 Place: Krasnow Institute
If you have any questions, please contact Harold Morowitz at morowitz@gmu.edu
Robinson Fellow, George Mason University Eminent Scholar, Molecular Neuroscience Dept.
Biophysicist Harold Morowitz became a Robinson Professor after a long career of teaching and research at Yale University as Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and serving for five years as Master of Pierson College. Dr. Morowitz is interested in philosophical foundations of neurobiology and the problem of consciousness.
OnAir Post: Mind Guild – 2/8/16
The human brain is often described as the most complex object in the universe. Tens of billions of nerve cells-tiny tree-like structures—make up a massive network with enormous computational power.
GMU Neuro592 is based on the book, Trees of the Brain, Roots of the Mind, by Giorgio Ascoli. This course reveals another aspect of the human brain: the stunning beauty of its cellular form. Doing so, Giorgio makes a provocative claim about the mind-brain relationship.
NEUR 592 Wednesdays 1:30-4:15p, Krasnow 229
Link: http://krasnow1.gmu.edu/cn3/neur592.pdf
Neur 327, Neur 335, Psyc 372, or permission of instructor.Graduate and undergraduate students in the neuroscience, psychology, biology, physics, philosophy, and bioengineering programs are especially encouraged to enroll.
This broad-spanning exploration of the brain-mind relationship aims to connect fundamental aspects of cognitive and behavioral phenomena, such as learning from experience, with basic operating principles of neural architecture. The course also surveys numerous topics of contemporary research and includes a hands-on virtual lab of modern web-based tools for neuroscience research.
Parties in the brain-mind relationship: neurons, networks, activity dynamics, mental states, knowledge, and plasticity. Neuron types: morphology, electrophysiology, biochemistry, development, and function. Connectomes: projectomes, synaptomes, mesoscopic maps, neural circuits, and potential connectivity. ...
OnAir Post: GMU Neuro592
Each Monday afternoon during the academic year, the Krasnow Institute hosts a seminar at 4:00 p.m. at which an invited guest speaker gives a presentation on a topic in the cognitive sciences. Presentations are finished by 5:00 p.m. and a discussion period follows. All are welcome.
All meetings will be held on the George Mason University Fairfax campus in Lecture Room 229 of the Krasnow Institute building. Please see driving directions to the Krasnow Institute building and campus parking options.
Seminar web page: https://krasnow.gmu.edu/blog/category/upcomingmondayseminars/
Email: smacken@gmu.edu (Stu Mackensie)
Phone: (703) 993-4333
Address: The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study Mail Stop 2A1, George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030
Tittle: Spatial Mapping of Multimodal Data in Neuroscience
Presenter: Dr.Michael Hawrylycz, Investigator, Allen Institute
Spatial mapping of multimodal data in neuroscience employs techniques that are essential for the construction of digital atlases of the brain. Such atlases are increasingly used in the study of both humans and model organisms and enable scientists to access and analyze data in novel and meaningful ways. A broad spectrum of neuroinformatics methods from data mapping, analysis, and visualization are employed in the development of effective digital atlases. ...
OnAir Post: Select Krasnow Monday Seminars
