Talk: The quest for a consciousness meter

Topic: The quest for a consciousness meter Speaker: Professor Tim Bayne (Department of Philosophy, Monash University) Time: 2017/11/7 (Tue) 15:00-16:00 Location:  20 Floor, Conference room , DA-AN Branch, Taipei Medical University Abstract: One of the central challenges facing the science of consciousness is that of identifying ways of measuring consciousness. Can we go beyond our […]

Talk: Circadian biology: Genes to Systems

Topic: Circadian biology: Genes to Systems Speaker: Dr. Jihwan Myung (Senior Research Fellow, Brain and Consciousness Research Center) Date: 2017/10/23 (Mon) 14:00-15:00 Location: 4F Conference Hall, United Medical Building, Taipei Medical University Abstract: Almost 300 years ago, an important observation was made that the leaves of mimosa “sleep” at night even in a constantly dark wine chamber.  Do they […]

Talk: Seeing stability: Physical understanding is rooted in automatic visual processing

Topic: Seeing stability: Physical understanding is rooted in automatic visual processing Speaker : Chaz Firestone (Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Johns Hopkins University Date : 2017/04/27 (Thu.) 10:00-12:00 Location: 501 meeting room, 5F United Medical Building (Back Building) ,Taipei Medical University Abstract: Among our most impressive intellectual achievements is the ability to interpret the […]

Talk: Cognition does not affect perception

Topic: Cognition does not affect perception Speaker : Dr. Chaz Firestone (Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Johns Hopkins University) Date :  2017.04.26 (Wed.) 15:00-17:00 Location: 4F Lecture Hall, United Medical Front Building, Taipei Medical University Abstract: What determines what we see? A tidal wave of recent research alleges that visual experience is ‘penetrated’ by […]

Talk: Philosophizing and Physiologizing on Time Mood in the Brain

Topic: Philosophizing and Physiologizing on Time Mood in the Brain Speaker: Dr. Jihwan Myung (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, & Einstein Zentrum Berlin, Humboldt University) Date:  2017/03/08  10:30-12:00 Location: Boardroom, 15F United Medical Building (Back Building) , Taipei Medical University

Talk: On the brain coding of cognitive and linguistic function

Topic: On the brain coding of cognitive and linguistic function Speaker: Chun-Hsien Hsu ( Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica) Date:  2017/02/15 13:00-15:00 Location: 501 meeting room, 5F United Medical Building (Back Building) ,Taipei Medical University