Home | News | 2016 McGovern Symposium: Carl Petersen 2016 McGovern Symposium: Carl Petersen Anne Trafton | May 9, 2016May 24, 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email May 9, 2016 Carl Petersen, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne “Neural circuits for goal-directed sensorimotor transformation” Daily mindfulness practice reduces anxiety for autistic adults A visual pathway in the brain may do more than recognize objects Twenty-five years after its founding, the McGovern Institute is shaping brain science and improving human lives at a global scale See all news