Author: Julie Pryor

In this video, Nate Sawtell of Columbia University delivers his lecture, “Internal Model Mechanisms in Cerebellar Circuitry,” at the McGovern Institute annual symposium on Monday April 27, 2015.

Theories of motor control have advanced the idea that the brain uses internal models to generate reliable motor commands and predict the sensory consequences of those commands. At this symposium, ten speakers explored the recent advances in the study of internal models in perception, cognition and action, and discussed the extent to which they reveal the common computational principles across neural circuits and behaviors.

Panel discussion featuring speakers at the McGovern Institute annual symposium on Monday April 27, 2015.

Theories of motor control have advanced the idea that the brain uses internal models to generate reliable motor commands and predict the sensory consequences of those commands. At this symposium, ten speakers explored the recent advances in the study of internal models in perception, cognition and action, and discussed the extent to which they reveal the common computational principles across neural circuits and behaviors.

In this video, Richard Mooney of Duke University delivers his lecture, “Motor-Auditory Interactions in Mice and Songbirds” at the McGovern Institute annual symposium on April 27, 2015.

Theories of motor control have advanced the idea that the brain uses internal models to generate reliable motor commands and predict the sensory consequences of those commands. At this symposium, ten speakers explored the recent advances in the study of internal models in perception, cognition and action, and discussed the extent to which they reveal the common computational principles across neural circuits and behaviors.

In this video, Thomas Jessell of Columbia University delivers his lecture, “Circuits for Fast and Flexible Motor Control,” at the McGovern Institute annual symposium on Monday April 27, 2015.

Theories of motor control have advanced the idea that the brain uses internal models to generate reliable motor commands and predict the sensory consequences of those commands. At this symposium, ten speakers explored the recent advances in the study of internal models in perception, cognition and action, and discussed the extent to which they reveal the common computational principles across neural circuits and behaviors.

In this video, Mehrdad Jazayeri of the McGovern Institute welcomes guests to the McGovern Institute annual symposium, “Internal Models of Sensorimotor and Cognitive Function,” which was held on Monday April 27, 2015.

Theories of motor control have advanced the idea that the brain uses internal models to generate reliable motor commands and predict the sensory consequences of those commands. At this symposium, ten speakers explored the recent advances in the study of internal models in perception, cognition and action, and discussed the extent to which they reveal the common computational principles across neural circuits and behaviors.

April 28, 2015

“How can we make progress in psychiatric research?”

Abstract: In this talk I will combine a review of my own research with a critical reflection on progress made in psychiatry research. My research has focused on mechanisms and consequences of hippocampal dysfunction in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. While hippocampal pathology is now established as a robust finding in psychotic disorders, it has not yet provided an avenue for better detection nor guided the development of new treatments. When reflecting on how to make progress in psychiatry research, I have become aware of some fundamental misconceptions about psychiatric diagnoses. While psychiatric diagnoses can guide clinical management, they are not good starting points for researchers. I will review several options for how to advance psychiatry research that is not constrained by current models of psychiatric disorder.

With the help of neuro artist & grad student Rosa Lafer-Sousa, MIT professor Nancy Kanwisher goes to ludicrous extremes to show you where in the head some of the functionally specific brain regions lie.

Watch more of Nancy’s brain lectures at: http://nancysbraintalks.mit.edu