The Liverpool Neuroscience Group organises seminars & lectures on various Neuroscience-related topics. Our partner institutions also regularly hold departmental seminars which may be of interest to Liverpool Neuroscience Group members.
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January 2019
Hope Psychology: Autistic people can imitate novel biological kinematics during voluntary imitation
Speaker: Dr. Spencer Hayes, University College London. Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition characterised by differences in restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities, and persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction. In addition to these core characteristics, it is well reported that autistic people show differences in sensorimotor functioning - such as gait, motor planning, and imitation. Whilst autistic people can imitate the goal of the action (e.g., to pick up a cup), it has been…
Find out more »RCBB Seminar: How does cognition contribute to the signs and symptoms of chronic pain?
How does cognition contribute to the signs and symptoms of chronic pain? Dr Chris Brown. University of Liverpool. Host: Dr Susannah Walker Room: TRB 1.44 (This talk has been rescheduled - previously due to be held in December 2018)
Find out more »February 2019
CANS Meeting: Samatha Brooks
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience research group meeting. Speaker: Dr Samantha Brooks. Title: Learning from the neural correlates of Anorexia Nervosa about how we might treat Substance Use Disorder. The rising trend of internationally competitive research into the cognitive control of impulsivity reflects the importance of examining the neural mechanisms of impulse control. The rising trend might be due to impulse control deficits contributing substantially to the increase in serious mental and physical disorders that are prevalent globally. Impulse control, the tendency…
Find out more »March 2019
CANS Meeting: Nicola Jones
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience @ LJMU. Speaker: Nicola Jones Nicola's interests include learning, memory and attention, and how these processes are represented behaviourally and at a neural level in both typical and atypical populations. Her PhD research was focused on investigating the effects of glucoregulation on memory and face recognition in older adults.
Find out more »GSTT: Molecular Insights into Parkinson’s Disease: Deciphering the Mechanism of Parkin E3 Ligase and PINK1 Kinase
Genomes, Systems and Therapeutic Targeting Seminar Series.
Speaker: Dr Atul Kumar, Dundee University
April 2019
CANS meeting: Stergios Makris
Stergios Makris, Edge Hill University Motor resonance as an implicit measure of bias
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