Finding and Understanding Cortical Maps — It’s Maps All the Way Up

TITLE:

Finding and Understanding Cortical Maps — It’s Maps All the Way Up

DATE:

Friday, January 20th, 2017

TIME:

3:30 PM

LOCATION:

GMCS 314

SPEAKER:

Dr. Marty Sereno, Department of Psychology SDSU

ABSTRACT:

Topological maps of receptor sheets have long been known

to characterize early stages of sensory processing in the brain.

But two-dimensional topological maps have turned up in many other

places. This talk summarizes recent advances in computational

methods for non-invasive cortical mapping in human brains, focussing

on cortical-surface-based functional, structural, and diffusion-based

neuroimaging methods originally introduced by my laboratory more than

two decades ago. We finish with a peek at the first complete surface

reconstruction of the exceptionally intricately folded cortex of the

human cerebellum.

HOST:

Dr. Jose Castillo

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