Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Isabelle Peretz: Born to be Musical: What We Can Learn from Congenital Anomalies Aug 26, 2019

Isabelle Peretz examines what congenital amusia - the condition where one is amusical, lacking such abilities as pitch or rhythm recognition - can tell us about the neurobiological origins of musical ability in humans. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32445]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Na Ji May 07, 2019

Na Ji of UC Berkeley presents breakthroughs in hIgh-speed volumetric Imaging of brain activity. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33285]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Daniel Colon-Ramos Apr 22, 2019

Yale University's Daniel Colon-Ramos discusses in-vivo imaging of brain synapses assembling and functioning. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33290]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Darold Treffert: The Incredible Savant Syndrome Mar 14, 2019

Darold Treffert shares the fascinating story of Leslie Lemke, a musical savant, to provide a look at the characteristics of savantism. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32447]

The Effects of Early Life Stress on Brain and Behavior Feb 14, 2019

Yale University's BJ Casey shares an in-depth look into the detrimental effects on the brain resulting in behavioral and developmental impairment caused by stress during childhood. Series: "Women in Science" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 31760]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Erik Jorgensen Jan 24, 2019

Erik Jorgensen discusses breakthroughs in imaging the process of chemical signaling that occurs at synapses. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33288]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Jamie Ward: Synaesthesia: From Extraordinary Experiences to Enhanced Abilities Jan 21, 2019

Jamie Ward examines the relationship between autism and synaesthesia, and the characteristics shared by these two cognitive anomalies. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32444]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Bruce Miller: Acquired Savantism in Neurological Conditions Dec 24, 2018

Bruce Miller describes insights that can be gained about the human brain from patients who develop artistic abilities as neurodegenerative diseases emerge and progress. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32443]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Nov 12, 2018

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz discusses new imaging technologies and what they are revealing about cellular architecture in the brain. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33291]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Mark Ellisman Oct 24, 2018

Mark Ellisman discusses advances in state-of-the-art brain imaging and the secrets they are revealing. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33284]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Phillip Keller Oct 07, 2018

Phillip Keller discusses breakthroughs in high-resolution imaging and its implications in understanding the brain. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33289]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Daniel Colon-Ramos Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Atsushi Miyawaki Feb 28, 2018

State-of-the-art imaging at the molecular, cellular, circuit, and whole animal scales in rodents and primates are discussed in this symposium, while addressing the challenges of bridging spatial and temporal scales. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33283]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Harald Hess Erik Jorgensen Philipp Keller Feb 21, 2018

State-of-the-art imaging at the molecular, cellular, circuit, and whole animal scales in rodents and primates are discussed in this symposium, while addressing the challenges of bridging spatial and temporal scales. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33282]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Alipasha Vaziri Feb 16, 2018

Rockefeller University's Alipasha Vaziri discusses new tools for understanding entire networks of neuronal circuits in the whole brain. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33286]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Harald Hess Feb 16, 2018

Harald Hess discusses using the fly brain is helping to understand the circuitry of the brain. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33287]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Atsushi Miyawaki Feb 16, 2018

The RIKEN Institute's Atsushi Miyawaki discusses the power of genetically coded tools for analyzing the brain and its function. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33292]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Welcome and Opening Remarks Feb 16, 2018

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind co-director Rusty Gage and symposium co-chair Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz deliver opening remarks for the Imaging the Brain, from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond symposium. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33293]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Wrap-Up Question and Answers Closing Remarks Feb 16, 2018

Question and answer session and closing remarks for the Imaging the Brain, from Molecules to Circuits and Beyond symposium. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33294]

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: Imaging the Brain: From Molecules to Circuits and Beyond - Mark Ellisman Na Ji Alipasha Vaziri Feb 14, 2018

State-of-the-art imaging at the molecular, cellular, circuit, and whole animal scales in rodents and primates are discussed in this symposium, while addressing the challenges of bridging spatial and temporal scales. Series: "Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind" [Science] [Show ID: 33281]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Simon Fisher: Language at the Extremes Jan 01, 2018

Simon Fisher gives a fascinating account of how an irregularity in one single base of DNA leads to a rare and severe inherited language deficit, and how this finding helps reveal aspects of the evolutionary history of the human capacity for language. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32441]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: James McGaugh: Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory Dec 25, 2017

A fascinating account of people who in most every sense are very ordinary, but who have extraordinary memory. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32442]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Adam Ockelford: Fragments of Genius: Mapping the Mind of a Musical Savant Oct 16, 2017

Exploring the life of musical savant Derek Paravicini, severely developmentally disabled from complications at birth, and how understanding his condition provides evidence for the existence of musical intelligence and the roots of creativity in the human mind. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32446]

The Neurobiology of the Parental Brain Sep 04, 2017

From mice to primates to humans, Harvard University's Catherine Dulac provides a fascinating account of research that reveals the specific factors in the brain that govern parenting behavior that are shared by all mammals. Series: "Women in Science" [Science] [Show ID: 31761]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Karen Berman: From Genes to Neural Circuits to Behavior and Back Again: Neurogenetic Mechanisms in Williams Syndrome Sep 04, 2017

Karen Berman of the National Institutes of Health explores how studying Williams Syndrome is revealing biological mechanisms that confer human variability. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32440]

Synaesthesia: Enhanced Ability and Extraordinary Experiences Aug 22, 2017

Imagine hearing colors and seeing sounds. Jamie Ward explores the world of synaesthesia where people possess extraordinary perceptions. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32810]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Born to be Musical: What We Can Learn from Congenital Anomalies; Fragments of Genius: Mapping the Mind of a Musical Savant; The Incredible Savant Syndrome Jul 26, 2017

The human mind is one of the features that makes our species unusual, and any narrative of our origins must include explanations for how our mental facilities were generated by genetic and cultural evolutionary processes. Comparative studies with the minds of other species and direct studies of how the typical human brain creates the mind are valuable approaches. However, many useful clues can also be gleaned from studying extraordinary variations of the human mind. This Symposium brings together experts who have pursued in-depth explorations of some of these variations. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32438]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory; Acquired Savantism in Neurological Conditions;Synaesthesia: From Extraordinary Experiences to Enhanced Abilities Jul 19, 2017

The human mind is one of the features that makes our species unusual, and any narrative of our origins must include explanations for how our mental facilities were generated by genetic and cultural evolutionary processes. Comparative studies with the minds of other species and direct studies of how the typical human brain creates the mind are valuable approaches. However, many useful clues can also be gleaned from studying extraordinary variations of the human mind. This Symposium brings together experts who have pursued in-depth explorations of some of these variations. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32437]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: QandA and Closing Remarks Jul 14, 2017

Questions and answer session for the Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind symposium. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32448]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Our Brains: Life on a Continuum; From Genes to Neural Circuits to Behavior and Back Again: Neurogenetic Mechanisms in Williams Syndrome; Language at the Extremes Jul 12, 2017

The human mind is one of the features that makes our species unusual, and any narrative of our origins must include explanations for how our mental facilities were generated by genetic and cultural evolutionary processes. Comparative studies with the minds of other species and direct studies of how the typical human brain creates the mind are valuable approaches. However, many useful clues can also be gleaned from studying extraordinary variations of the human mind. This Symposium brings together experts who have pursued in-depth explorations of some of these variations. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32436]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Dan Geschwind: Our Brains: Life on a Continuum Jul 07, 2017

UCLA's Daniel Geschwind explores how cognitive abilities - both extraordinary and those considered disabilities are related as part of the continuum of human behavior enabled by the evolutionary history of the human brain. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32439]

CARTA: Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind: Lessons for Anthropogeny: Introduction Jul 07, 2017

Introduction to the Extraordinary Variations of the Human Mind symposium. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 32449]

Early Brain Trajectories and Evolving Oscillations: Template for Mature Function? Jul 04, 2017

Rutgers University's April Benasich shares research into how critical periods of language acquisition in infants has lifetime effects, and also presents opportunities for improving learning impairment. Series: "Women in Science" [Science] [Show ID: 31759]

The Challenge of Integration Jul 03, 2017

The Salk Institute's Terry Sejnowski provides a lively exploration of the challenges inherent in understanding the complexity of the human brain from the molecular to the entire nervous system, and how new technologies and methods are allowing us to know more, as well as reveal there is much to learn. Series: "Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Symposium" [Science] [Show ID: 31767]

How Immune Cells Sculpt Developing Synaptic Circuits May 22, 2017

Harvard University's Beth Stevens reveals how understanding the role of immune cells in neural development may lead to better understanding and treatment of neurological impairments such as schizophrenia. Series: "Women in Science" [Science] [Show ID: 31764]

Tracing the Path from Spontaneous Mutation to Neurobiology in Autism Spectrum Disorders May 11, 2017

UC San Francisco's Matthew State provides a fascinating account of how the explosion of access to genetic information has led to a much deeper understanding of Autism and the possibility of developing interventions to treat Autism and other impairments such as Schizophrenia and Epilepsy. Series: "Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 31766]

Making an Old Brain Young? From Developmental Critical Periods to Alzheimer's Disease Apr 24, 2017

2016 Kavli Prize recipient Carla Shatz from Stanford University presents a lively exploration of how understanding early stages of neural development may be leading to a pathway for developing treatments for Alzheimer's Disease. Series: "Alzheimer’s Disease" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 31763]

Using Neurobiology to Overcome Genetic and Environmental Adversity Apr 17, 2017

MIT's Mark Bear presents a fascinating account of how understanding neural plasticity, or the ability to modify the function of neurons, led to a novel treatment for visual impairment in Amblyopia, and may reveal pathways to treat other neurological conditions. Series: "Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 31765]

The Amazing Teen Brain Apr 11, 2017

UC San Diego adolescent psychiatrist Jay Giedd provides a fascinating explanation of why the teen brain is truly amazing, explaining how the critical period of neurological development during adolescence creates both challenges and opportunities, as well as showing how a deeper understanding of this development will provide insights into better interventions for mental illnesses. Series: "Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 31762]

Early Brain Trajectories and Evolving Oscillations: Template for Mature Function?; Making an Old Brain Young? From Developmental Critical Periods to Alzheimer’s Disease; The Challenge of Integration Feb 22, 2017

Three fascinating presentations reveal how exploring changes during critical periods of brain development may lead to interventions, therapies and perhaps cures to conditions from learning disabilities to Alzheimer's Disease. Series: "Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Symposium" [Science] [Show ID: 31758]

How Immune Cells Sculpt Developing Synaptic Circuits; Using Neurobiology to Overcome Genetic and Environmental Adversity; Traversing the Path from Spontaneous Genetic Mutations to Neurobiology in Autism Spectrum Disorders Feb 15, 2017

Three fascinating presentations show how explorations into synaptic development and genetic mutation are revealing pathways to better interventions for neurological impairment, from Schizophrenia and Amblyopia to Autism. Series: "Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Symposium" [Science] [Show ID: 31757]

Introduction to Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function Feb 10, 2017

Introduction and opening remarks to the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind's symposium Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function. Series: "Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Symposium" [Science] [Show ID: 31768]

Question and Answer Session and Close for Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function Feb 10, 2017

Question and Answer session and closing remarks for the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind's symposium Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function. Series: "Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Symposium" [Science] [Show ID: 31769]

Effects of Early Life Stress on Brain and Behavior; The Parental Brain; The Amazing Teen Brain Feb 08, 2017

Three fascinating presentations explain how deeper understanding of neurological development reveals the basis of behavior and what factors can cause behavioral impairment, from external factors such as stress to critical periods of neurological growth and change in adolescence. Series: "Influence of Early Experience on Adult Brain Organization and Function - Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Symposium" [Science] [Show ID: 31756]

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