A weekly discussion of the neuroethological literature.
Meeting Time: Thursdays, 10:30 AM
Meeting Place: The Rosenblatt Reading Room, Seeley G. Mudd Hall
To sign up for an open date, reschedule, cancel, specify the topic and/or submit PDF's of readings for your date, please email Lori Miller .
Speaker Guidelines: It should be as much of a discussion as a talk--somewhere between an informal lab meeting and a formal departmental seminar. Keep prepared material short (30-40 mins) so that you can interact with an inquisitive audience. A paper from the literature is preferred, with recent, classic, and/or short ones getting you extra bonus points. Your own work is a good alternative. Systems-level analyses are typically chosen, but cellular/molecular and behavioral approaches are welcomed too. Topics from previous semesters are linked below for reference.
Spring 2008
Date
|
Speaker
|
Title
|
Readings
|
|---|---|---|---|
January
24 |
Ben
Arthur |
Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Political Ideology |
|
January
31 |
Laurieanne
Dent |
Common mechanisms for encoding sensory information in mammal, bird, and electric fish brainstem |
|
February
7 |
CANCELLED |
||
February
14 |
Gil Menda |
Learning and Memory in Drosophila |
|
February
21 |
Bruce Halpern |
Accessory tissues and sensory systems: examples from retronasal smelling |
|
February
28 |
David Smith Psychology |
Episodic memory and anticipation of future events in scrub jays |
|
March
6 |
Aaron Rice |
Learning in the archer fish: meeting the demands of prey capture |
|
March
13 |
Boris Chagnaud |
Less spikes-more precision!!!! A white noise analysis of the paddlefish electrosensory system |
None. |
March
20 |
NONE |
SPRING
BREAK |
|
March
27 |
Carol
Miles Binghamton University |
Feeding behavior in larvae of the butterfly Pieris rapae; a matter of taste and upbringing |
None. |
April
3 |
Kent Dunlap |
Social interaction and cell addition in the brain on adult electric fish |
|
April
10 |
Rob Raguso |
Direct and indirect effects of odor-color interaction in nectar foraging behavior: evidence from moths and bees |
|
April
17 |
Jordan Moore |
Evolution of a neural circuit with known behavioral function |
None. |
April
24 |
Adam Arterbery |
Can fear conditioning inform public policy |
|
| May 1 |
Theresa Szabo Brandeis University |
Effect of thermal acclimation on the goldfish Mauthner neuron and escape behavior |