{"566201":{"#nid":"566201","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GT Neuro Seminar Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022The Modular Brian\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark D\u2019Esposito, M.D.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor of Neuroscience and Psychology \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDirector, Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Brain Imaging Center \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUniversity of California, Berkeley\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESponsored by CABI\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat type of system is the brain? The brain is widely assumed to be one of many modular systems in nature, which are thought to be computational tractable and favored by evolution. While focal brain lesions lead to very specific cognitive deficits, suggesting a modular structure, other focal lesions can have a widespread impact on cognition, suggesting that some cognitive processes emerge from interactions between many brain regions that are not functionally organized as modules. Thus, how information is functionally segregated yet integrated across modules remains an open question. In this talk, I will discuss a series of empirical findings that begin to elucidate the neural architecture of modular processing by showing that modules execute discrete processes and connector hubs are likely integrating and sending information across modules in support of goal-directed cognition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiography\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. D\u2019Esposito earned his medical degree in 1987 at the SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse and then completed seven years of training in Neurology at Boston University Medical Center and Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital. In 1993, he joined the faculty in Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In 2000, he was recruited to the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley to become Professor of Neuroscience, and the Director of the newly created Henry H. Wheeler, Jr. Brain Imaging Center. Dr. D\u2019Esposito\u2019s research investigates how the brain supports high-level cognitive processing, how the brain recovers from injury and potential treatments for the injured brain. He also practices Neurology at the Northern California VA Medical Center where he is the Chief of the NeuroRehabilitation Unit.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022The Modular Brain\u0022 - Mark D\u0027Esposito, M.D. - University of California, Berkeley"}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2016-08-22 14:47:37","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:15:02","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-09-09T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-09-09T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-09-09T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-09-09 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-09-09 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-09-09 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/despolab.berkeley.edu\/","title":"D\u0027Esposito Lab"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/CABILecture","title":"Lunch RSVP"},{"url":"http:\/\/neuro.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Neuro"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"126591","name":"go-NeuralEngineering"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:crozell@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EChris Rozell\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;- faculty host\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}