(12月25日)'Do the right thing' or 'Just do it': Behavioral, computational and neurophysiological analysis of executive control(报告人Jerald D. Kralik, Ph.D.)

PUK Med School Seminar

北京大学医学部学术报告

'Do the right thing' or 'Just do it': Behavioral, computational and neurophysiological analysis of executive control

Jerald D. Kralik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH 03755

　　Executive control orchestrates the activities of brain systems and underlies some of our most sophisticated cognitive capacities, balancing our more primitive drives with thoughtfulness and tempering impulsivity with patience. In this seminar, I will describe our findings from different experimental approaches that shed light on the mechanisms underlying this important cognitive process in primates.

　　Time：2009年12月25日(Friday）下午15:30 - 16:30 pm

　　Place: Biochemistry Building 3rd Floor Conference Room

　　基础医学院生化楼三楼会议室（新地点）

　　Host: Prof Kewei Wang, Department of Neurobiology

　　神经生物学系王克威教授