Dear Users
This Thursday (starting 4.30 pm in YNiC open plan) there will 2 project
proposal presentations:
1) Markus van Ackeren "Integrating multimodal semantic knowledge through
language: An MEG study"
Abstract: Research from the past decade has shown that retrieving
semantic knowledge about objects in our environment engages a widely
distributed cortical network. For example, understanding words denoting
visual information (green, round) engages visual cortical areas. In
contrast, understanding words denoting auditory information (crunching)
recruits auditory regions. So far, a plethora of studies have
investigated words that are strongly associated with a single modality.
However, semantic knowledge about most objects in the world is
inherently multimodal. For example, even a single word like /apple /is
associated with visual (green, round), auditory (crunchy), haptic
(smooth, sticky), and gustatory (sweet) properties. In my research I aim
to understand how the brain orchestrates the simultaneous retrieval of
multimodal semantic knowledge. I will present behavioural and EEG
findings showing that a) there is a processing cost to integrating
information from multiple modalities, and b) multimodal integration is
accompanied by local power changes in a low frequency band (4-8 Hz). In
the current project, I would like to employ MEG to be able to pinpoint
the neural generators of the theta power modulation during multimodal
integration, and to investigate interactions between multimodal and
unimodal areas in the brain.
2) Samantha Strong "The Functional Sub-Divisions of the Human Motion
Sensitive Visual Cortex: An fMRI Guided TMS Study"
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
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