Hilary Term 2011
Dr Marko Nardini – Principal Investigator, Department of Visual Neuroscience at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
“Children’s integration of visual, spatial, and multisensory information”
When: Monday 24th January ’11 (2nd Week) – 2pm
Where: Weiskrantz Room, Experimental Psychology Department (Level C)
A major goal of the UCL Dept. Visual Neuroscience is to evaluate treatments, such as retinal gene replacement therapy, for currently incurable eye disease in children, who have less advanced retinal disease and so are most likely to benefit. Dr Marko Nardini (University College London) and Dr Dorothy Cowie (Goldsmiths, University of London) will speak briefly after the talk about paid internships available this summer, suitable for current 2nd year undergraduates, in labs that work on human sensory and motor development.
Professor Christopher Fairburn – Wellcome Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Psychiatry (University of Oxford)
When: Monday 7th February ’11 (4th Week) – 7pm
Where: Old Refectory, Wadham College
Professor Fairburn has a well established international reputation for his research on the nature and treatment of eating disorders. He has a particular interest in the development and evaluation of psychological treatments and is especially well known for his development of cognitive behavioural and interpersonal treatments for patients with eating disorders, all of which are supported by robust research evidence and are widely practised nationally and internationally.
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen – Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Autism Research Centre (ARC)
When: Monday 28th February ’11 (7th Week) – 2pm
Where: Weiskrantz Room, Experimental Psychology Department (Level C)
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Autism Research Centre (ARC). His main research interests are autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, sex differences and empathy. His work at the ARC includes 3 major programs: (1) cognitive neuroscience into the causes of autism spectrum conditions (ASCs); (2) diagnosis, screening and epidemiology of ASCs; and (3) clinical/intervention research into what helps individuals on the autistic spectrum.
