Category: Subtheme 1※Integrating Neural, Cognitive and Pedagogical Approaches to Learning Research and Educational Intervention
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PhD position at University of Zurich
The Department of Comparative Linguistics and the Department of Psychology of the University of Zurich invite applications for a full-time PhD student position. The successful applicant will participate in the project “Ergativity in comprehension and production: language typology and processing”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Description of the project The research project investigates…
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39th ASSBI Annual Brain Impairment Conference2016
Translating Knowledge into Practice: Evidence, Lessons and Challenges Monday 26th – Wednesday 28th September 2016 URL: http://www.assbi.com.au/conference_2016.html
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Cross-linguistic constraints on speech perception and production
Speakers: Dr. Puisan Wong and Dr. Shelley Tong, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, FoE, HKU Date: 25 February 2016 (Thursday) Time: 12:30-2:00 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building [Sandwiches will be served with coffee] Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes Respondent: Professor William Marslen-Wilson, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-cross-linguistic-constraints-on-speech-perception-and-production/”] Talk…
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Leading the marriage of education and neuroscience-challenges and opportunities for 21st Century Educators
Speaker: Dr. Akaysha Tang, Program Director at the Office of International Science & Engineering, National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States; Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of New Mexico, USA Date: 22 January 2016 (Friday) Time: 11:00 am -12:30 pm Venue: Room 101 Runme Shaw Building Chair: Professor Brendan Weekes [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register…
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Thermal IR Imaging and fNIRS Integration (Winter Institute 2016)
Date: Thursday, 14January 2016 Time: 10:30-12:30 Venue: Room 101 & 104, Runme Shaw Building Speakers: Prof. Laura-Ann Petitto HKU Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities; Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. USA; Co-PI & Science Director, NSF Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning, VL2 Prof. Arcangelo Merla…
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Assessment of Human Emotion and Arousal in Social Interaction through Thermal Infrared Imaging: New Insights for the Neurosciences and Human-machine Interaction (Winter Institute 2016)
Date: 13 January 2016 (Wednesday) Time: 12:45-14:00 Venue: Room 101 & 104 Runme Shaw Building Speaker: Professor Arcangelo Merla, Director of the Infrared Imaging and Near Infrared Imaging Labs Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technology (ITAB), University of Chieti, Italy [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-assessment-of-human-emotion-and-arousal-in-social-interaction-through-thermal-infrared-imaging-new-insights-for-the-neurosciences-and-human-machine-interaction-winter-institute-2016/”] Abstract The evaluation of the psychophysiological state of the interlocutor is an…
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Science of Learning Symposium: The Developing Brain
Date: 11 December 2015 (Friday) Time: 2:00-7:00 pm Venue: Room 201 K. K. Leung Building Chair: Prof. Brendan Weekes [button size=”normal” type=”info” value=”Register” href=”https://sol.edu.hku.hk/register-science-of-learning-symposium-on-the-developing-brain/”] The Education and Neuroscience seminar series will showcase the research findings of international and local experts working in the domain of Science of Learning across all Faculties in the University.…
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Science of Learning Discoveries about the Role of ‘Visual Sign Phonology’ and Reading: Revolutionary Implications for Young Visual Learners
Register now 11 July 2015 (Sat) 2:30pm – 4:00pm Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU Adam Stone and Geo Kartheiser, Advanced doctoral students in the PhD in Educational Neuroscience program, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, and 2015 NSF Student Scholars in the NSF Science of Learning Center, VL2, and Recipients of a NSF travel fellowship from the United…
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Inside 21st Century Creativity
25 June 2015, Thursday 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm RMS 101, 1/F., Runme Shaw Bldg., HKU Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, Visiting Research Professor of The University of Hong Kong; Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity, & Educational Neuroscience; Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology; College of Education, University of Maryland College Park,…
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From Backyard to Black Tie Science: A lifelong journey of Discovery
Register now 18 June 2015, Thursday 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (Tea reception: 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm) The Open Area (MW405), 4/F, Meng Wah Complex, HKU Professor Kevin Niall DUNBAR, Visiting Research Professor of The University of Hong Kong; Director of the Laboratory for Complex Thinking, Creativity, & Educational Neuroscience; Department of Human Development…