Colloquium Series
Overview
Each year, the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience hosts a lecture series, traditionally named the Colloquium Series, whereby experts in the psychology and/or neuroscience field are welcome to inform inquisitive Dalhousie and broader community members about their research.
The series is organized by the Colloquium Committee consisting of departmental faculty and staff, and student societies: Dalhousie Student Union (DSU), Undergraduate Neuroscience Society (UNS), and Dalhousie Association of Psychology Students (DAPS).
Below you will find confirmed dates for the upcoming year, 2022-2023:
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| All seminars will be held on Fridays in the Life Sciences Centre (LSC), Room 5260 at 3:30 pm. |
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| Fall 2022 | ||
October 7 JACOB HAMILTON MEMORIAL LECTURE |
Dr. Jibran Khokhar, Western University | Vaping and the adolescent brain: long term effects on behaviour and neural connectivity |
November 4 BRUCE EARHARD MEMORIAL LECTURE (UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS DAY) |
Dr. Jonathan Crystal, Indiana University |
Animal Models of Episodic Memory |
| Winter 2023 | ||
January 13 TERRY ANDERS MEMORIAL LECTURE |
Dr. Melanie Noel, University of Calgary | Remembering the Pain of Childhood |
January 27 DAPS LECTURE |
Dr. Shaylene Nancekivell, University of Manitoba | A Theory of "Mine!": Ownership in Early Childhood |
March 3 GRAHAM GODDARD LECTURE |
Dr. Ioulia Kovelman, University of Michigan
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The Bilingual Reader: Understanding Child Brain and Reading Development |
March 31 DONALD O. HEBB MEMORIAL LECTURE |
Dr. Mark Bear, MIT |
Using principles of Hebbian synaptic plasticity to promote recovery from amblyopia. |