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SUMMARY:Brain Mechanisms of Attention: Sensory Selection to Free Will - Pr
 ofessor George Mangun (University of California\, Davis. (USA))
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250520T120000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250520T130000
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DESCRIPTION:Selective attention relies on intricate neural mechanisms that
  govern how the brain processes information. In this lecture\, I will expl
 ore research on the neural underpinnings of voluntary spatial\, feature\, 
 and object attention\, utilizing both EEG and fMRI techniques. I will high
 light key findings related to attentional control in the frontal and parie
 tal cortices\, as well as how these processes influence sensory and percep
 tual processing. Additionally\, I will present studies examining voluntary
  attention in free-choice conditions\, where individuals exert their free 
 will to direct attention without external guidance. The framework for this
  presentation is our Specificity of Control (SpoC) Model of attention\, wh
 ich highlights the microstructural organization of top-down control and th
 e specificity of sensory biasing it imparts in the visual cortex.\n\nABOUT
  THE SPEAKER:\n\nGeorge R. Mangun\, Ph.D.\, is the founding and now Co-Dir
 ector of the Center for Mind and Brain\, a Distinguished Professor of Psyc
 hology and Neurology\, and the former Dean of Social Sciences at the Unive
 rsity of California\, Davis. He received his doctoral degree in neuroscien
 ce from the University of California\, San Diego\, and has taught and cond
 ucted research at UC San Diego\, Dartmouth College\, and Duke University. 
 His laboratory investigates brain mechanisms of perception and attention i
 n health and disease. His team has identified many of the basic brain proc
 esses by which humans focus their attention and filter out distracting eve
 nts\, as well as how these processes break down in disorders of attention.
  In 1994\, he chaired the founding committee of the Cognitive Neuroscience
  Society\, an international scientific society with over 3000 members\; he
  continues to serve on the Governing Board for the society and is currentl
 y President and Treasurer of the corporate board. In 1998\, he was the fou
 nding Director of the Duke University Center for Cognitive Neuroscience\, 
 and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. He is an active editor\, and
  the author of numerous journal publications and books\, including his cel
 ebrated foundational textbook\, Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the
  Mind. For a decade he was the Director of the Kavli Summer Institute in C
 ognitive Neuroscience\, a training program for doctoral and postdoctoral s
 cholars that was supported by NIMH\, NIDA\, and the Kavli Foundation. From
  2008 to 2015\, Mangun served as Dean of Social Sciences at UC Davis\, whe
 re he led the academic programs of ten university departments ranging from
  Anthropology and Psychology to Economics\, Political Science\, History an
 d Philosophy. He is also an outspoken advocate for access and inclusion in
  higher education\, and is currently serving as the founding co-chair of t
 he College of Letters and Science Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion commi
 ttee. Among other honors and awards\, Professor Mangun received the Distin
 guished Early Career Contributions Award from the Society for Psychophysio
 logical Research\, an NIMH Senior Scientist Award\, and a Distinguished Sc
 ientist Lecturer Award from the American Psychological Association. He is 
 an elected fellow of both the Association for Psychological Science\, and 
 the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2024 he receiv
 ed the Award for Education in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscien
 ce\, and was also named a Fulbright U.S. Distinguished Scholar.\nSpeakers:
 \nProfessor George Mangun (University of California\, Davis. (USA))
LOCATION:New Radcliffe House (Seminar rooms\, 2nd floor - lift available. 
 Walton Street\, OX2 6NW)\, Walton Street OX2 6NW
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