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DESCRIPTION:The Neuro's Dorothy J. Killam Lecture was established in 2004 t
 o recognize women of influence in business\, science\, politics or the hum
 anities. Professor Marlene Behrmann will deliver the 2024 Dorothy J. Killa
 m Lecture entitled\, 'Complex Pattern Recognition: Are Two Half-Brains Bet
 ter Than One?' A cocktail reception will follow.\n\nTo register\, click he
 re\n\nTo watch via Vimeo\, click here\n\nMarlene Behrmann\n\nProfessor\, D
 epartment of Ophthalmology\, University of Pittsburgh Medical School\, USA
 \n\nAbstract: \n\nThe study of cerebral organization\, including differenc
 es in hemispheric structure and function\, have a longstanding history in 
 Cognitive Neuroscience. With regard to visual perception\, one view has as
 serted that\, in ventral occipitotemporal cortex\, there are independent a
 nd largely lateralized domain-specific regions\, which are specialized for
  the recognition of distinct classes of objects. I will offer an alternati
 ve account of the organization of the hemispheres\, and their contribution
  to complex pattern recognition. Drawing on evidence from neuropsychologic
 al\, computation and neuroimaging studies in health and disease\, I will p
 ropose that the hemispheric arrangement emerges through the interaction of
  three computational principles: distributed representations and knowledge
 \, cooperation and competition between representations\, and a topographic
  bias favoring spatial proximity. The crux of the account is that visual r
 ecognition results from the interactive engagement of a network of regions
 \, which is distributed within and across both hemispheres\, and which evi
 nce graded functional specialization. Data will be used to test prediction
 s such as specific collaborative and competitive synergies of hemispheric 
 biases that play out over the course of development and the extent to whic
 h a single hemisphere might suffice for recognition. Last\, I will lay out
  open questions which will\, undoubtedly\, occupy the field into the futur
 e.\n
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LOCATION:de Grandpre Communications Centre\, Montreal Neurological Institut
 e\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2B4\, 3801 rue University
SUMMARY:Dorothy J Killam Lecture: Complex Pattern Recognition: Are Two Half
 -Brains Better Than One?
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/dorothy-j-killam-lecture-
 complex-pattern-recognition-are-two-half-brains-better-one-341382
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