Grounding Knowledge in the Brain's Modal SystemsThe human conceptual system contains categorical knowledge that supports online processing (perception, categorization, inference, action) and offline processing (memory, language, thought). Semantic memory, the dominant theory of the conceptual system, typically portrays it as modular and amodal. According to this approach, amodal symbols represent category knowledge in a modular system, ...
The Demand Side: What Behavioral Patterns Stand in the Way? CANCELEDEditor's Note: This event has been canceled and will be rescheduled for the spring.Energy problems and policy proposals remain in the news; sometimes the news is good, other times it seems headed in the wrong direction. After a brief look at the underlying nature of the problems I will focus ...
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Innovation in Desalination: An Answer to Our Water Woes1:30PM - 5:30PM Conference Speakers, Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja HallOpening words: Dan Kammen, UC Berkeley professor and World Bank Chief Technical Specialist for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Panel 1: "From sea water to drinking water: under what conditions is desalination the optimal solution?"Jared Huffman, California State Assembly Chair of Committee ...
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Priority map for action and perception in the primate superior colliculusThe process of transforming sensory inputs into actions is traditionally viewed as a serial and hierarchical affair: the cerebral cortex evaluates and decides, and the brainstem generates the necessary motor outputs. However, in vertebrates with a less-developed cerebral cortex, the responsibility for integrating different sources of sensory information and gating ...
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LCROSS UpdateSpeaker: Dr. Jennifer Heldmann's scientific research interests focus on studies of the Moon and Mars. Her Mars research focuses on studies of recent water on the Red Planet through spacecraft data analysis, numerical modeling, and fieldwork in Mars-analog environments such as the Outback of Australia, the Canadian High Arctic, the ...
