Virtual Seminar: Navigating Abstract Spaces
Daniela Schiller, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar: Navigating Abstract Spaces
Dec. 17, 2021
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
About this Seminar
Dr. Schiller's talk will describe a series of studies on how the brain uses imagination to modify learning, and how it maps trajectories in abstract space across domains of social function and decision making.
Additional Details
This is a free event hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and co-sponsored by the institute's Center for Human Neuroscience Research. The Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series, which runs annually from September to May, has featured leading biomedical researchers from throughout the country since the program began in 2012. The lectures are also open to all members of the Virginia Tech community including graduate students, undergraduates, faculty, and staff, as well as the public.
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