Faculty Talks will occur Monthly or Thursday Afternoons 4-5:30 PM

Student Presentations will occur Monthly on Mondays 12-1:15 PM

Unless otherwise noted, talks take place in the Conference Room at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, 3810 Walnut Street, at the University of Pennsylvania. For more information contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Confirmed speakers include:

October 8, 2009 - Barbara J. Sahakian, PhD, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
Title: Cognitive Enhancing Drugs:Neuroscience & Society
* This lecture will take place at College Hall 200

November 5, 2009 - Brian Knutson, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Stanford University
Title: Predicting Choice with fMRI
Location: Irvine Building, Room G 16 (Building on the NW corner of 34th and Spruce)

December 3, 2009 - Nick Bostrom, PhD, Professor of Applied Ethics and Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University
Title: Whole brain emulation
Room Change: Arch Crest room at the Arch Building, 3601 Locust Walk

January 14, 2010 - Hank Greely, JD, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law, Stanford University
Title: Brain-Directed “Treatments” for Anti-Social Behavior: New Opportunities, Old Fears
Location: Silverman Hall, Room 240B (3400 Chestnut Street)

February 11, 2010 - Adrian M. Owen, PhD, Senior Scientist/Assistant Director, Cognitive & Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge
Title: When thoughts become actions: Residual cognitive function in the vegetative state
Note time: 12–1:30 PM

March 4, 2010 - Kurt Fischer, PhD, Charles Bigelow Professor of Human Development & Psychology  and Director of the Mind, Brain, and Education program, Harvard University
Title: Connecting neuroscience with learning to create a research foundation for education

April 1, 2010 - Michael Chorost, PhD, Author of Rebuilt: How becoming part computer made me more human
Title: The coming integration of humans and machines

May 6, 2010 - Joseph Fins, MD, Chief, Division of Medical Ethics, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Public Health, Professor of Medicine in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
Title: Deep brain stimulation and the scientific commons