WINTER 2014

Hi Joe-Labers!

Here is our Winter 2014 Journal Club page.

Please visit the page to know the weekly JC leaders, topics, and to get your hands on the weekly PDFs & Slides

Journal Club Dates + Presenters

Friday January 17th: 

- We welcomed Bonnie Lyons-Cohen, who gave us a tai-chi demonstration, presented her WPC poster, and answered any questions we had regarding PD

- To prepare for this week's journal club, Bonnie provided us with an  interview that she had with a neuroscience student from Texas, and a video to watch. 

Friday January 24th:

- Gaby presented Activation of Inhibition: Diminishing Impulsive Behavior by Direct Current Stimulation over the Inferior Frontal Gyrus by Jacobson et al. (2011)

Friday January 31st:

- Sam presented Physical (In)Activity-Dependent Structural Plasticity in Bulbospinal Catecholaminergic Neurons of Rat Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla by Mischel et al. (2014)

Friday February 7th:

- Paula presented Sensitivity of the Action Observation Network to Physical and Observational Learning by Cross et al. (2009).

Friday February 21st: 

GRADUATE PROJECT UPDATES

Friday February 28th:

- Mike W led a discussion on Fully Online Multicommand Brain-Computer Interface with Visual Neurofeedback Using SSVEP Paradigm by Martinez et al. 2007. Click here for the audio recording of Mike W's presentation.

- Mike W performed a demonstration of a brain computer interface he is working on, which can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tt1ze9ji8m06xba/Mike-W_JD-Demo.mp4

Friday March 7th:

- Katherine led a discussion on What skilled typists don’t know about the QWERTY keyboard by Snyder et al. 2014.

Friday March 21st:

- Paul, Gaby, and Nev led a review for Cerebral Cortex. 

Friday March 28th:

POSTER DAY PRACTICE FOR UNDERGRADUATES

Friday April 4th:

- Mike will be leading a discussion on Brain networks underlying mental imagery of auditory and visual information by Zvyagintsev et al. 2013.

Friday April 11th:

- Larissa

Friday April 18th:

- GOOD FRIDAY (NO JOURNAL CLUB)

Friday April 25th:

- Lab Fieldtrip: Dr. Adrian Owen will be giving a talk  titled "Cognition after serious brain injury: what has neuroimaging told us?" at  Allan Waters Family Auditorium, 2nd floor, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (209 Victoria St.) from 10:00am - 11:00am.