BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250719T232731EDT-8018gx1lI7@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250720T032731Z DESCRIPTION:Register here.\n\nStream via vimeo here.\n\n\nAlison Adcock\n\n Associate Professor\, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences\, Duke University \, USA\n\nAbstract: The same neurotransmitter systems that fine tune our m emories take the multifaceted mental images that embody our hopes and fear s and distill them into simple signals. This capability implies that we ca n regulate our own brain chemistry using imagination. Using fMRI\, we have demonstrated that people can indeed learn to activate small nuclei – spec ifically\, those that produce most of the brain’s dopamine -- using nothin g but mental imagery. Like the discovery that runners can trigger endorphi n release with physical activity\, the self-regulation of neurochemistry w ith mental activity suggests many methods for changing brain function in r esponse to the current moment. Our discovery science investigates brain sy stems for motivation to better understand memory mechanisms and neurotrans mitter systems. Specifically\, we aim to delineate the full range of motiv ational states that shape human learning and their distinct neural archite ctures\, each with a signature impact on learning and on the memories that underlie behavior. Our translational work aims to help define ways to tun e a learners’ brain state\, matching it precisely to a specific challenge. \n\nBio: Dr. Adcock received her undergraduate degree in psychology from E mory University and her MD and PhD in Neurobiology from Yale University.  She completed her psychiatry residency training at Langley Porter Psychiat ric Institute at UC-San Francisco and did neurosciences research as a post doctoral fellow at UC-SF\, the San Francisco VA Medical Center\, and Stanf ord before joining the Duke faculty in 2007. Her work has been funded by N IDA\, NIMH\, NSF and Alfred P. Sloan and Klingenstein Fellowships in the N eurosciences\, and the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation\, and honored by NARSAD awards\, the 2012 National Academy of Sciences Seymour Benzer Le ctureship\, and the 2015 ABAI BF Skinner Lectureship. The overall goals of her research program are to understand how brain systems for motivation s upport learning and to use mechanistic understanding of how behavior chang es biology to meet the challenge of developing new therapies appropriate f or early interventions for mental illness.\n\n\nThe Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series will advance the vision of Dr. William Feindel (1918–2014) \, Former Director of the Neuro (1972–1984)\, to constantly bridge the cli nical and research realms. The talks will highlight the latest advances an d discoveries in neuropsychology\, cognitive neuroscience\, and neuroimagi ng.\n\nSpeakers will include scientists from across The Neuro\, as well as colleagues and collaborators locally and from around the world. The serie s is intended to provide a virtual forum for scientists and trainees to co ntinue to foster interdisciplinary exchanges on the mechanisms\, diagnosis and treatment of brain and cognitive disorders.\n\n \n DTSTART:20230517T200000Z DTEND:20230517T210000Z LOCATION:De Grandpre Communications Centre\, Montreal Neurological Institut e\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2B4\, 3801 rue University SUMMARY:Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series: Strategic Neuromodulation of Human Memory: New Categories of Memory Mechanisms URL:/neuro/channels/event/feindel-brain-and-mind-semin ar-series-strategic-neuromodulation-human-memory-new-categories-memory-348 136 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR