Manuel Sanchez Malmierca Talk - 11am, 6 September 2024, Whitelands College, University of Roehampton

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Hi Everyone, I hope you’re all having a lovely summer and have managed to get some relaxing vacation worked in as well, and sorry for any cross-posting.

Professor Manuel Sanchez Malmierca, is going to be in London in early September, and he has graciously offered to give a talk at the University of Roehampton. All are very welcome to attend, and please feel free share this with anyone who might be interested in attending (e.g. the EI mailing list, etc.). 

I’ve attached the blurb that Roehampton sent out today, as well some extra directions on how to get there.

Cheers,

Warren

Warren Bakay (he/him)
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University of Roehampton | London | SW15 4JD

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Speaker: Professor Manuel S. Malmierca

Title: Predictions, Prediction Errors, and Precision in the Auditory Brain

Location: Whitelands College, University of Roehampton

Time: 6 September 2024, 11am

Brief abstract:

Manolo will be sharing his research on how and why the brain builds predictions of expected inputs, and then reacts to deviations from those predictions. These mechanisms are critically important for survival reactions, and as is becoming increasingly evident, they are very important for encoding speech.

Speaker's bio:

Manuel Sanchez Malmierca is the director of the Institute of Neuroscience for Castille y Leon at the University of Salamanca in Spain. He is currently the president of the Spanish Society for Neuroscience and was just chosen as the new Editor-in-Chief of the journal Hearing Research. Hailing from the region of Extremadura, Manolo began his career as a medical doctor, earning his MD at the University of Salamanca, before travelling to Norway to do his PhD, and then a postdoc at the University of Newcastle, and finally returning to Salamanca. He is a world expert on predictive coding, mismatch negativity, and neuronal mismatch, with a focus on the auditory brain. Last year, neuroscience lost a titan with the passing of Risto Näätänen, and in tribute Manolo has organised the Mismatch Negativity Conference this year to celebrate Risto’s contributions to neuroscience.

How to get there: 

The closest stations are Barnes (rail, the closest), Putney (rail), and Putney Bridge (district line). There are a lot of busses from all three of those stations that will get you to Whitelands College in about 5 minutes. There is also a dedicated shuttle bus (849) that goes between Barnes and Wimbledon and stops at the three campuses of the University of Roehampton. 

For cycling fans, I frequently bike to Putney station in about 8 minutes, and Mortlake station, in about 10 minutes. Barnes is only about 5 minutes cycle, but it is more uphill than the other two. It took me about half an hour to cycle across Richmond Park from Teddington to Whitelands, and it took me about 35 minutes to bike from Whitelands to Battersea Power Station yesterday. I am not a fast cyclist.