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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Nicole Eichert presents\, 'What are the brain specializatio
 ns underlying human speech and language?'\n\nRegistration via Eventbrite.
 \n\nLivestreaming via Vimeo. \n\nSpeaker: Nicole Eichert\, Ph.D\n\nPostdoc
 tural Researcher\, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN)\, Un
 iversity of Oxford\, UK\n\nAbstract: One uniquely human experience is our 
 ability to communicate via speech and language. Specialized laryngeal moto
 r control has been suggested to be a critical evolutionary adaptation in t
 he human brain that enabled speech. During my PhD\, I investigated the cor
 tical specialization underlying laryngeal motor control using functional n
 euroimaging and comparative neuroanatomy. We localized the cortical repres
 entation of the larynx in humans during voicing using fMRI and studied how
  the functional activation patterns relate to individual sulcal morphology
 . In order to study critical brain specializations in a comparative framew
 ork across primate species\, we use a 'common space' approach that can acc
 ount for both shared and distinct features across species. We developed a 
 surface-based cross-species registration that allows us to study how corti
 cal reorganization during evolution affected the relative location of brai
 n areas and connectivity profiles. Using the 'common space' approach\, we 
 can test the effect of different evolutionary scenarios on the brain archi
 tecture related to laryngeal motor control.\n\nBio: Nicole just completed 
 her PhD in Neuroscience at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroscienc
 e (WIN)\, University of Oxford\, UK. She was working with Dr. Kate Watkins
  (Speech and Brain Lab) and Dr. Rogier Mars (Neuroecology & Anatomy Lab). 
 For her Master's degree\, Nicole studied at the Graduate School of Neural 
 & Behavioural Sciences in Tübingen\, Germany\, and at the Max Planck Insti
 tute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen\, The Netherlands. Nicole has previ
 ously visited the MNI to study sulcal morphology in in the subcentral regi
 on with Dr. Petrides and she is now returning to the MNI for a Postdoctora
 l position in the lab of Dr. Bernhardt.\n\nThe Feindel Virtual Brain and M
 ind (VBM) Seminar Series will advance the vision of Dr. William Feindel (1
 918–2014)\, Former Director of the Neuro (1972–1984)\, to constantly bridg
 e the clinical and research realms. The talks will highlight the latest ad
 vances and discoveries in neuropsychology\, cognitive neuroscience\, and n
 euroimaging.\n\nSpeakers will include scientists from across The Neuro\, a
 s well as colleagues and collaborators locally and from around the world. 
 The series is intended to provide a virtual forum for scientists and train
 ees to continue to foster interdisciplinary exchanges on the mechanisms\, 
 diagnosis and treatment of brain and cognitive disorders.\n
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SUMMARY:Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Lecture Series: What are the brain s
 pecializations underlying human speech and language?
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