Tor D. Wager, Ph.D.: June 6th, 2017
"Reproducible, Generalizable Brain Models of Affective Processes”
William K. Warren, Jr. Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture
Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital Conference Center
11:00am - 11:45 am Registration and Lunch, lunch stops being served at 11:45 - no exceptions
12:00pm - 1:00pm Program
Dr. Wager is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and a faculty member in the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his
Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in cognitive psychology in 2003, and served as an Assistant and Associate Professor at Columbia University from 2004-2009. Since
2010, he has directed Boulder’s Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience laboratory. He has a deep interest in how thinking influences affective experiences, affective learning,
and brain-body communication. His laboratory also focuses on the development and deployment of analytic methods, and has developed several publically available
software toolboxes for fMRI analysis.
Learning points:
1. Understand how pain and emotions are represented in the brain.
2. Examine the role of scientific transparency and reproducibility in modern brain scanning experiments.
3. Differentiate between pain and emotional networks in the brain.
REGISTER TO ATTEND!
To register, email: Lauren Haguewood at lehaguewood@saintfrancis.com
"Reproducible, Generalizable Brain Models of Affective Processes”
William K. Warren, Jr. Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture
Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital Conference Center
11:00am - 11:45 am Registration and Lunch, lunch stops being served at 11:45 - no exceptions
12:00pm - 1:00pm Program
Dr. Wager is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and a faculty member in the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his
Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in cognitive psychology in 2003, and served as an Assistant and Associate Professor at Columbia University from 2004-2009. Since
2010, he has directed Boulder’s Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience laboratory. He has a deep interest in how thinking influences affective experiences, affective learning,
and brain-body communication. His laboratory also focuses on the development and deployment of analytic methods, and has developed several publically available
software toolboxes for fMRI analysis.
Learning points:
1. Understand how pain and emotions are represented in the brain.
2. Examine the role of scientific transparency and reproducibility in modern brain scanning experiments.
3. Differentiate between pain and emotional networks in the brain.
REGISTER TO ATTEND!
To register, email: Lauren Haguewood at lehaguewood@saintfrancis.com
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