Tag: Trinity College Week
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The Academic Minute for 2019.03.11-03.15 – Trinity College Week
The Academic Minute from 03.11 – 03.15 Monday, March 11th Elizabeth Casserly – Trinity College Vision and Communication Elizabeth Casserly began her study of human language and cognition as an undergraduate Linguistics major at Yale University. Since then, she has volunteered as a research assistant for a speech-oriented group of electrical engineers at MIT, worked…
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Susan Masino, Trinity College – Ketogenic Diet
On Trinity College Week: Can your diet help you avoid epileptic seizures? Susan Masino, professor of applied science, looks into this question. Dr. Masino is the Vernon Roosa Professor of Applied Science at Trinity College and a joint appointment in Neuroscience and Psychology. Her research focuses on promoting and restoring brain health, with a particular…
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Dan Lloyd, Trinity College – Music As The Language of the Brain
On Trinity College Week: Does your brain speak in music? Dan Lloyd, professor of philosophy, discusses how repetition is shared between the language of music and our brains. Dan Lloyd wonders how our gray and squishy brains could be the location of the symphonic kaleidoscope of human consciousness. For centuries this question was the province…
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Sarah Raskin, Trinity College – Prospective Memory
On Trinity College Week: Where are my keys again? Sarah Raskin, professor of psychology and neuroscience, discusses how different disorders affect memory and which treatments can be effective. Professor Sarah Raskin graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1984 with a B.A. in Behavioral Biology and from the City University of New York Graduate Center in 1990…
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Trinity College Week on The Academic Minute (2019.03.11)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2019.03.11 Monday, March 11th Elizabeth Casserly looks to understand the processes that enable us to produce language so fluently. Tuesday, March 12th William Church digs into cell death and Parkinson’s Disease. Wednesday, March 13th Sarah Raskin delves into prospective memory. Thursday, March 14th Dan Lloyd explores if music is…