Cerebellar MEG - investigating the timing capabilities of the cerebellum
IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talk by Lau Møller Andersen, Aarhus University
Info about event
Time
Location
IMC meeting room, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4, building 1483, room 312 and online (https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/my/imcevents)
Abstract
The cerebellum's reputation suffers from two unfortunate claims. The one is that it is a reptile brain, and that it is not involved in anything interesting beyond motor coordination. The second is that its electrophysiological activity is immeasurable with electro- and magnetoencephalography. I'll argue that both claims are dubious and show as a case in point magnetoencephalographic data showing that the cerebellum is involved in building up sensory expectations and predictions.
About the speaker
Lau Møller Andersen is affiliated with Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN), Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) and the Department of Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics (LICS). He got his Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2016 from Aarhus University, his MSc in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from University of Amsterdam in 2011 and his BA in Philosophy and Linguistics from Aarhus University in 2009.