The 2018 Cognitive Science Undergraduate Research Presentation Day will take place on April 9, 2018. Students currently enrolled in a COGS research course will be giving poster presentations of their work. There will be a pizza lunch for participants and attendees, and prizes for the best presentations, as determined by a panel of judges!

Bratislav Misic

Network Neuroscience Lab, Montréal Neurological Institute

The connected brain: modeling dynamic biological processes in large-scale brain networks
11:00 – 11:30
The human brain is a complex network of structurally interconnected neuronal populations whose organization fundamentally shapes both normal information flow and pathological processes. Healthy signaling among neurons supports adaptive behaviour, while perturbations, such as pathogenic proteins or stimulation-induced activity, often spread from their source location via axonal projections. The goal of our research program is to provide a theoretically-grounded understanding of how the organization of brain networks shapes dynamic biological processes. I will present work that integrates network science and brain imaging to investigate neural signaling, neurodegenerative spread and the effects of brain stimulation.

Schedule Overview

11:00am – 11:30am	Invited Talk: Dr. Bratislav Misic The connected brain: modeling dynamic biological processes in large-scale brain networks
11:30am – 2:00pm	Student Poster Session Lunch to be served during poster session
2:00pm	Poster Awards

Student Presenters

Presenter	Project Title	Supervisor
Alex Wong	Investigating Trust Factors in Human-Robot Shared Control	Greg Dudek
Lee Meluban	Targeting Matrix Metalloproteinases for treatment of neuropathic pain using passive and active immunization strategies	Arkady Khoutorsky
Ariana Turk	Alpha-Synuclein in the GFAP-HMOX1 Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease -Toxicity, Aggregation, Propagation	Dr. Hyman Schipper
Alison Amsden	Exploring metacognitive processing across lower- and higher-order representations	Amir Raz
Zach Savelson	Cognitive Effort and Decision-Making	Dr Ross Otto
Christina Popescu	Evaluation of the effects of adolescence experiences on the expression of DCC in dopamine neurons	Dr. Cecilia Flores
Myles Loparco	Pupillometry: A Psychophysiological Measure of Cognitive Effort	Dr Ross Otto
Michelle Li	Acquisition of Categorical Perception of Mandarin Tone	Dr. Stevan Harnad
Olivia Silva	Person-oriented research ethics for studies involving participants with dementia	Dr. Eric Racine, Dr. Ariel Cascio
Jasmine Lee	Neural Processing of Phonetic Cues by Monolingual English Speakers	Dr. Shari Baum
Nick Ferranti	How do bilinguals visually encode linguistic landscapes?  Monitoring eye movement behavior for constructed mixed-language signs.	Dr. Debra Titone
Madison Boriskin	The Categorization of Environmental Sounds.	Catherine Guastavino
Izzy Orfi	Effect of testosterone-cortisol ratio on amgydalar volume, cortical thickness, and cortico-amygdalar structural covariance	Tuong-vi Nguyen
Julia Milosz	Early Experiences of Parental Bonding, Methylation, and Empathy in Mothers	Phyllis Zelkowitz
Tristan Macelis	Does injury impact brain growth in asphyxiated newborns?	Pia Wintermark
Julia Nayar	Do You See What I See? An Investigation of Saliency and Prototypical Brain Patterns	Dr. Reza Farivar

General Chair: Thomas Shultz
Organizing Members:

• Ryan Bouma
• Jackie Chi Kit Cheung
• Ian Gold
• Timothy O'Donnell
• David Ragsdale

Previous editions of this presentation day:

• 2017
• 2016