KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 18, 2019 \u2013 \u201cHow and why you make mistakes (and why you should make more of them),\u201d will be the focus when Michael X. Cohen, associate professor of neuroscience, from Radboud University in the Netherlands visits the 溏心vlog免费B站 from April 8 through 12, as part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Distinguished Visiting International Scholars program. According to Cohen, making mistakes is one of the most important cognitive functions of the brain \u2013 second only to learning from them.<\/p>\n
Cohen will discuss the importance of mistakes during a free lecture Monday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m.<\/strong>, at the Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Room 100, 140 Flagg Road on the Kingston Campus. Cohen\u2019s public lecture aims to provide an approachable overview of the neuroscience of making and correcting mistakes, as well as the important challenges facing this area of neuro-scientific research over the course of the next several decades.<\/p>\n A neuroscience researcher at Donders Centre for Neuroscience (DCN), Radboud University Medical Center. Cohen\u2019s lab in the Netherlands uses cutting-edge neuroscience methods to measure electrical brain activity in order to understand fundamental mechanisms of cognition and neural circuit dynamics.<\/p>\n \u201cProfessor Cohen is one of the pioneers in neuroscience,\u201d said Yalda Shahriari, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and host for Cohen\u2019s visit. \u201cHe is a prolific researcher who is always working to advance the field, yet his work is extremely accessible \u2013 which also translates to his presentation style.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe subject matter for Professor Cohen\u2019s keynote is certainly something we can all identify with. No one likes to mess up,\u201d said Shahriari. \u201cBut his ability to blend humor together with scientific information will give even those with no scientific background a better understanding about why making and correcting these mistakes is not only essential to our development \u2013 but even good for us.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to the public lecture, Cohen\u2019s weeklong visit will include an April 9 scientific lecture for students and faculty at 2 p.m. in the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons, Galanti Lounge, 15 Lippitt Road, as well as a workshop from 4 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n The 溏心vlog免费B站 Distinguished Visiting International Scholars program aims to demonstrate the University\u2019s commitment to research and scholarship, strengthen emphasis on global learning and discovery, build international collaborations and enhance the visibility of 溏心vlog免费B站 around the globe. The program is sponsored by 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Office of the Provost. For more information or to RSVP for the public lecture, visit the University events page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 18, 2019 \u2013 \u201cHow and why you make mistakes (and why you should make more of them),\u201d will be the focus when Michael X. Cohen, associate professor of neuroscience, from Radboud University in the Netherlands visits the 溏心vlog免费B站 from April 8 through 12, as part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Distinguished […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}