| Date |
2016-03-14 |
| Time |
13:00 - 14:00 |
| E-mail |
ednu@ied.edu.hk |
| Venue |
HKIEd Tai Po Campus D4-P-03 |
EDNU March Research Seminar: Neural Representations of Number as Revealed by Synaesthesia
Date: 14 March 2016 (MON)
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Venue: HKIEd Tai Po Campus D4-P-03
Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Yuen (Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany)
Abstract:
Number concepts are biologically represented in the brain across different animal species, suggesting an evolutionary significance of abstract mathematical knowledge. In this talk, I’ll use Number Synaesthesia, a special condition which the perception of numbers trigger specific senses (e.g. colour), as a model to show how numbers are represented in the human brain. Data from two neuroimaging studies, one with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique and the other with Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM), will be presented to demonstrate the functional and structural correlates of number representation. Results will be discussed with respect to the current understandings of neural representations of numbers and elementary arithmetic operations.
Dr. Yuen received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Hong Kong, and completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Wales Bangor and at the Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. He specializes in cognitive-affective neuroscience research using neuroimaging techniques. His primary research interest lies in investigating the perception, appraisal, and regulation of affective information using a combined approach of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), physiological measurements and computation modeling. He is also interested in the interactions between affective states and a wide variety of cognitive operations, including decision-making and time perception. Currently Dr. Yuen is a research scientist in the Neuroimaging Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center in Mainz, Germany.
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