[4eyes] FW: Scott Grafton Explores Spatial Reference Frames in ThinkSpatial 16 April

[Matthew Turk]

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From: Don Janelle [mailto:janelle at geog.ic.ucsb.edu] 
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 3:50 PM
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Subject: Scott Grafton Explores Spatial Reference Frames in ThinkSpatial 16
April

 

 

T h i n k S p a t i a l

The UCSB brown-bag forum on spatial thinking

Presents

Scott Grafton

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UCSB

Spatial Reference Frames 
for Real and Virtual Movements

12:00 p.m. Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Ellison 5824

Abstract. Effective goal oriented action requires that there is motion of
the body through space. This poses fundamental challenges for motor control,
as the spatial shape of the body changes in this process. To plan a
movement, there must be knowledge of where in space the body is at any given
time. In this talk I will explore how this mercurial and poorly understood
body space might be structured. Evidence from patients with brain lesions,
imaging, cognitive studies and neuronal recording will be used to show that
the estimation of physical state in space is built from many different
reference frames.

Scott Grafton, Professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of
UCSB's Brain Imaging Center, investigates the normal structure and function
as well as pathology of the human sensorimotor system. He uses fMRI,
magnetic stimulation and high density EEG to characterize the neural basis
of goal directed behavior with an approach grounded in 20 years of
experience as a clinical neurologist. He received his MD degree from the
University of Southern California and completed residencies in Neurology at
the University of Washington and Nuclear Medicine at UCLA. He has developed
fundamental methods for mapping human brain activity and studied brain
plasticity during learning in health and reorganization in the face of
injury.

The objectives of the ThinkSpatial brown-bag presentations are to exchange
ideas about spatial perspectives in research and teaching, to broaden
communication and cooperation across disciplines among faculty and graduate
students, and to encourage the sharing of tools and concepts. 

Please contact Don Janelle (ext 5267, janelle at spatial.ucsb.edu) to review
and schedule possible discussion topics or presentations that share your
disciplinary interest in spatial thinking.

Up-coming Spatial Events 

ThinkSpatial

30 April                 Donald Janelle, spatial at ucsb, Rivers, Bridges,
Stagecoaches, and the Early Nineteenth-Century Space-time Structure of
Maine's Settlement System 

14 May                 Dieter Lukas, Zoology, University of Cambridge, Where
are all the Females? The Effect of Resource Distribution on Mammalian Mating
Strategies

21 May                 Jianhong Xia, Geography, Curtin University, Why Don't
Commuters Choose the Nearest Train Station?

4 June                   Frank Davenport, Geography, UCSB, Time Varying
Spatial Correlation in Spatial Error Panel Models




Thursday 6 June, Corwin Pavilion, 11:30a.m. - 3:30p.m. Spatial at ucsb Local
2013 Poster Exhibits and Plenary Session. 
The Visualization of Spatial Data Plenary Session will feature presentations
by Jason Dykes (School of Informatics, City University London), JoAnn
Kuchera-Morin (Media Arts and Technology Program, UCSB), and Ross Whitaker
(Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI), University of Utah).

Critical Issues in America: Figuring Sea Level Rise series -- Risk and
Uncertainty and the Communication of Sea Level Rise

April 12, 2013, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm at Corwin Pavilion
More Information: www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/emi/events/apr12

 








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