[4eyes] FW: ThinkSpatial brownbag, Liz Chrstil, Tuesday, 2/14/2017

Tue Feb 7 21:25:35 PST 2017

Some of you might be interested in this Spatial Center talk on Tuesday by a new UCSB Geography professor:

From: Karen Doehner [mailto:kdoehner at spatial.ucsb.edu] 
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2017 12:40 PM
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Subject: Fwd: ThinkSpatial brownbag, Liz Chrstil, Tuesday, 2/14/2017

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

The Center for Spatial Studies’ brown-bag forum on spatial thinking

Presents

Elizabeth Chrastil

Department of Geography

University of California, Santa Barbara

Navigation:
Spatial Knowledge, Individual Differences, and Neuroscience
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

12:00 p.m.

3512 Phelps Hall

Abstract: Navigation is a central part of daily life. For some, getting around is easy, while others struggle, and certain clinical populations display wandering behaviors and extensive disorientation. Working at the interface between immersive virtual reality and neuroimaging techniques, Chrastil’s research demonstrates how these complementary approaches can inform questions about how we acquire and use spatial knowledge. She will discuss some of her recent work as well as upcoming experiments that center on: (1) how we learn new environments, (2) the type of spatial information we learn from environments, and (3) how individuals differ in spatial abilities. The behavioral and neuroimaging studies presented in this talk inform new frameworks for understanding spatial knowledge, which could lead to novel approaches to answering major questions in navigation.

Bio: Elizabeth Chrastil is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at UCSB and is a faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Dynamical Neuroscience Program. She attended Washington University in St. Louis for her undergraduate degree, majoring in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP) and History. She later received an M.S. in Biology from Tufts University. She received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Brown University in 2012 and completed a postdoc in Psychology at Boston University. She joined UCSB in the fall of 2016.

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Karen Doehner

Admin. Coordinator

Center for Spatial Studies

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