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APS Conference – Presentation Slides

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:34:17 +0000

I have wanted to attend the Association for Psychological Science annual convention for a number of years, but I was always frustrated by the number of other conferences I had to attend during the spring. All that changed early this year when I was offered the opportunity to give a presentation on interoceptive development. I suddenly had a very good reason to free up some time and hop on a plane!

I want to thank everyone who attended my address this morning. After untold amounts of airline trouble getting to Boston it was a real pleasure to have the chance to talk about the insula and interoceptive development.

If you are interested you can download a copy of my presentation slides here. Send me an email if you have any questions or comments. Thanks!

Brain Dissection: Insula Anatomy

prefrontal — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:28:59 +0000

We just wrapped up the 2009 Summer Institute on Cognitive Neuroscience here at UCSB. There are a million stories to tell from the two weeks of the Summer Institute, but for this post I just wanted to upload a few pictures from the brain dissection lab that went on during the first week. Mark D’Esposito was our small group leader and took us on an amazing tour of brain anatomy. At the end of the session he allowed us to investigate specific brain structures we had a particular research interest in. I reassembled the axial slices from the right hemisphere and cut away the frontal, parietal, and temporal opercula to reveal the insula, hiding underneath.

After some quick Photoshop work you can isolate the insula from other structures in the photo. You can clearly see the gyri and sulci of the insular cortex. To the left is the posterior insula and to the right is anterior insula.

From there we can overlay some labels that detail major anatomical features of the insula.

After investigating the insula using MRI for the last three years it was a real treat to finally see an example of it in person. Special thanks to Mark D’Esposito, Mike Miller, and Mike Gazzaniga for letting me take part.

Human Brain Mapping 2009 – Presentations

prefrontal — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:06:39 +0000

I want to thank everyone at the Human Brain Mapping conference for their excellent comments and insight on my research. I had an unbroken string of amazing conversations with researchers from around the world – it was a real treat. Below you will find copies of both posters that I presented at HBM along with a copy of the slides that I used in my presentation. If you have any questions or would like larger copies of the figures please let me know.

The processing of internally-generated interoceptive sensation
Conference Poster: [PDF] [JPEG]
Presentation Slides: [PDF]

Neural correlates of interspecies perspective taking in the post-mortem Atlantic Salmon: An argument for multiple comparisons correction
Conference Poster: [PDF] [JPEG]