Author Archives: Francisco de Lacerda

About Francisco de Lacerda

Professor Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

AAAS 2019 in Washington DC is about to start

Posted on 2019/02/14

This morning at 07.00 it was still quiet. The registration for this year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science opened later, at 07:30, but there was already at breakfast the usual vibrating atmosphere of engaged scientists. … Continue reading →

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OHBM 2018 in Singapore

Posted on 2018/06/21

21 June was our last day in Singapore after an amazing week at the OHBM 2018 conference! OHBM 2018 brought together for a few days a wide multidisciplinary community dedicated to the study of the brain — brain function, morphology, … Continue reading →

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Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)

Posted on 2018/06/18

SUBIC (Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre) is attending the OHBM conference in Singapore. Our immediate goal at this stage is networking with international research groups of potential relevance for SUBIC. Karl Friston’s opening keynote lecture “I am, therefore I think”, … Continue reading →

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Curious about the “yanny/laurel” effect?

Posted on 2018/05/20

Good! For a deeper understanding of this and many other speech perception phenomena, study Experimental Phonetics at Stockholm University, Department of Linguistics. Look for the upcoming application period: Sen anmälan Welcome to the Department of Linguistics’ multidisciplinary education and research on … Continue reading →

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AAAS 2018: Closing the conference

Posted on 2018/02/20

Årets AAAS är nu avslutat. Det har varit ett fullspäckat schema för att försöka hänga med så mycket som möjligt och samtidigt interagera med andra konferensdeltagare. En konstant känsla av att inte hinna vara med på alla intressanta men konkurrerande … Continue reading →

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AAAS 2018: Neuroscience, causalitet och klimatfakta

Posted on 2018/02/19

Optimal Aging and Mechanisms of Neurocognitive Enrichment Ännu en spännande konferensdag idag! För min del, började dagen med en session om åldrande. Ett av teman i denna session var användningen av anpassade och stimulerande datorspel som verktyg för att motverka … Continue reading →

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AAAS 2018: Improbable research

Posted on 2018/02/18

Traditionsenligt, presenterade Marc Abrahams 2017:s upplaga av Improbable Research och Ig Nobel priser för ett fullsatt auditorium på AAAS 2018. Detta är något som måste upplevas på plats. Som tur är, kommer Marc Abrahams till Stockholm under första vecka i … Continue reading →

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