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2016
Kavli Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience
Week 2: The Stressed Brain
Course Directors
Barry Giesbrecht
Psychological & Brain Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara
Maarten De Vos
Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Stress comes in many forms (environmental, physical, psychological) and can have a wide range
of positive and negative effects on brain structure, function, and behavior. A mechanistic
understanding of the effects of stress measured inside the lab and in the real world poses a
number of critical questions that are relevant for cognitive neuroscientists and neuroengineers
alike. During this week, we will examine a number of these key questions from both cognitive
neuroscience and neuroengineering perspectives, the goal of which is to provide a novel view on
the positive and negative effects of stress on brain function and behavior.
Monday (6/27): FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING STRESS
8:30-9:00
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:45
10:45-11:00
11:00-12:15
12:15-1:45
1:45-5:00
5:00
Breakfast
Introductory Remarks – Barry Giesbrecht, Maarten de Vos, Mike Miller
Becca Shansky (Northeastern)– Neurobiology of stress
Break
Amanda Guyer (UC Davis) – Stress and affective development
Lunch
Lab Session: Functional neuroimaging methods
Adjourn
Tuesday (6/28): NEURAL CIRCUITS OF STRESS AND AROUSAL
8:30-9:00
9:00-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-12:15
12:15-1:45
1:45-5:00
5:00
Breakfast
Cris Niell (Univ. of Oregon) – Behavioral states and visual cortical function
Break
Laura Busse (LMU Munich) – Behavioral states and the thalamo-cortico-thalamic
loop
Lunch
Lab Session: Human electrophysiology
Adjourn
Wednesday (6/29): STRESS & ENGAGEMENT: CIRCUITS AND CORTICAL
FUNCTION
8:30-9:00
9:00-10:30
10:30-10:45
Breakfast
Michael Goard (UCSB) – Modulation of cortical processing by behavioral
engagement
Break
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10:45-12:15
12:15-1:45
1:45-5:00
5:00
Barry Giesbrecht – Exercise-induced arousal and cognition
Lunch
Mike Miller (UCSB) – Scientific Misconduct and fMRI: When Is The Line Crossed?
Adjourn
Thursday (6/30): REAL WORLD STRESS MONITORING
8:30-9:00
9:00-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-12:15
12:15-1:45
1:45-5:00
6:30-8:00
Breakfast
Dan Ferris (University of Michigan)– Mobile Brain Imaging
Break
Maarten de Vos (Oxford) – Noninvasive monitoring of brain states
Lunch
Debate Preparation (no lab)
DEBATES: Teams 3 and 4 (fellows will be organized into teams during week 1)
LOCATION: TBD
Friday (7/1): STRESS AND WELL-BEING ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
8:30-9:00
9:00-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-12:15
12:15-1:45
1:45-3:15
3:15
5:00-6:00
6:00-8:00
Breakfast
Emily Jacobs (UCSB) – Neuromodulation of stress circuitry in healthy and
depressed women
Break
Melynda Casement (University of Pittsburg) – Social stress, sleep, and the
adolescent brain
Lunch
SPEAKER TBD
Adjourn
Reception
Banquet Loma Pelona Center Patio
Dinner
Banquet Loma Pelona Center
Acknowledgments: We are deeply grateful to the National Institute of Mental Health and
the National Institute on Drug Abuse for their support of this training program (NIMH 2R25
MH057541), and to the Kavli Foundation for their support. Thanks also to Jayne Kelly at
the Sage Center for the Study of the Mind at UCSB, and to Noelle Reis at the Center for
Mind and Brain at UC Davis for their assistance and support.
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