2016 Biennial Science of Learning Symposium Presentations

THE NEUROSCIENCE OF BRAIN CHANGES DURING LEARNING 

Synaptic plasticity mechanisms underlying learning in the brain 
Richard Huganir, Professor and Director of the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience; Director of the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute; and Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Brain Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University

 

LEARNING IN THE VISUAL BRAIN  

Towards understanding deep neural networks
Alan Yuille, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University  


Neural changes underlying visual shape learning
Ed Connor, Professor of the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience; Director of the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University

 

LANGUAGE LEARNING  

Developmental plasticity and language learning: Computational, maturational, and linguistic constraints
Elissa Newport, Professor of Neurology; Director of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery, Georgetown University

 

Linguistic diversity marks social groups and facilitates interpersonal communication
Katherine Kinzler, Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Cornell University 

 

Gradually learning to read a foreign language: Adaptive partial machine translation
Jason Eisner, Professor of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University

 

LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE  

Brain mechanisms of early reading skills  
Bruce McCandliss, Professor of the Graduate School of Education; Psychology; and Stanford  Neuroscience Institute, Stanford University 


Reading and spelling: Challenges and opportunities for evolutionarily recent brain networks
Brenda Rapp, Chair and Professor of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University  

 

GIFTED LEARNING  

Excellence Gaps: The role of translational research in implementing large-scale educational change    
Jonathan Plucker, Julian C. Stanley Endowed Professor of Talent Development, Johns Hopkins University