hornblower Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I posted about this before but just a heads up again that the SPARCS conference is June 19-21.This is a canine science conference but I'm anticipating that many of these lectures will be pertinent to all of us. Learning is learning - across speciesThe livestreams are free. If you want to watch video later, you have to get a paid subscription.These are top behaviorists, ethologists, biologists, psychologists and neuroscientists and they will be talking about dogs, dogs, dogs for 3 days. You can see the 3 day schedule on this page, as well as the speaker bios.Friday's general theme is Learning & Memory (for non dog people, see esp. "How Do We Know More Tomorrow Than We Do Today? The Behavioral Neuroscience of Learning and Remembering") Saturday Dogs Around the WorldSunday Stress, Physiology, Cognition and Behavior. (incl "Does Stress Make You Stupid?") http://www.sparcsinitiative.org/events/2015-conference-speakers/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Just giving this a bump! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 Bumping this up. It's started. Peter Killeen is talking about the Laws of Connection. So far she's talked about Pavlov, Skinner & Aristotle :)http://www.sparcsinitiative.org/live-broadcast/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 The memory and learning seminar is on now. Long term memory, short term memory, working memory.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Today's session has begun - stress, health & effect on learning. Dr. Miles Orchinik explaining stress pathways right now http://www.sparcsinitiative.org/live-broadcast/ next session ~10:15 (pacific) is specifically on cognition "does stress make you stupid" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 You might be tired of hearing me but omg these sessions are good. He was just talking about stress -> muscle wasting -> abdominal fat he also recommended this TED talk on stress http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend?language=en 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Looks fascinating! Thanks for sharing the link. Hope you had a wonderful time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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