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CBB talk series
The Cognitive Brown Bag (CBB) is a graduate student organized talk series, primarily attended by the faculty, graduate students, and staff from the cognitive labs at Dartmouth College. A list of past CBB talks can be found here.
Organizers: Benjamin Graul (Wager lab) , Zizhuang Miao (Wager lab), and Deepasri Prasad (Robertson lab).
Academic year 2025-2026
All talks will be held from 1:10-2:10 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
Winter term
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
| Tues, 1/27 | Robert Reinhart (Boston University) | Tuning the Brain’s Rhythmic Code: A Path to Scalable Neuromodulation | Many cognitive and psychiatric symptoms arise not from dysfunction in isolated brain regions, but from disrupted communication within distributed neural circuits. In this talk, I will present a framework for “building better brains” by tuning the rhythmic codes that organize circuit-level communication in humans. I will focus on three axes of innovation. First, mechanistic advances demonstrate that neural synchrony, frequency, and phase are causal variables governing memory, cognitive control, compulsivity, and impulsivity. Second, technological advances in noninvasive electrical stimulation, particularly high-definition transcranial alternating current stimulation and temporal interference stimulation, now allow frequency-specific, personalized, and even deep-brain circuit modulation without surgery. Third, translational advances show that repeated, circuit-informed stimulation can produce durable behavioral and symptom-relevant changes lasting weeks to months across domains including cognitive aging, obsessive–compulsive behavior, impulse control, and procedural learning. Together, these findings suggest that aligning neuromodulation with the brain’s native rhythmic architecture offers a principled path toward scalable, mechanistically grounded neuromodulation strategies for psychiatry and cognitive health. |
| Tues, 2/3 | |||
| Peter Duggins (Dartmouth College, Soltani lab) | |||
| Yeongji Lee (Dartmouth College, Kraemer lab) | |||
| Tues, 2/17 | Serra Favila (Brown University) | ||
| Tues, 3/3 | |||
| Wentao Si (Dartmouth College, Tse lab) | |||
| Yugantar Prakash (Dartmouth College, Murray lab) |
Spring term
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
| Tues, 4/7 | |||
| Eunhye Choe (Dartmouth College, Tse lab) | |||
| Cove Geary (Dartmouth College, Murray lab) | |||
| Tues, 4/14 | James Howard (Brandeis University) | ||
| Tues, 4/21 | |||
| Deepasri Prasad (Dartmouth College, Robertson lab) | |||
| Peter Angeli (Dartmouth College, Robertson lab) | |||
| Tues, 4/28 | |||
| Byeol Kim (Dartmouth College, Wager lab) | |||
| Atlas Shahamati (Dartmouth College, Soltani lab) | |||
| Tues, 5/12 | |||
| Zizhuang Miao (Dartmouth College, Wager lab) | |||
| Antônio Mello (Dartmouth College, Duchaine lab) | |||
| Tues, 5/26 | |||
| Aryan Yazdanpanah (Dartmouth College, Soltani lab) | |||
| Eun Tack Cho (Dartmouth College, Murray lab) |