Thursday, September 9, 2010
\nElizabeth Quinlan (University of Maryland, College Park) discusses the relevance of critical periods to plasticity, given current trends in post-critical period plasticity. She outlines her ideas about plasticity being latent and actively constrained by ongoing activity, rather than fundamental properties of the underlying anatomy.
\nPlease be aware that there are some discontinuities due to editing.
\nDuration: 41 minutes
\nDiscussants:(in alphabetical order)
\nSalma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA)
\nFidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA)
\nTodd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)
\nCharles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)
\nacknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.