| Date |
Topic |
Debate |
| Jan 23 |
BRAIN initiative: What’s the big deal? |
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| Jan 30 |
Brain mapping: From brain structure to brain function |
 Is brain mapping worth the money? |
| Feb 6 |
Neural decoding: Deciphering human brain activity |
 Can a neuroscientist read your mind? |
| Feb 13 |
Neuroprosthetic: Neural interfaces applied to motor recovery after brain injury |
Could wearable robots replace wheelchairs? |
| Feb 20 |
Recovery of locomotion after spinal cord injury |
Are we close to a ‘cure’ for spinal cord injury? |
| Feb 27 |
Brain plasticity and stroke rehabilitation |
Can brain zapping technology boost learning? |
| Mar 6 |
Virtual reality in neurorehabilitation |
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| Mar 13 |
The ‘social brain’: Neuroscience of human interactions
Neuroethics: Implications of Advances in Neuroscience |
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| Mar 20 |
SPRING BREAK |
| Mar 27 |
Sleep on it: Memory and learning consolidation |
Erasing and rewriting memories: fact or fiction? |
| Apr 3 |
Neuroscience of aging |
Brain-training apps: Neuroscience, or pseudoscience? |
| Apr 10 |
Neurodevelopment of functional brain networks |
Children, wired: For better or for worse? |
| Apr 17 |
The ‘social brain’: Neuroscience of human interactions |
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| Apr 24 |
Nutrition, exercise and the brain |
Is obesity a brain disease? |
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