Prof. Metehan Çiçek @ TEDU
Tarih:
Are you interested in the perception of time and working memory? Do these concepts impact our learning and teaching environments? Please join us for a brief but enlightening presentation by a renowned scholar in the field of neurology.
Time perception: Relations with working memory and reward prospect
Prof. Dr. Metehan ÇİÇEK
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine and Brain Research Center, Ankara University
Date: Thursday. November 30, 2017
Time: 16:00-17:00
Location: Ahmet Ersan Conference hall
Abstract:
Time is an important concept that determines most human behaviors; however, questions remain unanswered about how time is perceived and which areas of the brain are responsible for time perception. All types of time perception tasks require working memory. Findings also suggest that the physiological mechanisms involved in reward prospect and time perception are quite similar. But a systematic investigation of the interaction of time perception, reward systems and working memory is lacking.
We carried out two experiments to reveal which shared and/or distinct brain areas are related to time perception, working memory as well as reward prospect. In conclusion, our findings suggest that the physiological mechanisms involved in time perception, working memory and reward prospect might be connected to each other by both a fronto-parietal and some subcortical brain networks.
About Prof. Dr. Metehan Çiçek:
Prof. Metehan Çiçek graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1994 and became an assistant professor at Ankara University faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology the same year. He did his post-doctoral studies at the University of California (Berkeley) with Prof. Robert Knight and at Northwestern University in the laboratory of Prof. Marsel Mesulam. There he gained experience in cognitive neurology and neuroimaging methods.
Dr. Çiçek, established the Neurology Doctoral Program at Ankara University, Institute of Health Sciences and also the Brain Research Center at Ankara University BAUM).
Dr. Çiçek organizes training programs and lectures on functional neuroimaging. He carries out research on spatial perception, working memory, time perception, numeric perception and the effects of these brain activities on certain maladies.