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DESCRIPTION:The Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar presents: 'Towards C
 losed-loop Control of Affective Processes in the Brain'.\n\nRegistration a
 vailable here.\n\nSpeaker: Vincent Taschereau-Dumouchel\nAssistant Researc
 h Professor\, Department of Psychiatry and Addictology\, Universite de Mon
 treal\n\nAbstract: One of the greatest challenges of mental health researc
 h is to understand how the brain generates negative affective experiences.
  Many brain imaging studies have identified fine-grained patterns of brain
  activity associated with such experiences but these findings are generall
 y correlational in nature. As a result\, we still have a limited understan
 ding of the precise patterns of brain activity directly responsible for ge
 nerating negative subjective experiences. In this presentation\, we will d
 iscuss a series of decoded neurofeedback studies aimed directly at studyin
 g this question in double-blind placebo controlled settings. In these stud
 ies\, participants are trained to modulate specific patterns of brain acti
 vity using machine learning and closed-loop functional magnetic resonance 
 imaging. We will discuss results indicating a dissociation between the sub
 jective report of fear and measures of amygdala and skin conductance react
 ivity. These findings are in contradiction with popular views suggesting t
 hat amygdala and skin conductance reactivity are good proxies of the subje
 ctive experience of fear. We will discuss these results in light of the hi
 gher-order theory of emotional consciousness and present a path forward th
 at could help us identify the brain processes directly involved in generat
 ing pathological affective experiences.\n\nBio: Vincent Taschereau-Dumouch
 el completed a PhD in clinical psychology at University Laval under the su
 pervision of Philip Jackson before completing a postdoctoral training at U
 niversity of California\, Los Angeles with Hakwan Lau. During his training
 \, he got to collaborate closely with ATR Computational Neuroscience labor
 atories in Kyoto and with Mathieu Roy here at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. Since Aug
 ust 2021\, he has been an assistant research professor at the Department o
 f Psychiatry and addictology at the University of Montreal where he is now
  conducting his own independent research studying how the brain generates 
 conscious affective experiences.\n\n\nThe Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind (
 VBM) Seminar Series will advance the vision of Dr. William Feindel (1918–2
 014)\, Former Director of the Neuro (1972–1984)\, to constantly bridge the
  clinical and research realms. The talks will highlight the latest advance
 s and discoveries in neuropsychology\, cognitive neuroscience\, and neuroi
 maging.\n\nSpeakers will include scientists from across The Neuro\, as wel
 l as colleagues and collaborators locally and from around the world. The s
 eries is intended to provide a virtual forum for scientists and trainees t
 o continue to foster interdisciplinary exchanges on the mechanisms\, diagn
 osis and treatment of brain and cognitive disorders.\n
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SUMMARY:Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Lecture Series: Towards Closed-loop 
 Control of Affective Processes in the Brain
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