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The nature and neuroscience of time

WTI Inspiring Speaker: Dean Buonomano

Thursday, May 1, 2025

4:00 - 5:15 pm

Reception to follow

100 College Street
Floor 11, Workshop 1116

Questions pertaining to the nature of time span physics, philosophy, and neuroscience, but time is particularly fundamental in neuroscience because the brain tells time, stores information about the past in order to predict the future, and allows us to engage in mental time travel. Because of the fundamental importance of time, the brain can tell time across a broad range of temporal scales, but relies on different mechanisms across these scales. In this talk, Dean Buonomano describes experimental and neurocomputational work—indicating that the brain uses its inherent neural dynamics to tell time on a scale of seconds and produce appropriately timed motor behaviors necessary for survival.

Dean Buonomano

Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychology, UCLA

Buonomano is a computational and experimental neuroscientist interested in the neural basis of temporal processing, neural dynamics, and how neocortical circuits learn to perform neurocomputations autonomously.

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WTI Inspiring Speaker Series

The Wu Tsai Institute presents the 2024-25 Inspiring Speaker Series.

The Institute’s new signature series features an interdisciplinary lineup of speakers studying the mind and brain from different angles, including perspectives from beyond academia. These speakers were selected for their ability to bridge and communicate across disciplines with state-of-the-art research and ideas relevant to the entire Wu Tsai Community.

Talks occur on Thursdays at 4:00 pm approximately every two weeks, beginning September 2024. They take place in the Workshop on the 11th floor of the Wu Tsai Institute at 100 College Street. There will be an opportunity for questions and a reception following each talk.

All members of the Yale community are welcome. Please contact wti@yale.edu if you have any accessibility-related needs. View upcoming talks and subscribe to our monthly newsletter for updates.