Events
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Guest Talk with Dr Cécile Chevalier
Sensorium Automata: Reimagining Relationship with the Body-Brain and Technology
— Dr Cécile Chevalier, School of Media, Arts and Humanities
We’re pleased to welcome Dr Cécile Chevalier to COALESCE for our Week 6 guest talk.
More information about the talk will be shared shortly.
Autism Reading Group
‘Sensorium Automata: Reimagining Relationship with the Body-Brain and Technology’
— Dr Cécile Chevalier, School of Media, Arts and Humanities
Join us for our Week 6 Autism Reading Group, following Dr Cecile Chevalier’s guest talk, Sensorium Automata: Reimagining Relationship with the Body-Brain and Technology.
Our student-led reading group offers an informal space to discuss autism research, exchange perspectives and explore questions together.
Details of the article and a link to access it will be shared here ahead of the session.
Guest Talk with Pia Rodway PhD
‘Alcohol and Autism’
— Pia Rodway PhD, School of Psychology
We’re pleased to welcome Pia Rodway PhD from the School of Psychology to COALESCE for our Week 9 guest talk.
More information about the talk will be shared shortly.
Autism Reading Group
‘Alcohol and Autism’
— Pia Rodway PhD, School of Psychology
We’re pleased to welcome Pia Rodway PhD from the School of Psychology to COALESCE for our Week 9 guest talk.
More information about the talk will be shared shortly.
Autism Reading Group
Beyond Exhaustion: Shame, Identity Disruption, and Functional Collapse in Autistic Burnout
— Clarey, Ireland, Abel, Brownlow (2026)
Join us for our student-led Reading Group, an informal space to discuss contemporary autism research and the opportunity to consider findings, exchange perspectives, and explore questions. Feel free to read the article before the session or during the session!
AUTISM READING CLUB: Developmental Sequelae and Neurophysiologic Substrates of Sensory Seeking in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder - (Damiano-Goodwin et al, 2018)
Our second reading club session focusing on Damiano-Goodwin et al’s 2018 paper
AUTISM READING CLUB: Are Autism and Asexuality Connected? - (Attanasio et al, 2021)
All are welcome to this talk
COLLOQUIUM TALK: Interplay Between Predictive Processes and Prefrontal Cortex Functions: From Developmental Studies to Local Sleep - Professor Dezső Németh, University of Lyon
Abstract: Human learning and predictive processing rely on multiple cognitive systems associated with distinct brain structures. These systems do not always cooperate; they sometimes compete to optimize performance. Research suggests that reducing the engagement of prefrontal cortex-mediated explicit and attentional processes can enhance non-declarative learning.
In this talk, I will present findings from four studies—on non-invasive brain stimulation, functional brain connectivity, lifespan development, local sleep, and mind-wandering—exploring the competitive interaction between perceptual statistical learning and prefrontal executive functions. Our results highlight the competitive nature of cognitive systems and their implications for improving learning and predictive processing.