Do we need a developmental computational psychiatry?
Many psychiatric disorders arise during adolescence, a time when the brain undergoes fundamental reorganisation. However, it is unclear whether and how the emergence of mental health problems is linked to aberrant neurocognitive development. In my talk, I will discuss why it is critical to understand (aberrant) cognitive and brain development if we want to better understand how mental health problems arise. I will present findings showing how psychiatric traits are linked to adolescent brain myelination, and illustrate why computational neuroscience approaches can be important in understanding psychiatric disorders.
Date:
20 October 2020, 9:30 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2020)
Venue:
Via Zoom - please email Elizabeth.Thomas@psych.ox.ac.uk for link
Speaker:
Dr Tobias Hauser (UCL)
Organising department:
Department of Psychiatry
Organiser:
Elizabeth Thomas (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
Elizabeth.Thomas@psych.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Psychiatry Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Elizabeth Thomas
