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Name: Dr Fei-Yang Huang
University of Oxford
https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/people/fei-yang-huang
Events this person is hosting:
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Characterizing salience signals in the insula
Date: 21 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Philippe Tobler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Tuesday 28 January 2025
Dynamics of learning in many option foraging
Date: 28 January 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Laura Grima (Janelia Research Campus, USA)
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar rooms, 2nd floor - lift available
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Mark Walton (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 4 February 2025
Bridging intuitive physics and working memory in dynamic visual processing
Date: 4 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Halely Balaban (Open University of Israel (Israel))
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar rooms, 2nd floor - lift available
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Matan Mazor (University of Oxford)
Thursday 13 February 2025
The hippocampus and memory: the right amount of disorder for the curious mind
Date: 13 February 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Professor Alessandro Treves (The International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA, Italy))
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar rooms, 2nd floor - lift available
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Fabian Grabenhorst (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Friday 11 April 2025
Neural basis of self-control
Date: 11 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Veit Stuphorn (Johns Hopkins University)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre (ground floor), Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Fabian Grabenhorst (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Friday 9 May 2025
Neurocomputational Mechanisms of Self-Control in Dietary Choices: A Value-Based Decision-Making Perspective
Date: 9 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Prof Anita Tusche (Queen’s University (Canada))
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar room 2, 2nd floor
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Prof Miriam Klein-Flügge (University of Oxford),
Dr Laurence Hunt (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 13 May 2025
Learning to perceive and perceiving to learn
Date: 13 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Professor Clare Press (University College London)
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar rooms, 2nd floor - lift available. Walton Street, OX2 6NW
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Marco Wittmann (University College London)
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Brain Mechanisms of Attention: Sensory Selection to Free Will
Date: 20 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Professor George Mangun (University of California, Davis. (USA))
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar rooms, 2nd floor - lift available. Walton Street, OX2 6NW
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Christopher Summerfield (University of Oxford)
Monday 9 June 2025
Modelling human planning with recurrent neural networks
Date: 9 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Professor Marcelo Mattar (New York University, USA)
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: 2nd floor seminar room
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Matthew Rushworth (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Neural Mechanisms of Volitional Problem Solving
Date: 10 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Dr Silvia Seghezzi (Birbeck, University of London)
Venue: New Radcliffe House, Walton Street OX2 6NW
Venue Details: Seminar rooms, 2nd floor - lift available. Walton Street, OX2 6NW
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Matan Mazor (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Positive Experience Shifts Fear Memories Away from Basolateral Amygdala
Date: 8 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Dr Melissa Sharpe (University of Sydney (Australia))
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Mark Walton (University of Oxford)
Friday 3 October 2025
Adaptive feedback control as a mechanism for sequence learning
Date: 3 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Seng Bum Michael Yoo (Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Mohamady El-Gaby (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Neural and computational mechanisms of conscious visual perception in humans
Date: 7 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Biyu He (New York University, USA)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL. https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Professor Ole Jensen (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Characterizing salience signals in the insula
Date: 21 October 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Philippe Tobler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford)
Thursday 6 November 2025
Neural population geometry and neuroeconomics
Date: 6 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Benjamin Hayden (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Laurence Hunt (University of Oxford)
Thursday 11 December 2025
What do “Look but Fail to See” errors tell us about awareness and/or consciousness
Date: 11 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
:
Professor Jeremy Wolfe (Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, USA)
Venue Details: Seminar Room 7/8 (Lower ground floor) Life and Mind Building South Parks Road, OX1 3EL https://lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/
Organisers:
Dr Fei-Yang Huang (University of Oxford),
Dr Sophia Shatek (University of Oxford),
Dr Ali Mahmoodi (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Sage Boettcher (University of Oxford)
