Academic Year 2007-08
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NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR:
4- December:
Dr. Bernd Heinrich, Department of Biology, UVM
"The Raven"
12:30pm, MBH 220
Lunch will be available at 12:15pm
Sponsored by the Program in Neuroscience
Dr. Bernd Heinrich is a Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Vermont. His research contributions to the field are numerous, ranging from thermoregulation in insects to higher-order thought processes in ravens. Dr. Heinrich's studies of animal behavior employ both naturalistic as well as experimental methodologies. In this talk, Dr. Heinrich will discuss some of his recent work examining the intelligence of ravens (Corvus Corax)