BCN Lectures
The BCN lecture series is organized by the Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience (BCN) in which neuroscientists from the faculties of Arts, Science & Engineering, Philosophy, Behavioural & Social Sciences, and Medicine collaborate. Together this interdisciplinary community of neuroscientists aims to deepen our understanding of brain function in health and disease. Each lecture features a(n) (inter)nationally speaker who presents cutting-edge research with an emphasis on its broader relevance to the field of neuroscience. The series spans a wide range of topics, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the neurosciences.
If you have an idea for an excellent speaker for one of the BCN lectures, please contact the BCN office.
Join the upcoming BCN lectures!
Lecture September 2025
BCN Lecture 4 September 2025 - Join in person or online!
Speaker: Roelant Ossewaarde (Researcher at the Artificial Intelligence lectorate of the Utrecht University of Applied Science)
Title: Language measurements in persons with brain damage
Time: 12:00 – 13:00
Location: will follow
Online: will follow
Topic: Language measurements in persons with brain damage
What you can expect to learn from this lecture: Spontaneous speech has become omnipresent as a way to communicate with AI agents powered by Large Language Models. Natural language has become a viable method to convey our thoughts and interact with machines. Brain damage can cause deterioration of the ability to use language. Linguistic technology may aid in measuring the degree to which the language use degrades; however, there is a surprisingly large gap between modern day chatbot capabilities and clinically useful measurements of language decline.In my talk I will survey the use of language software to analyze spontaneous language, and the promises of LLM linguistic processing software in this domain.
About the speaker: Roelant Ossewaarde is a researcher at the Artificial Intelligence lectorate of the Utrecht University of Applied Science (Hogeschool Utrecht). His research focuses on the application of AI methods in the linguistic domain. He recently obtained his Ph.D., on measurements of language decline associated with dementia, from the neurolinguistics department at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Lecture October 2025
BCN Lecture 9 October 2025 - More information will follow!
Speaker: Jacqueline Sullivan
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Time: 16:00 – 17:00
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