This year's theme for National Math Awareness Month is Math and the Brain. The University of Arizona is observing Math Awareness 2007 with 3 presentations that attempt to span the range of scientific activity under this wide heading. All these talks are intended for nonspecialists, open to the public, and the University community is warmly invited. In particular, Dr. Massaquoi's lecture on Monday is directed toward the whole spectrum of undergraduate science and engineering majors. Please let students (grad, undergrad) and colleagues know about these 3 opportunities to be introduced to an exciting and fast-developing field. For an up-to-date schedule, including short descriptions of each talk or event and related links, please see the webpage: http://math.arizona.edu/events/announcements/2007-04-MAM/
Dr. Steve Massaquoi, MIT Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and MIT/Harvard Health Sciences and Technology, will speak on “Math in the Brain, Math for the Brain” at 4:00 PM in Modern Languages 311. (Reception will follow.)
Dr. Michael Frank, Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, will speak on “Systems level neural modeling of learning and decision making” at 3:30 PM in Math 501. (Refreshments served at 3:15 PM.)
Dr. Toni Schmader, Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, will speak on “Why Barbie Can't Do Math: Stereotype Threat and Mathematical Performance” at 4:30 PM in Math East 141. (Jointly sponsored by CEMELA. Refreshments served at 4:15 PM.)