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She received her B.A. in mathematics and psychology from Wellesley College. She received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, San Francisco (2003), working with Steve Lisberger on Representations of Eye and Image Velocity in Extrastriate Cortex. She transitioned to postdoctoral training at the University of Washington (2004 – 2010) working with Mike Shadlen on perceptual decisions in the Lateral Intraparietal area. She was a principal investigator in neuroscience at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from 2010 until she joined the UCLA faculty in May 2020.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>The Churchland laboratory investigates the neural circuits that support decision-making. When making decisions, humans and animals can flexibly integrate visual signals with other sources of information before committing to action. The ability to flexibly use incoming information distinguishes decisions from reflexes, offering a tractable entry point into more complex cognitive processes defined by flexibility, such as abstract thinking, reasoning and problem-solving.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>To understand the neural mechanisms that support decision-making, the Churchland lab measures and manipulates neurons in cortical and subcortical areas while animals make decisions about visual (and sometimes auditory of multisensory) signals. To connect the neural responses with behavior, her lab uses mathematical analyses aimed at understanding how information is represented at the level of neural populations, both at a given moment and over time. Recent work has demonstrated that in diverse cell types, sensory and movement signals co-modulate neural activity, even in trained experts. The timing of movement signals is informative about the animal’s internal state of engagement.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Churchland has received research awards from the McKnight Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, The Merck Foundation and the Klingenstein-Simons Foundation. She received the James M and Cathleen D Stone award for significant research accomplishments (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020), the Janett Rosenburg Trubatch Career Development Award (Society for Neuroscience, 2012) for demonstrating originality and creativity in research. Her mentoring efforts have been recognized by the Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award for outstanding dedication to promoting the professional development of women (Society for Neuroscience, 2017) and the UCLA Excellence in Mentoring Award (2024). To broaden the impact of her lab’s efforts, Churchland maintains a YouTube channel and a TikTok stream featuring scientific content aimed at diverse audiences.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Dr. Churchland's talk will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025, 7:15-8:15pm, Talk Room 1-2.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>To learn more about Professor Churchland and her research, please visit her </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a 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including available time slots, fees, organizer requirements and the online request form, please visit </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CWdeaBNcM1HFsrteHe5aic6MsF8xhHAA1AygJ19XIr5Rx70NDpXvFLvBP64rnjsXsNg_ywYX8lq5JyTUo1gjfWhJyAfxPw3lxkcZQzuXIfw4RQtybhPZ4gkPxX1dGwDeQ_LN5w-gKyceRPL8BWj4Of--XD0Zf2AkfM-2XaV1564R_TVm2rQt2VHiKrO_n-fa&c=kIsORx7SkA5SRQfTWI-SHXwTdjJv1APYC8AW-QGWj2pDE48w_A76Kw==&ch=xO40jfaQPeKYWQswIoCKFqHJYLJTL1u62uj_LBMwZhRCGsqbVVIiZw==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>Satellite and Social Events</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> and submit by <b>January 10</b>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td style='background:#C3319A;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 style='width:.052in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><h3 align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Nominations are Now Open</span><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></h3></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>VSS is accepting nominations through January 24, 2025 for the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001h1BQ50E8G5ObICaj0eDh75Dum8teB_eIk39Hny80yWy6GTQbOsWrPsyEzoxIp_n_EiiL0o7R49UaM04AuIVUJKTz8W-VZRY9HnqjQOTpRi_34b8Zijrn59NWCf-fr4YrxKDKR41ACg89K-uz2-pAdUB-ovCw4eFn7dG07vs5DkxB0ltkpik0homrjtIUeImX&c=nKjlhwT3pBIKp3jGC2ZWu8a_xFGTMSf_8vziHaZiU0A63HsD_8h7pQ==&ch=1f5l7EXhCc8icfMe_Wq_HIfnJ-MegRunp280yYW-IXqzSIJjY4DLoQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>Davida Teller Award</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> and </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001h1BQ50E8G5ObICaj0eDh75Dum8teB_eIk39Hny80yWy6GTQbOsWrPjSH52GjL61R8Ty9K0HCYjlUKJS8eZFJcNAIwgYYWyp_jQKYu9VkmaXM18JyGXnGaP78FZV44JxFAZgN62YivsdWdDOnODB1jo1tP4rvssYuUAyv4CBTjSeNrvpMql3z9HJpPf6E-WU_&c=nKjlhwT3pBIKp3jGC2ZWu8a_xFGTMSf_8vziHaZiU0A63HsD_8h7pQ==&ch=1f5l7EXhCc8icfMe_Wq_HIfnJ-MegRunp280yYW-IXqzSIJjY4DLoQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>The Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#555555'></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Nominations are also open for the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001h1BQ50E8G5ObICaj0eDh75Dum8teB_eIk39Hny80yWy6GTQbOsWrPkx-OIXXyamFd1vmDtsjOs8vyDYOcWIeap2OnM81TmEa-T60iUsSkcsBbeMuIC2An93U1Cc03FBoOgKLBvlNLGqiPudrjjGDbK8fuZ9r-_0Eo8Qn5-ivMEpPuqgj3pmmARFWMPrERFKGdTQocBotbL8=&c=nKjlhwT3pBIKp3jGC2ZWu8a_xFGTMSf_8vziHaZiU0A63HsD_8h7pQ==&ch=1f5l7EXhCc8icfMe_Wq_HIfnJ-MegRunp280yYW-IXqzSIJjY4DLoQ==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>Young Investigator Award</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> through February 10.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td style='background:#C3319A;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 style='width:.052in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#DD9ECB;float:right'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right style='margin-left:3.5pt'><tr style='height:.75pt'><td width=15 valign=top style='width:11.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><img border=0 width=15 height=1 style='width:.1562in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;height:.75pt'><div align=right><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><img border=0 width=214 style='width:2.2291in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/69fa83aa501/0df83294-654f-44cd-9bf3-e6d38e4cc43e.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><h3 align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Important Dates</span><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>January 10</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> - Deadline for T-Shirt Competition</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>January 10</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> - Deadline for Satellite and Social Event Proposals</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>January 24</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> - Deadline to submit nominations for the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Davida Teller Award and the Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>February 10</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> - YIA Nominations Deadline</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>May 16-20, 2025</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> - VSS 2025</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><img border=0 width=687 style='width:7.1562in' id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/69fa83aa501/e0c76120-791f-49a1-a223-f454d361cc71.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#B3B3B3'><tr><td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top 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