Christina Palmer: The University of California, Los AngelesPrenatal/obstetric complications are implicated in schizophrenia susceptibility. Some complications may arise from maternal-fetal genotype incompatibility, a term used to describe maternal-fetal genotype combinations that produce an adverse prenatal environment. As will be described, maternal-fetal genotype incompatibility can occur when maternal and fetal genotypes differ from one another, or […]

Rafael Nunez: The University of California, San DiegoTime, a fundamental aspect of human experience, is elusive and abstract. We cannot perceive time directly through the senses in the way we perceive color, texture, or heat. In order to make sense of, and talk about, temporal experience we must construe it in a stable and tractable […]

Frances Chen: University of FreiburgSocial relationships are a source of support and comfort in our lives, as well as a source of stress and conflict. Thus, the ability to regulate responses to both positive and negative emotions and cognitions arising from social interactions can significantly influence both physical and mental health. In my talk, I […]