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Neuroscience Graduate Program

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Just for fun, this Worditout graphic displays the frequency of words in the titles and abstracts of our papers.


Bayesian Brain Hypothesis
One-minute presentation by Behrad Dehnadi


Making Sense of Touch
One-minute presentation by Keon Allen


The Digits Behind Touch
One-minute presentation by Kyle Gauder


The Inverse Problem
Keon Allen's presentation in the PNB Talks series: What's your problem? (Nov. 30, 2016).


Bayesian Perception
Dr. Goldreich's presentation on Bayesian Perceptual Inference and the Cutaneous Rabbit Illusion (McMaster University, McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching & Leadership Program, Feb. 11, 2021).


Tactile Stimulator
Our video on the Tactile Automated Passive-Finger Stimulator (TAPS).


Audio Press

Daybreak North (CBC radio, Canada)
Fun segment with contribution from Dr. Goldreich on misheard lyrics (mondegreens)
Quirks and Quarks (CBC radio, Canada)
Interview with Dr. Goldreich on accelerated tactile processing in blindness
Insight Radio (RNIB, Scotland)
Interview with Dr. Goldreich on accelerated tactile processing in blindness
The Naked Scientists (BBC radio, England)
Interview with Dr. Goldreich on how the brain processes Braille compared to written language
Radio Nacional (Colombia) (in Spanish).
Interview with Dr. Goldreich on finger size and tactile spatial acuity
W Radio (Colombia) (in Spanish).
Interview with Dr. Goldreich on finger size and tactile spatial acuity
Voice of America (Thailand) (Thai narration).
Interview with Dr. Goldreich on finger size and tactile acuity
Scientific American podcast
Reporting on Bhattacharjee et al. (2010)
Scientific American podcast
Reporting on Peters et al. (2009)



Print Press

Wong, Gnanakumaran, Goldreich (2011):
English-Language Press
 Press in Other Languages
Faculty of 1000 News in a nutshell Saber Medico (Brazil)
Science Daily (USA) Insoliscience (France)
The Stochastic Scientist Scienceticker (Germany)
e! Science News Kopalnia Wiedzy (Poland)


Bhattacharjee, Ye, Lisak, Vargas, Goldreich (2010):
English-Language Press
 Press in Other Languages
CBC News (Canada) Insoliscience (France)
Science Daily (USA) Le Scienze (Italy)
US News and World Report (USA) Equark (Slovak Republic)
e! Science News 20 Minutos (Spain)



Peters, Hackeman, Goldreich (2009):
English-Language Press Press in Other Languages
Globe and Mail (Canada) Pour La Science (France)
Hamilton Spectator (Canada) Die Welt (Germany)
New Scientist (UK) Focus (Germany)
BBC News (UK) Der Spiegel (Germany)
Yorkshire Post (UK) Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)
The Herald Scotland (UK) Gehirn & Geist (Germany)
Inside Science News Service (USA) Bild (Germany)
Science Magazine (USA) Berliner Zeitung (Germany)
Scientific American (USA) Kompas (Indonesia)
Science Daily (USA) Diario de Yucatán (Mexico)
The Why Files (USA) Fakt (Poland)
Wall Street Journal (USA) Diario de Noticias (Portugal)
Los Angeles Times (USA) Ce Se Intampla Doctore? (Romania)
The Oregonian (USA) Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russia)
TIME (USA) El Mundo (Spain)
e! Science News El Correo (Spain)




Research Support
Our research is currently supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). We gratefully acknowledge previous funding from the National Eye Institute (NIH, USA).