X-Message-Number: 5753 From: Ralph Merkle <> Subject: SCI.CRYONICS Forum on Human Memory in Palo Alto, CA Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 17:53:05 PST PARC Forum Thursday, February 22, 1996 4:00 p.m., PARC Auditorium Xerox PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Memory Systems of the Human Brain Professor John Gabrieli Stanford University Human Memory is not a unitary faculty, but rather an ensemble of various forms of learning that differ in their uses, their operating characteristics, and the neural networks that mediate their processing. Neuroscientists characterize the various memory systems through studies of patients with acute or degenerative brain injuries and through functional neuroimaging studies with healthy individuals. This talk will provide an overview of current evidence and theory about memory systems, which distinguish declarative memory (explicit memory for facts and events), procedural or skill-learning memory, and priming memory. John Gabrieli earned his Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience at M.I.T. in 1987 and is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. He is the author of over 100 papers and abstracts, and has worked with some of the most famous patients in the field. This Forum is OPEN to the public. Refreshments will be served from 3:45 - 4:00 p.m. Host: Eric Saund, (415) 812-4474, ----------------- The PARC Auditorium is located at 3333 Coyote Hill Road in Palo Alto. **From the 280 Freeway, exit east on Page Mill Rd. Turn right on Coyote Hill Rd. PARC is the first building on the left. **From the 101 Freeway, exit west on the Oregon Expressway. This becomes Page Mill Rd. where it crosses El Camino Real in Palo Alto. >From Page Mill Rd., turn left (south) on Foothill Expressway, then right (west) on Hillview Ave. Coming up Hillview Ave., PARC is the second driveway on the right. The PARC auditorium entrance is down the stairs to the left of the main entrance. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5753