Psychology and science writing prof. Megan Steven points to the visual cortex of a human brain during her synesthesia seminar on Nov. 18.
Credit: Marietta Smith, DUJS

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24 Nov 2008
Dartmouth prof. speaks on synesthesia by Jay Dalton '12

Dartmouth psychology professor Megan Steven spoke about a neurological phenomenon known as synesthesia at a neuroscience lecture last Wednesday. Synesthesia is an involuntary mixing of the senses that can cross visual, auditory, pain, and even taste boundaries.

24 Nov 2008
Speaker outlines assistive technology for the elderly by Sean Currey '10

Martha Pollack ’79, a professor at the University of Michigan, spoke at Dartmouth last Tuesday about computer science developments in assistive technology - a field dedicated to helping elderly people and patients with cognitive deficiencies with their daily lives.

24 Nov 2008
Wisconsin prof. details the life and contributions of Ramanujan by Victoria Yu '12

Renowned mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan led a life of sheer, mysterious genius and catapulted the mathematical world into a new realm with his works whose far-reaching significance is still being uncovered, said University of Wisconsin professor Ken Ono on Tuesday.

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Research: With A Little Help from My Friends: Benefits of Schooling in Ocean Surgeonfish

Yiran Gu '09 & Alanna H. Purdy '09 

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Fish schooling provides individuals with potential benefits such as predator avoidance, increased foraging efficiency and access to food resources. We tested whether schooling affects foraging rates of adult and juvenile Ocean Surgeonfish in Grape Tree Bay on Little Cayman Island. We hypothesized that 1) individual feeding rates would be greater in heterospecific than conspecific groups, [...]