Understanding the Neuro-Maths connect- 9th R. P. Ranga Endowment lecture
- The lecture on ‘Neuroscience – Mathematics connect’ was delivered by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran.
Chennai, December 19, 2019: Loyola College’s PG & Research
Department of Mathematics today hosted the 9th R. P. Ranga Endowment
lecture in honor of Mr. R. P. Ranga, an eminent alumnus of Department of
Mathematics, who completed his Mathematics Honours degree from Loyola College
between 1934 and 1939. The lecture on ‘Neuroscience
– Mathematics connect’ was delivered by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran.
Prof. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is an alumnus of Loyola College Chennai;
Stanley Medical College Chennai and Trinity College, Cambridge, UK. He is
currently a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego
in the Psychology Department and the Director of the Center for Brain and
Cognition. Professor Ramachandran has authored popular books like Phantoms in
the Brain (1998), The Tell- Tale Brain (2010), he has also given the BBC’s
Reith Memorial lectures and TED Talks on developments in Neuroscience to a
variety of fields.
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Prof. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran- an alumnus of Loyola College Chennai;
Stanley Medical College Chennai and Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
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In his talk, Prof. Ramachandran stressed
on the need for the emergence of Mathematical Neuroscience, which is beyond
just computation and simulation. He went on to elaborate about Mathematical
Neuroscience (also known as theoretical neuroscience or computational
neuroscience) being a branch of neuroscience which employs
mathematical models, theoretical analysis and abstractions of the brain to understand
the principles that govern the development, structure, physiology and cognitive
abilities of the nervous system.
He also spoke about three kinds of
applications of neuroscience to mathematics education…
- Neurounderstanding being the thought that neuroscience is creating knowledge on how people obtain mathematical skills and how this learning is reflected at the biological level
- Neuroprediction dealing with the potential of neuroimaging data to predict future mathematical skill attainment and response to educational interventions
- Neurointervention being about how brain imaging data has been used to ground interventions targeted at mathematics learning and how education shapes the neural circuitry that underlies school-taught mathematics
- Present for the lecture were Research Scholars, PG students and Professors in Mathematics from Loyola College and other city colleges.
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