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Grant Award Social Sciences Assistant Professor Research Award, University of California, Irvine 2013-2014 Award Amount: $5,000 PI: Alyssa A. Brewer, M.D., Ph.D.

Derrik Asher has completed his Ph.D.: Action Selection and Execution with Computational Neural Networks of Neuromodulation and Sensory Integration

Professional Research Presentation October 4-6, 2013 University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, Texas, USA Oral Presentation: B. Barton, J. Venezia, K. Saberi, G. Hickok, A.A. Brewer. (2013) Cross-sensory activation of ‘clover leaf’ clusters in human visual and auditory cortex.

Professional Research Presentation October, 2013 Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA Professional Research Presentation October, 2013 University of Texas, Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

Grant Award National Science Foundation September 1, 2013 – August 30, 2016 Award Amount: $475, 958 PI: Alyssa A. Brewer, M.D., Ph.D. Co-PIs: Gregory Hickok, Ph.D.; Kourosh Saberi, Ph.D.

Brian Barton has completed his Ph.D.: Mapping Human Visual and Auditory Cortex, Tracking Plasticity, and Linking fMRI to Perception

November 9-13, 2013 San Diego, California, USA Oral Presentations: B. Barton & A.A. Brewer. (2013) Filling-In of the Rod Scotoma: Linking fMRI to Perception. Program No. 120.06. Neuroscience 2013 Abstracts. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience.

Professional Research Presentation April 13-15, 2013 San Francisco, California, USA Poster Presentations: B. Barton, J. Venezia, K. Saberi, G. Hickok, A.A. Brewer. (2013) Orthogonal acoustic dimensions define auditory field maps in human cortex.

Professional Research Presentation October 25-27, 2012 San Sebastian, Spain Poster Presentation: Venezia, J., Barton, B., Saberi, K., Brewer, A.A., & Hickok, G. (2012) The distribution of cortical surface area dedicated to auditory temporal receptive fields is symmetric between hemispheres in auditory core and belt.