Tommy Blanchard

Education

2016 (expected) Ph.D., in progress, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Advisor: Ben Hayden
2011 MA, Philosophy
Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Science
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2010 BCS, Honours Computer Science, Co-operative Program, With Distinction
Minor in Philosophy, Option in Cognitive Science
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Blanchard, T.C., Strait, C.E. & Hayden, B.Y. The Neural Basis of Success and Failure of Persistence
Under review
Blanchard, T.C., Pearson, J.M. & Hayden, B.Y. Bounded rationality in an intertemporal choice task
Under review

Blanchard, T.C., Strait, C.E. & Hayden, B.Y., (2012). Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex involved in perseverative decisions. Presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Mancarella, M.A., Blanchard, T.C., & Hayden, B.Y., (2012). Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex involved in perseverative decisions. Presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Strait, C.E., Blanchard, T.C. & Hayden, B.Y., (2012). Value Comparison in Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Neurons. Presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Sleezer, B., Strait, C.E., Blanchard, T.C. & Hayden, B.Y., (2012). Contributions of the Ventral Striatum to Reward-Based Decision-Making. Poster to be presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Blanchard, T.C., Strait, C.E. & Hayden, B.Y., (2012). Dorsal Anterior Cingular Cortex Sends Perseverative Action Signals. Presented at the 28th CVS Symposium.
Strait, C.E., Blanchard, T.C. & Hayden, B.Y., (2012). Spatial Tuning in Ventral Medial Prefrontal Cortex Neurons. Poster presented at the 28th CVS Symposium.

Blanchard, T.C., Mancarella, M.A. & Hayden, B.Y., (2012). Activity of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex in a diet selection task. To be presented at Cosyne, March 5th, 2012
Blanchard, T.C. (2011). Reframing Free Will. Presented at 7th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of Windsor. Granted "Outstanding Conference Presentation Award"
Blanchard, T.C. (2010). The Achilles Heel: The Relevance of the Achilles Argument to Modern Day Cognitive Science. Presented at School of Thought Philosophy Conference, University of Western Ontario

BCS 183 - Animal Minds
Instructor: Jessica Cantlon (Fall 2012)
University of Rochester
PHIL 215: Professional and Business Ethics
Instructor: Kurt Holukoff (Summer 2011), Brian Orend (Fall 2010)
University of Waterloo
PHIL 145: Critical Thinking
Instructor: Chris Eliasmith (Winter 2011)
University of Waterloo

CS 241 - Foundations of Sequential Programming
Winter 2008, Summer 2009, Winter 2010
University of Waterloo