WTI Inspiring Speaker: M. Marsel Mesulam | January 8, 2026

“Frontotemporal disorders and cognition,” by M. Marsel Mesulam Founding Director Emeritus, Mesulam Institute for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease; Professor of Neurology and Ruth Dunbar Davee Professor of Neuroscience, Northwestern University In this talk, Mesulam discusses how focal neurodegeneration can help reveal the functional map of cognition and behavior. Through this approach, disorders have led to new insights about the anatomy of language and the specialization of the anterior temporal lobe. Presented by the Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University. Recorded at 100 College Street in New Haven, CT on January 8, 2026. This talk is part of the WTI Inspiring Speaker Series, the Institute’s signature colloquium series featuring an interdisciplinary lineup of speakers selected for their leading-edge research that advances understanding of cognition and for their ability to bridge and communicate across disciplines. Learn more at wti.yale.edu/inspiring-speaker-series.