Sunday
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2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Communicating Brains
Discussion Leader: David Poeppel (Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Germany / New York University, USA)
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7:40 pm - 7:45 pm |
Opening Remarks
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7:45 pm - 7:50 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:50 pm - 8:30 pm |
Stanislas Dehaene (College de France, France)
"From Spoken to Written Literacy: How Learning to Read Changes the Brain"
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8:30 pm - 8:35 pm |
Discussion
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8:35 pm - 9:15 pm |
Doris Tsao (Tsao Lab, California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Faces: A Neural Rosetta Stone"
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9:15 pm - 9:20 pm |
Discussion
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Networks and Areal Interactions in Neural Circuits
Discussion Leader: Earl Miller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:05 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:05 am - 9:25 am |
Manuel Gomez-Ramirez (Brown University, USA)
"Novel Bioluminescent Methods for Neural Imaging and Control: Significance for Distributed Networks in Large-Scale Mammalian Brains"
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9:25 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
Charles Gray (Montana State University, USA)
"Distributed Processing in Visual Working Memory"
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9:50 am - 9:55 am |
Discussion
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9:55 am - 10:15 am |
Sabine Kastner (Princeton University, USA)
"Neural Dynamics of the Primate Attention Network"
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10:15 am - 10:20 am |
Discussion
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10:20 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:10 am |
Alexander Huth (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Cortical Maps for Vision and Language"
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11:10 am - 11:15 am |
Discussion
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11:15 am - 11:35 am |
Judy Sein Kim (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Nature and Nurture in Neurocognitive Development: Insights from Studies with Blind Individuals"
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11:35 am - 11:40 am |
Discussion
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11:40 am - 11:50 am |
Lucas Pinto (Princeton University, USA)
"Recruitment of Widespread Cortical Regions with Increased Task Complexity"
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11:50 am - 11:55 am |
Discussion
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11:55 am - 12:05 pm |
Theresa Desrochers (Brown University, USA)
"Sequence Monitoring in the Frontal Cortex: Studies in Monkeys and Humans"
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12:05 pm - 12:10 pm |
Discussion
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
General Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Evolution of Cognitive Circuits
Discussion Leader: Jon Kaas (Vanderbilt University, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:35 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:35 pm - 7:55 pm |
Sarah Heilbronner (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Comparative Connectomics: Promise and Peril"
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7:55 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Suzana Herculano-Houzel (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"What Good Is a Cortex with More Neurons? Live Longer and Do More"
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8:20 pm - 8:25 pm |
Discussion
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8:25 pm - 8:45 pm |
Hans Hofmann (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Evolutionary Neuroethology of Social Decision-Making"
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8:45 pm - 8:50 pm |
Discussion
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8:50 pm - 9:10 pm |
Mary Ann Raghanti (Kent State University, USA)
"At the Beginning: A Neurochemical Hypothesis for Human Origins"
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Frontotemporal Circuits for Learning and Memory
Discussion Leader: Rony Paz (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
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9:00 am - 9:05 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:05 am - 9:25 am |
Misha Tsodyks (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Working Memory, Its Capacity and Contribution to Information Recall"
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9:25 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
R. Alison Adcock (Duke University, USA)
"Motivation as Neural Context for Learning"
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9:50 am - 9:55 am |
Discussion
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9:55 am - 10:15 am |
Michael Yartsev (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Neurobiological Investigation of Vocal Production Learning in the Mammalian Brain"
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10:15 am - 10:20 am |
Discussion
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10:20 am - 10:55 am |
Coffee Break
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10:55 am - 11:15 am |
Kay Tye (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Dopamine in the mPFC Increases Signal to Noise for Aversive Stimuli"
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11:15 am - 11:20 am |
Discussion
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11:20 am - 11:40 am |
Tatiana Pasternak (University of Rochester, USA)
"Defining a Role for Prefrontal Cortex in Memory-Guided Perceptual Decisions"
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11:40 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:05 pm |
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (University of Leicester, United Kingdom)
"Memory Formation and Long-Term Coding in the Human Hippocampus"
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12:05 pm - 12:10 pm |
Discussion
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
General Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Natural Behavior and Embodied Cognition
Discussion Leader: Michael Graziano (Princeton University, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:35 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:35 pm - 7:55 pm |
Jody Culham (Western University, Canada)
"The Treachery of Images: Why the Brain Responds Differently to Real Objects than Photos"
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7:55 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Krish Sathian (Penn State College of Medicine, USA)
"Perspectives on Cross Modal Perception"
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8:20 pm - 8:25 pm |
Discussion
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8:25 pm - 8:45 pm |
Mala Murthy (Princeton University, USA)
"Closing the Loop on Social Communication: From Circuits to Behavior and Back Again"
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8:45 pm - 8:50 pm |
Discussion
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8:50 pm - 9:10 pm |
Benjamin Hayden (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Embodied Neuroeconomics"
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Machine Learning in Neuroscience
Discussion Leader: Mala Murthy (Princeton University, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:05 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:05 am - 9:25 am |
James Dicarlo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Reverse Engineering Visual Intelligence"
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9:25 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
Adrienne Fairhall (University of Washington, USA)
"Robust Learning"
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9:50 am - 9:55 am |
Discussion
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9:55 am - 10:15 am |
Nicolas Masse (University of Chicago, USA)
"Circuit Mechanisms for the Maintenance and Manipulation of Information in Working Memory"
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10:15 am - 10:20 am |
Discussion
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10:20 am - 10:50 am |
Group Photo / Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:10 am |
Bruno Olshausen (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Sparse Coding, Manifold Flattening, and Persistence as Key Organizing Principles of Visual Representation"
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11:10 am - 11:15 am |
Discussion
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11:15 am - 11:35 am |
Xiao-Jing Wang (New York University, USA)
"What Does It Mean to Build a Large-Scale Circuit Model of the Primate Brain?"
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11:35 am - 11:40 am |
Discussion
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11:40 am - 11:50 am |
Lupeng Wang (National Eye Institute, NIH, USA)
"Causal Role of Basal Ganglia Circuitry in Regulating Decision Criterion During Visual Selective Attention"
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11:50 am - 11:55 am |
Discussion
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11:55 am - 12:05 pm |
Megan Wang (Stanford University, USA)
"Macaque Behavior and Premotor Cortical Activity Support the Embodied Choice Model of Decision-Making"
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12:05 pm - 12:10 pm |
Discussion
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
General Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Poster Session
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5:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Sensorimotor Control of Action
Discussion Leader: Bijan Pesaran (New York University, USA)
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5:30 pm - 5:35 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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5:35 pm - 5:55 pm |
Aaron Batista (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Learning, Fast and Slow"
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5:55 pm - 6:00 pm |
Discussion
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6:00 pm - 6:20 pm |
Kathleen Cullen (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
"Neural Mechanisms for Perceptual Stability During Self-Generated Motion"
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6:20 pm - 6:25 pm |
Discussion
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6:25 pm - 6:45 pm |
John Krakauer (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Thoughts About Motor Planning and Motor Skill"
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6:45 pm - 6:50 pm |
Discussion
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6:50 pm - 7:10 pm |
Marc Sommer (Duke University, USA)
"Contribution of Lateral Cerebellum to Control of Saccades"
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7:10 pm - 7:15 pm |
Discussion
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7:15 pm - 7:30 pm |
General Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Neural Mechanisms of Decision Making
Discussion Leader: Joni Wallis (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:05 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:05 am - 9:25 am |
Anne Churchland (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA)
"Functional Assessment of Large Scale Cortical Networks During Decision-Making"
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9:25 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
Rui Manuel Marques Fernandes Costa (Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University, USA)
"Evidence for the Neural Law of Effect"
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9:50 am - 9:55 am |
Discussion
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9:55 am - 10:15 am |
Timothy Behrens (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Representing and Generalizing the Structure of Tasks"
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10:15 am - 10:20 am |
Discussion
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10:20 am - 10:50 am |
Coffee Break
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10:50 am - 11:10 am |
Bruno Averbeck (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, USA)
"Cortical and Subcortical Neural Systems Underlying Reinforcement Learning"
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11:10 am - 11:15 am |
Discussion
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11:15 am - 11:40 am |
Erin Rich (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA)
"Dynamic Value Representations Underlying Decision-Making"
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11:40 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:05 pm |
Yael Niv (Princeton University, USA)
"You Are Here! The Role of Orbitofrontal and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortices in Decision Making"
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12:05 pm - 12:10 pm |
Discussion
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm |
General Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Sound and Language
Discussion Leader: Jennifer Groh (Duke University, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:35 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:35 pm - 7:55 pm |
Edward Chang (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"The Selective Representation of Speech Features in Human Superior Temporal Gyrus"
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7:55 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Ingrid Johnsrude (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
"Speech Perception in Challenging Listening Conditions"
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8:20 pm - 8:25 pm |
Discussion
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8:25 pm - 8:45 pm |
David Poeppel (Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Germany / New York University, USA)
"Speech and Sensorimotor Synchronization"
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8:45 pm - 8:50 pm |
Discussion
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8:50 pm - 9:10 pm |
Sarah Woolley (Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University, USA)
"Cortical Mechanisms of Learning to Listen"
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
General Discussion
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Closing Remarks
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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