Adaptive Computations
31st May - 3rd June 2012
Meeting Programme
Thursday 31st May
Session 1 |
Perceptual Integration. |
moderator: Devika Narain |
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9.15am |
Welcome |
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9.30am |
Johan Wagemans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
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The encoding of parts and wholes in the visual cortical hierarchy |
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10.00am |
Bosco Tjan, University of Southern California |
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Seeing in the periphery: a case of mistaken priors |
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10.30am |
Coffee |
Session 2 |
Perceptual Learning. |
Moderator: Diderik Jan Eikema |
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11.00am |
Barbara Dosher, University of California, Irvine |
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Visual perceptual learning and transfer |
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11.30am |
Cong Yu, Beijing Normal University |
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Visual perceptual learning: a new perspective |
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12.00pm |
Michael Herzog, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
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How the mind constitutes itself through perceptual learning |
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12.30pm |
Lunch |
Session 3 |
Object Recognition and Learning. |
Moderator: Claudio Simoncini |
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2.30pm |
Rafi Malach, Weizmann Institute of Science |
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Seeing patterns in the human visual cortex |
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3.00pm |
Nick Turk-Browne, Princeton University |
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Visual statistical learning and its consequences |
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3.30pm |
Zoe Kourtzi, University of Birmingham; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
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Learning for perceptual decisions |
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4.00pm |
Coffee |
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Session 4 |
Brain Plasticity. |
Moderator: Vassilis Pelekanos |
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4.30pm |
Heidi Johansen-Berg, University of Oxford |
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Dynamic changes in neurochemistry and brain structure with learning and brain stimulation |
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5.00pm |
Stefan Debener, University of Oldenburg |
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Cross-modal reorganisation in cochlear implant users |
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5.30pm |
Winfried Ilg, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen |
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Studies on lesion-symptom mapping and neuro-rehabilitation in patients suffering from cerebellar disease |
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Friday 1st June
Session 1 |
Methodological Advances. |
Moderator: Judith Eck |
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9.00am |
Stefano Panzeri, University of Glasgow; Italian Institute of Technology |
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The time scales of the primary cortical representation of naturalistic visual information |
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9.30am |
Ingmar Gutberlet, BlindSight GmbH |
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Challenges in the combined and synchronized acquisition of EEG and fMRI |
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10.00am |
Fabrizio Esposito, Brain Innovation B.V. |
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A multimodal brain imaging framework for adaptive brain computations |
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10.30am |
Coffee |
Session 2 |
Neural Learning. |
Moderator: Dimitris Voudouris
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11.00am |
Rufin Vogels, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
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Adaptive response changes in the macaque ventral stream |
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11.30am |
Pieter Roelfsema, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience |
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Role of feedback connections and neuromodulators for visual perception |
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12.00pm |
Christiaan Levelt, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience |
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Mechanisms underlying ocular dominance plasticity in V1 |
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12.30pm |
Lunch |
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Session 3 |
Development and Plasticity. |
Moderator: Devika Narain |
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2.00pm |
Oliver Braddick, University of Oxford |
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Development of local and global motion processing |
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2.30pm |
Janette Atkinson, University College London |
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Dorsal stream vulnerability: differential plasticity of cortical processing streams in early human development |
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4.00pm |
Excursion |
Saturday 2nd June
Session 1 |
Visual Cognition and Beyond. |
Moderator: Vassilis Pelekanos |
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9.00am |
Lorraine Tyler, University of Cambridge |
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From perception to conception: object processing in the ventral stream |
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9.30am |
Philippe Schyns, University of Glasgow |
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The next frontier: Understanding mental models |
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10.00am |
William Marslen-Wilson, University of Cambridge |
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Neurobiological foundations for human language and communication: megayears to milliseconds |
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10.30am |
Coffee |
Session 2 |
3D Perception. |
Moderator: Diderik Jan Eikema |
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11.00am |
Fulvio Domini, Italian Institute of Technology; Brown University |
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3D perception and action do not require veridical Euclidean reconstruction |
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11.30am |
Andrew Welchman, University of Birmingham |
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Neural basis of 3D perception |
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12.00pm |
Lunch |
Session 3 |
Time and Space. |
Moderator: Claudio Simoncini |
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2.00pm |
Maria Concetta Morrone, University of Pisa |
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Spatiotemporal receptive fields during saccades |
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2.30pm |
Lorella Batelli, Italian Institute of Technology |
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Time and space in the parietal cortex explored by lesion studies and TMS |
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3.00pm |
Coffee |
Session 4 |
Motor Processing. |
Moderator: Judith Eck
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3.30p |
David Burr, University of Florence; CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Pisa |
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Interactions between vision, touch and action: development and pathology |
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4.00pm |
Martin Giese, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen |
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Learning-based models for the perception of complex body motion and actions |
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7.30pm |
Gala Dinner |
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Sunday 3rd June
Departure
