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Workshop 2009

Functions of Cerebral Cortex

Organizers:

Thomas Nevian, René Müri, Thomas König, Johannes Mathis, Walter Senn, Andrea Federspiel und Jürg Streit

Depts. of Neurology, Psychiatry and Physiology, University of Bern

Speakers:

Andrea Federspiel, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Bern

Rainer Friedrich, Friedrich Miescher Institute, University of Basel

Matthias Gugger, Dept. of Pneumology, University of Bern

Katharina Henke, Dept. of Psychology, University of Bern

Kay Jann, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Bern

Thomas König, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Bern

Giancarlo La Camera, Dept. of Physiology, University of Bern

Fred Mast, Dept. of Psychology, University of Bern

Johannes Mathis, Dept. of Neurology, University of Bern

René Müri, Dept. of Neurology, University of Bern

Thomas Nevian, Dept. of Physiology, University of Bern

Thomas Nyffeler, Dept. of Neurology, University of Bern

Carl Petersen, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL

Tonia Rihs, Dept. of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Geneva

Walter Senn, Dept. of Physiology, University of Bern

Eleni Vasilaki, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL

Program (26. 1. 2009)

Wednesday, February 4

09:15-09:20Welcome (Jürg Streit)
09:20-10:05From primary sensory to higher cognitive functions
10:05-10:30Coffee break
10:30-11:15Structural Methods in Neurosciences
11:15-12:00Functional Methods in Neurosciences
12:05-13:30Lunch break
13:30-14:30Poster session I >>
14:30-15:15Physiology and functional anatomy (René Müri)
15:15-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-16:30Visual mental imagery and top-down processing (Fred Mast)
16:30-17:15Visual exploration and attention (Thomas Nyffeler)

Thursday, February 5

09:15-10:00Role of hippocampus in human memory (Katharina Henke)
10:00-10:30Coffee break
10:30-11:15Context-dependent reinforcement learning (Giancarlo La Camera)
11:15-12:00Spike-based reinforcement learning in continuous state and action space (Eleni Vasilaki)
12:00-13:30Lunch break
13:30-14:30Poster session II >>
14:30-15:15Physiology of sleep (Walter Senn)
15:15-15:45Coffee break
15:45-16:30Sleep wake disorders (Johannes Mathis)
16:30-17:15Sleep disordered breathing (Matthias Gugger)

Friday, February 6

09:15-10:00EEG for dummies (Thomas König)
10:00-10:30Coffee break
10:30-11:15Structure and function of resting state networks (Kay Jann)
11:15-12:00Brain-environment interactions from an EEG perspective (Tonia Rihs)
12:00-13:30Lunch break
13:30-14:30Poster session III >>
14:30-15:15Synaptic mechanisms of tactile sensory processing in the neocortex (Carl Petersen)
15:15-15:45Coffee break
15:45-16:30Neuronal circuits and computations in the olfactory system (Rainer Friedrich)
16:30-17:15Basics of pain processing (Thomas Nevian)

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