Workshop 2009
Functions of Cerebral Cortex
February 4 - 6, 2009
Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Bühlplatz 5, 3012 Bern
Seminarraum
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
09:15-09:20 | Welcome (Jürg Streit) |
09:20-12:05 | Neuroimaging Methods in Neurosciences (Andrea Federspiel) |
09:20-10:05 | From primary sensory to higher cognitive functions |
10:05-10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30-11:15 | Structural Methods in Neurosciences |
11:15-12:00 | Functional Methods in Neurosciences |
12:05-13:30 | Lunch break |
13:30-14:30 | Poster session I >> |
14:30-17:15 | Visual System (Chair: René Müri) |
14:30-15:15 | Physiology and functional anatomy (René Müri) |
15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break |
15:45-16:30 | Visual mental imagery and top-down processing (Fred Mast) |
16:30-17:15 | Visual exploration and attention (Thomas Nyffeler) |
Thursday, February 5
09:15-12:00 | Learning and Memory (Chair: Walter Senn) |
09:15-10:00 | Role of hippocampus in human memory (Katharina Henke) |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30-11:15 | Context-dependent reinforcement learning (Giancarlo La Camera) |
11:15-12:00 | Spike-based reinforcement learning in continuous state and action space (Eleni Vasilaki) |
12:00-13:30 | Lunch break |
13:30-14:30 | Poster session II >> |
14:30-17:15 | Sleep Medicine (Chair: Johannes Mathis) |
14:30-15:15 | Physiology of sleep (Walter Senn) |
15:15-15:45 | Coffee break |
15:45-16:30 | Sleep wake disorders (Johannes Mathis) |
16:30-17:15 | Sleep disordered breathing (Matthias Gugger) |
Friday, February 6
09:15-12:00 | EEG (Chair: Thomas König) |
09:15-10:00 | EEG for dummies (Thomas König) |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30-11:15 | Structure and function of resting state networks (Kay Jann) |
11:15-12:00 | Brain-environment interactions from an EEG perspective (Tonia Rihs) |
12:00-13:30 | Lunch break |
13:30-14:30 | Poster session III >> |
14:30-17:15 | Sensory Processing - Touch, Smell and Pain (Chair: Thomas Nevian) |
14:30-15:15 | Synaptic mechanisms of tactile sensory processing in the neocortex (Carl Petersen) |
15:15-15:45 | Coffee break |
15:45-16:30 | Neuronal circuits and computations in the olfactory system (Rainer Friedrich) |
16:30-17:15 | Basics of pain processing (Thomas Nevian) |