International Graduate School of Neuroscience
IGSN / SFB 874 Conference
Mechanisms of perception, categorisation, memory and cognition
27th - 28th of April 2021, Online
Welcome - opening of the conference
Denise Manahan-Vaughan Director IGSN / Speaker SFB 874
Introduction: Marlene Rösner
Michael Brecht
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Large Brains & Bodies
Laura Busse
Division of Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, LMU Munich, Germany
Visual processing of feedforward and feedback signals in mouse thalamus
Coffee break
Mathilde Bonnefond
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), INSERM UMRS 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
Role of alpha oscillations in anticipating and processing visual stimuli
Brainstorming Session
Lunch break
Introduction: Xiangshai Zeng
Andreas Nieder
Institute of Neurobiology, Dept. of Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Number neurons for quantity categorization across vertebrate species
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
Cognitive Imaging, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Testing deep neural network models of human vision with brain and behavioral data
Coffee break
Jefferson Roy
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Prefrontal cortex activity during flexible categorization
Brainstorming Session
GATHERTOWN (only for speakers and PhD researchers)
Introduction: Gabriele Russo
Monika Schönauer
Department of Psychology, Neuropsychology, University of Freiburg, Germany
Imaging memory consolidation in wakefulness and sleep
Sebastien Bouret
CNRS - French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, France
Neural basis of motivation in monkeys: complementary roles of dopamine and noradrenaline
Coffee break
Guillén Fernández
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Are there alternative routes into long-term memory?
Brainstorming Session
Lunch break
Introduction: Violeta Caragea
Lisa Genzel
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Learning large spatial environments: the HexMaze for mice and rats
Santiago Canals
Neuroscience Institute (Spanish Research Council CSIC - UMH), Alicante, Spain
Binding cell assemblies into systems level memory engrams
Coffee break
Attila Losonczy
Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Microcircuit amplification of spatial memories in the hippocampus
Brainstorming Session