Program

September 6
08:30

The future of cognitive neuroscience/cognitive neuroscience of the future
(Pre-event and panel discussion with speakers from the symposium)

Moderator: Lesley Fellows

09:30

Registration & coffee

10:00

Opening ceremony

Chairperson: Lesley Fellows

Session 1:

Memory and change (Chair: Michael Petrides)

Introduction of speaker: Guy Rouleau

10:50

The biology of memory and age-related memory loss

Eric Kandel
University Professor and Fred Kavli Professor
Director, Kavli Institute for Brain Science
Co-Director, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York

11:45

Pause - Coffee Break

Introduction of speaker: Nathan Spreng

12:05

Memories for the future

Kia Nobre
Head, Department of Experimental Psychology
Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience
Director, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity
Professorial Fellow, St Catherine's College, University of Oxford
Head, The Brain & Cognition Lab
Oxford, UK

13:05 Lunch - poster session
14:30

Tales from the troops (3 minute tales)
(Moderator: Viviane Sziklas)

1 Marilyn Jones-Gotman (1970)
2 Michael Petrides (1977)
3 Mary Lou Smith (1978)
4 Gabriel Leonard (1978)
5 Henry A. Buchtel (1978)
6 Dennis Rains (1978)
7 Antonio Incisa Della Rocchetta (1981)
8 Gregor Jason (1981)
9 Robert Zatorre (1981)
10 Laurie Miller (1981)

Session 2:

Perception and action (Chair: Julien Doyon)

Introduction of speaker: Robert Zatorre

15:30

Plasticity, recovery and variability in the human motor system

Heidi Johansen-Berg
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oxford
Wellcome Principal Research Fellow
Director, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging
Oxford, UK

16:30

Pause

(Introduction of speaker: Gabriel Leonard)

16:50

Why perceiving the world is not the same as grasping it: functional and neural dissociations between perception and action

Melvyn A. Goodale
Distinguished University Professor
Canada Research Chair in Visual Neuroscience
Director, the Brain and Mind Institute
London, Ontario

18:00 Cocktail Reception (Jeanne Timmins foyer & Healing Garden)
September 7
08:30 Arrival - Continental breakfast
Session 3:

Language and vision (Chair: Alain Ptito)

Introduction of speaker: Kevin Petrecca

09:00

The neural computations of human speech cortex

Edward Chang
Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

10:00

Pause - Coffee break

(Introduction of speaker: Denise Klein)

10:25

A broader vision of vision

Marlene Behrmann
University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

11:25

Tales from the troops (3 minute talks)
(Moderator: Jelena Djordjevic)

11 Julien Doyon (1982)
12 Virginia Frisk (1982)
13 Lynette Jones (1984)
14 Susan Pigott (1985)
15 Mary Pat McAndrews (1987)
16 Teresa Burke (1987)
17 Ingrid Johnsrude (1989)
18 Tomas Paus (1990)
19 Joelle Crane (1991)
20 Denise Klein (1992)
21 Stefan Kohler (1998)
22 Meera Paleja (2012)

12:25 Lunch - poster session
Session 4:

New directions (Chair: Alain Dagher)

Introduction of speaker: Marilyn Jones-Gotman

14:00

The neuropsychology of delicious

Dana M. Small
Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
Professor of Psychology, Yale University
Visiting Professor, University of Tubingen
Director, the Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center
New Haven, Connecticut

15:00

Pause - Coffee break

(Introduction of speaker: Bratislav Misic)

15:30

Network neuroscience of the human brain

Olaf Sporns
Robert H. Shaffer Chair, Distinguished Professor
Provost Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Indiana University
Co-director, Indiana University Network Science Institute
Bloomington, Indiana

16:30

Closing remarks

Morris Moscovitch
Max and Gianna Glassman Chair, Neuropsychology and Aging
University Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, The Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Toronto, Ontario

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