LINGUIST List 26.661
Fri Jan 30 2015
Confs: Neurolinguistics, Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics/Netherlands
Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 29-Jan-2015
From: Katerina Kucera <katerina.kucera
mpi.nl>
Subject: Decoding the Neurobiology of Synaesthesia
E-mail this message to a friend Decoding the Neurobiology of Synaesthesia
Date: 18-Mar-2015 - 20-Mar-2015
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contact: Soek Yi Tong
Contact Email:
< click here to access email > Meeting URL:
https://www.knaw.nl/en/news/calendar/decoding-the-neurobiology-of-synaesthesia
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics
Meeting Description:
This Academy Colloquium will bring together leading experts from neurobiology, cognitive psychology, and genetics to critically evaluate the known aspects of synaesthesia and debate the scientific questions that can be answered by studying this intriguing phenomenon. Preceding the international Academy Colloquium a Master Class for young researchers, PhD-students and research master students in Neurobiology of Synaesthesia is organised.
Program:
Decoding the Neurobiology of Synaesthesia
Master Class – March 18, 2015
Wednesday, March 18
12:45-13:00
Registration, coffee
13:00-13:10
Welcome by Simon E. Fisher
13:10-13:50
Romke Rouw
13:50-14:30
Simon E. Fisher
14:30-14:50 Break
14:50-15:00
Short student talk 1
15:00-15:10
Short student talk 2
15:10-15:20
Short student talk 3
15:20-15:40 Break
15:40-16:20
Peter Gregersen
16:20-17:00
Jamie Ward
17:00-17:10
Closing by Simon E. Fisher
17:10-18:00 Coffee and cake
19:00-21:00 Dinner (Master Class speakers and organizers)
Decoding the Neurobiology of Synaesthesia
Colloquium – March 19 & 20, 2015
Thursday, March 19
9:00-9:30
Registration, coffee
9:30-9:40
Welcome by Simon E. Fisher
Theme 1: Genetics of synaesthesia and related traits
9:40-10:20
Katerina Kucera
10:20-11:00
Peter Gregersen
11:00-11:20 Break
11:20-12:00
Greg Neely
12:00-12:30
Discussion topic 1: “What are the biological and environmental factors that contribute to synaesthesia and how do we design studies to distinguish between them?”
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Theme 2: Synaesthesia phenotypes and overlaps
13:30-14:10
Duncan Carmichael
14:10-14:50
Simon Baron-Cohen
14:50-15:10 Break
15:10-15:50
Tessa van Leeuwen
15:50-16:30
Michael Banissy
16:30-17:00
Discussion topic 2: “What do the broad range of synaesthesia phenotypes and the overlaps with neurodevelopmental disorders tell us about the underlying biology?”
17:00-18:00
Reception
19:00-21:00 Dinner (Colloquium speakers and organizers)
Friday, March 20
Theme 3: Neurobiology of synaesthesia
9:30-10:10
Romke Rouw
10:10-10:50
Avishai Henik
10:50-11:10 Break
11:10-11:50
Anil Seth
11:50-12:30
David Brang
12:30-13:00
Discussion topic 3: “What is the support for existing neurobiological models of synaesthesia (pruning versus loss of inhibition)?”
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Theme 4: Role of synaesthesia in memory, learning and education
14:00-14:40
Edward Hubbard
14:40-15:20
Beat Meier
15:20-15:40 Break
15:40-16:20
Jamie Ward
16:20-16:50
Discussion topic 4: “Which aspects of sensory, cognitive and linguistic processing can be addressed by studying synaesthesia?”
16:50-17:00
Closing by Simon E. Fisher
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