SYMPOSIUM AT NYU CENTER FOR NEURAL SCIENCE
The New York University Center for Neural Science, New York
University's Sloan Program in Theoretical Neuroscience,
and New York University are sponsoring the 5th Biennial Symposium
in Neuroscience at NYU, May 22-24, 1999. The
Symposium title is "Plasticity and Adaptability of the Adult Brain".
This is an area of recent exciting research. What has
been found is that neuronal receptive field properties, and brain
areas that are activated by stimuli or during motor tasks, can
be modified by experience or training or context. These recent
findings have important practical implications for education
and rehabilitation. But they also have important theoretical
implications about structure and function of the brain.
The symposium will include lectures by invited outside speakers
who are known internationally for their research on adult
brain plasticity and adaptation. There also will be workshop
discussion sessions including invited speakers and members of
the CNS faculty. Much time has been set aside for formal and
informal discussions.
The Symposium will be held at the NYU Cantor Film Center on 8th
Street between Greene Street and University, near
CNS.
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For more information and registration forms, see our website:
http://www.cns.nyu.edu/symposia/sympo99.html
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The list of invited speakers and their affiliations are:
Hearing:
Jean-Marc Edeline ( U Paris-Sud)
Dexter Irvine (Monash U, Australia)
Daphne Bavelier (U Rochester)
George Gerstein (U Pennsylvania)
Vision:
Anniruddha Das (Rockefeller U)
Yves Fregnac (Inst Alfred Fessard-CNRS)
Jonathan Levitt (CUNY)
David Somers (MIT)
Ilona Kovacs (Rutgers U)
Somatosensory and Motor:
Miguel Nicolelis (Duke U)
Sacha Nelson (Brandeis U)
Michael Calford (ANU, Canberra, Australia)
John Donoghue (Brown U)
Avi Karni (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Yadin Dudai (Weizmann Inistute, Israel)
Telephone: 212 998 7780
E-mail contact: sympo99@cns.nyu.edu