Dear Colleague,
Please accept my apologies if you get more than one copy of
this notice.
Sue Galvin and I are pleased to invite you to a Workshop on
``How the brain constructs reality'', to be held on 14 and
15 Dec at University of Otago, New Zealand. The aim of the
workshop is to promote the study of sensory systems within
the University of Otago's Research Theme, Neural Structure
and Function.
For more details, check <http://psy.otago.ac.nz/reality>.
Here is a draft list of speakers and their topics:
Keynote speaker:
Richard Gregory Bristol Knowledge-based vision
Invited speakers:
David Badcock UWA TBA
David Bilkey Otago Place and movement representation
in the hippocampus
Paul Corballis Dartmouth Spatial vision and the right-hemisphere
interpreter
Karen Dobkins UCSD Color contribution to motion processing:
Where in the brain does it come from?
Liz Franz Otago How do our hands think?
Bill Friedman Oberlin The construction of time
Sue Galvin Otago Perception without awareness
Jeff Miller Otago Does the brain control behaviour?
Robert Miller Otago Axonal conduction time, cerebral laterality
and the integration of perception
Janice Murray Otago TBA
Robert O'Shea Otago Visual consciousness in split-brain observers
Mike Paulin Otago Coding of dynamic information by vestibular
neurons
Brian Rogers Oxford Disparity in depth, parallax in perspective
Registration is free.
To register, please complete the following form:
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Name:
Affiliation:
Mailing address:
Phone:
Fax:
e-mail:
URL:
Do you require accommodation? Yes/No
If so, what standard?
Single room at St Margaret's College with shared bathroom
(includes breakfast) $36.50
Single room at St Margaret's College with private bathroom
(incudes breakfast) $45.00
Local motel over $70.00
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Send the form (preferably by e-mail) to:
Ms Debbie McLaughlin
Department of Psychology
University of Otago
Box 56, Dunedin
New Zealand
phone: +64 (3) 479 7645
fax: +64 (3) 479 8335
e-mail: debbie@psy.otago.ac.nz
Please pass the message onto any interested colleagues and students.
Cheers,
Robert.
Robert P. O'Shea
Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56,
Dunedin, New Zealand; phone: +64 (3) 479 7617;
fax: +64 (3) 479 8335; e-mail: r_oshea@otago.ac.nz;
home page: <http://psy.otago.ac.nz:800/r_oshea/o'shea.html>
Come to: Workshop on ``How the brain constructs reality'', 14 and 15 Dec,
2000 <http://psy.otago.ac.nz/reality/>
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