[visionlist] deadline for conference on perceptual consequences of motor action

[Jeroen Smeets]

The deadline for application for the ESF-EMBO Symposium on Three  
Dimensional Sensory and Motor Space: Perceptual Consequences of Motor  
Action is approaching: July 23th.

The conference will be held 6-11 October 2007 Hotel Eden Roc, Sant  
Feliu de Guixols, Spain
CHAIR: Jeroen Smeets, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL
VICE-CHAIR: Frank Bremmer, University Marburg, DE

There is a long tradition of studying perception independent of motor  
control. The main interaction that has received much attention is the  
transformation from sensory information to motor output. However,  
there are some remarkable recent findings in the last decade that  
suggest that voluntary movement plays a key role in visual  
perception. Examples are the role of cortical motor areas in  
perception (mirror neurones), target mislocalisation associated with  
saccades, and the effect of prism adaptation on hemispatial neglect.  
Voluntary movements play also an important role in other modalities,  
such as haptics. The aim of this conference is to bring together  
experienced and young researchers from various disciplines  
(psychology, biology, neuroscience, physics) that are interested in  
the perceptual consequences of motor action.

Invited speakers will include: Frank Bremmer, Eli Brenner, Carol  
Colby, Laila Craighero, Mary Hayhoe, Denise Henriques, Roland  
Johansson, Dirk Kerzel, Elisabetta Làdavas, Michael Land, Markus  
Lappe, Susan Lederman, Pieter Medendorp, Chris Miall, Tirin Moore,  
Miguel Nicolelis, Kevin O’Regan, Yves Rossetti, Angela Sirigu, Jeroen  
Smeets, John Wann

More information (preliminary programme, application form, student  
grants) can be found at http://www.esf.org/conferences/07226


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Prof. dr. Jeroen B.J. Smeets
Faculty of Human Movement Sciences,     tel: +31-20-5982572
Vrije Universiteit, room A628           fax: +31-20-5988529
Van der Boechorststraat 9,              mailto:j.smeets at fbw.vu.nl
1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands      http://www.fbw.vu.nl/~JSmeets/