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31st Annual General Meeting of the European Brain and Behaviour Society 29 September-2 October 1999, ROME, Italy
PROGRAMME
Wednesday September 29
"Primitives for the control of movement in space" Organisers: F. Lacquaniti and R. Grasso E. Bizzi, Cambridge MA USA: Modular organisation of the motor system: implications of motor control and motor learning R. Grasso, Rome: Motor patterns for human gait D.M. Wolpert, London: Modularity in human motor control J.F. Soechting, M. Flanders & M. Santello, Minneapolis: Grasping straws and other virtual objects J. Sanes, Rome: Are there primitives for motor representations in the human brain ?
Stress, glucocorticoids and memory Organisers: M. Oitzl and C. Sandi C.Sandi, Madrid: Neural mechanisms involved in glucocorticoid actions on learning and memory P.V. Piazza, Bordeaux: Interactions between glucocorticoids and dopamine as a possible substrate of vulnerability to drugs R. Sakai, Pittsburgh: Neuroendocrine and neurochemical system changes following social stress F.Ohl, Munich & E. Fuchs, Goettingen: Temporal dynamic effects of stress on cognitive functions: function and behavior M. Oitzl, Leiden: Early life events, vulnerability to stress and cognitive decline
Thursday September 30
Mental representations in the brain Organiser: C. Frith J. Perner, Vienna: Implicit knowledge in development R. M. Ridley & H.F. Baker, Cambridge UK: Mental representation in monkeys C. Frith, London: Mental representation in the brain A. Cleeremans, Brussels: Mental, neural and computational correlates of representation: how classical theories of mind leave no room for implicit cognition
Ecology, Brain and Behaviour Organiser: H.P. Lipp E. Alleva, Rome: Agonist encounters in mice housed in seminatural and laboratory conditions: reflections on measuring social relationships in mammals L. Ricceri & G. Dell'Omo, Rome: Can mice learn a radial maze in seminatural conditions ? H.-P. Lipp, Zurich: Micro- and macroevolution of the infrapyramidal mossy fiber projection in mice and small mammals M.G. Pleskacheva, Moscow & H.P. Lipp, Zurich: Comparing hippocampus-dependent learning behavior across many species: A giant outdoor radial maze for comparative studies in birds and mammals
Sponsored by Behavioural Brain Research, an Elsevier Scientific Journal
Current issues in animal learning theory Organiser: A. Dickinson A. Dickinson, Cambridge UK: Animal learning theory for the new millenium P. Holland, Durham USA: Conditioning and attention J. Pearce, Cardiff: Evaluation of elemental and configural theories M. Bouton & R. Frohardt, Burlington: Behavioral and brain dissociations of two effects of context following extinction N.S. Clayton & D.P. Griffiths, Davis & A. Dickinson, Cambridge UK: What animals remember about past events: an ethological approach From Sensation to Perception: Extra-retinal influences in parietal cortex Organiser: U. Ilg S. Treue, J.C. Martinez-Trujillo, D. Patzwhal & H.J. Rauber, Tuebingen: Attentional influences on visual motion processing U.Ilg, Tuebingen: Representation of gaze-velocity in the activity of neurons in primate area MST F. Bremmer, Bochum: Non-retinocentric representation of visual information in monkey posterior parietal cortex. A. Grunewald, Pasadena: The nature of auditory responses in macaque lateral intraparietal area M. Husain, London: Attention and motor control in the neglect syndrome
Friday October 1
Correlates of visual motion processing : ERP and brain imaging studies Organiser: M. Niedeggen M. Niedeggen Duesseldorf: ERP correlates of motion coherence and transparency M. Bach, D. Ullrich, T. Dorn, A. Unsold & M. Hoffmann, Freiburg: : "ERPs and the mechanisms of motion adaptation A. Cowey & L. Vaina, Oxford, UK: "Selective disorders of different kinds of visual motion perception" A.T. Smith, K.D. Singh & M.E. Grenlee, London, UK: fMRI studies of motion processing in human occipital cortex"
Retrieval and reactivation of the memory trace Organiser: C. Bucherelli J. Bures, Prague: Interhemispheric transfer demonstrates reactivation of spatial memory traces during retrieval od lateralized engrams D. Perani, Milan: The anatomo-functional mapping of memory systems S.J. Sara, P. Roullet & J. Pryzbyslawski, Paris: Reconsolidation of memory after its retrieval C. Bucherelli, Firenze: Consolidation and retrieval in the rat: how these phases can be influenced Coffee break
Behavioural disinhibition and its relation to affective disorders Organiser: A. Roberts A. Bechara, Iowa City: Neural mechanisms underlying the behavior of patients with ventro medial prefrontal cortex A. Roberts, Cambridge UK: Prefrontal cortex contribution to inhibitory control and affective behaviour: studies in marmosets J. Evenden, Sodertaljie: Serotonin, dopamine and impulsive decision-making J.D. Jentsch, New Haven: The neurochemestry of the prefrontal cortex, amaygdala, and ventral striatum in the modulation of affective responses
Perceptual and motor imagery Organiser: V. Hoemberg D. Sagi, Rehovot: Common mechanisms of visual imagery and perception R. Seitz, Duesseldorf: Functional anatomy and motor imagery A. Pascual-Leone, Boston: no title V. Hoemberg, Duesseldorf: Improvement of motor performance by imagery
Saturday October 2
Memory and amnesia in man and animals Organiser: D. Gaffan D. Gaffan, Oxford: A cholinergic explanation of medial temporal amnesia J. Aggleton, Cardiff: Mapping convergent systems in the rat brain held to identify pathways for memory L. Chelazzi, Verona: Neural Mechanisms for top-down selection of high level visual representations: A common architecture for attention and memory retrieval ? B. Murray, Bethesda: Role of perirhinal cortex in object information processing and object identification
Cerebellar plasticity during development and at adult age: structural and behavioral effects Organiser: P. Strata and A. Gramsbergen F. Rossi, Turin: Regenerative activity and plasticity in the olivocerebellar system J. Mariani & L. Rondi Reig, Paris: Role of the olivary complex in motor skills and motor learning in adult rats A. Gramsbergen, J. Ijkema-Paassen, H. Bornmann, D. Kalichara, and J.J.L. van der Want, Groeningen: The effects of olivary destruction at early and later ages on the development of postural control during locomotion in rats P. Strata, L. Morando and R. Rassetti, Turin: Electrical activity maintains innervation in the cerebellar cortex
Brain Mechanisms of recognition memory Organiser: J.J. Bolhuis G. Horn, Cambridge UK: Properties of neurons in a visual recognition memory system E.B. Keverne & P.A. Brennan, Cambridge UK: Olfactory recognition: a simple memory system M.W. Brown, Bristol: Recognition memory: neuronal substrates for the judgement of prior occurrence R.J. Dolan, London: Imaging the human brain in recognition memory tasks
What genetically-defined animals can teach us about what is being learned in common laboratory tasks Organiser: W.E. Crusio M. Ammassari-Teule & E. Passino, Rome: Genotype x environment interactions in brain area functionality and learning performance in hippocampal-mediated tasks W. E. Crusio, Orléans: Multivariate genetic analysis of hippocampal regulation of shuttle box performance in mice D.P. Wolfer & H.P. Lipp, Zurich: Dissecting cognitive and alternative behavioral strategies in the Morris maze: a factor analysis of 2000 inbred, transgenic and knockout mice F.J. van der Staay, Cologne: Profound differences in learning between genetically defined strains of rats and mice: Implications for psychobiological research
Sunday October 3 Final Worshop of a Human Frontier Science Program Network "Sensorimotor transformations in the brain" Organisers: R. Caminiti, F. Lacquaniti
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