EuroConference and EBBS workshop

Cognitive and Neural MECHANISMS of Visuomotor Control

La Londe (France) 5th-8th September 2002

Research on the visual control of action has developed rapidly over the past 20 years, accelerating along with the commercial availability of movement analysis systems. Complementary work has been done on the one hand in behavioural studies of healthy and brain-damaged human subjects and healthy and brain-damaged animals, and on the other hand from functional neuro-physiology in animals and, increasingly, from functional neuroimaging in humans. Other techniques such as TMS are also beginning to be applied.

From Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th September 2002 we are organizing a meeting that will evaluate these contributions across an interdisciplinary perspective, exploring issues such as functional systems, attentional mechanisms, visual illusions, temporal modulation, on-line feedback, neuropsychological syndromes, and contextual factors. The meeting will take place near the medieval town of Hyères in the South of France, with Michel Desmurget acting as the local organizer. It is funded by the European Commission, who will cover the costs for participants that are less than 35 year-old and are nationals of an EU member state. The conference centre is located on a hill near the beach with a magnificent view over the sea, and accommodation is provided close by. It is a short distance away from the airport of Toulon.

INVITED SPEAKERS

• RA Andersen, California Institute of Technology F Binkofsky, University of Düsseldorf
• D Boussaoud, CNRS, Lyon E Brenner, University of Rotterdam
• B Bridgeman, University of California Santa Cruz JC Culham, University of Western Ontario
• M Desmurget, INSERM, Lyon C Galletti, University of Bologna
• M Gentilucci, University of Parma MA Goodale, University of Western Ontario
• M Jeannerod, CNRS, Lyon RS Johansson, University of Umea
• H-O Karnath, University of Tübingen M Matelli, University of Parma
• AD Milner, University of Durham RE Passingham, University of Oxford
• M-T Perenin, INSERM, Lyon G Rizzolatti, University of Parma
• DA Rosenbaum, Pennsylvania State University Y Rossetti, INSERM, Lyon
• A Sirigu, CNRS, Lyon AM Wing, University of Birmingham

• Poster presentations:

The deadline for submitting poster abstracts is 1^st June. They should be sent directly to Professor A D Milner at the following email address:

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The standard registration fee is € 170. There is a reduced fee of € 150 for members of the European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS: http://www.ebbs-science.org).

The registration form can be returned by mail, fax, or electronically.

All registration forms must be received by 31^st July 2002. Please note that registration fees can only be paid by either eurocheque or bank transfer. We regret that registration fees cannot be paid by credit card.

• Accommodation:

Rooms are available in three categories within the conference centre. All meals are included. Further details are given on the accommodation form, which can be returned by mail, fax, or electronically. All accommodation forms must be received by31^st July 2002.

N.B. neither accommodation nor registration can be guaranteed if forms are received after 31^st July 2002.

• Payment exemptions:

(a) Participants who are younger than 35 on 5^th September 2002 and who are also nationals of the EU, are not required to pay the registration fee.

(b) Participants who are younger than 35 and who are also nationals of the EU, whose poster abstract is accepted, are also eligible to receive a grant covering accommodation and travel expenses. This paid accommodation will be in a shared economy room (2 people per room). The organizers will endeavour to pair people together who wish to share. Travel must be by the cheapest available means.<

Grant applications, for which there is no special form, must include both a CV and a poster abstract, and also an estimate of the travel costs required. They should be sent directly to Professor A D Milner at the following email address, before 1^st June 2002:

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See also the conference webpage at http://psynts.dur.ac.uk/milner