Symposium “Mind, Brain & Body”
The symposium is for young researchers, post-doctoral researchers, doctoral candidates and Master’s students in the domain of neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral and social sciences who are invited to submit abstracts to present a talk or a poster in one or more of the following categories:
(a) emotion & stress, (b) stroke & cognition, (c) perception & consciousness, or (d) neuroanatomy & connectivity.
The symposium program includes lectures, workshops, presentations and a poster session, as well as a public lecture. Doctoral candidates can earn ECTS credit points by presenting a talk or a poster during the symposium. Previously presented posters are also welcomed. Attendance without presentation is also possible.
Opening
The opening event of the symposium will be the keynote public lecture (in German) by Dr Veronica Engert on 19 March at 19.00 (see above), followed by a reception.
Preliminary program
9.00–9.05 Welcoming Remarks
9.05–9.45 Keynote Lecture 1: Prof. Dr Talma Hendler (Tel Aviv)
From fMRi to EEG and back
Chair: Prof. Dr Arno Villringer (Berlin/Leipzig)
9.45–10.45 Workshop 1: Dr habil. Wolff Schlotz (Frankfurt am Main)
Measuring stress in daily life
Chair: Dr Michael Gaebler (Leipzig/Berlin)
10.45–11.00 Coffee Break
11.00–11.45 Panel 1: Presentations by Participants
Presentations 1–3
Chairs: Josefin Röbbig (Leipzig) and Miray Erbey (Berlin/Leipzig)
11.45–12.30 Keynote Lecture 2: Dr Hadas Okon-Singer (Haifa)
Factors modulating our reaction to aversive stimuli: The influence of attention and personality
Chair: Lina Schaare (Leipzig)
12.30–13.30 Lunch Break
13.30–14.30 Poster Presentations
14.30–15.15 Workshop 2: Jan Mehnert (Leipzig/Berlin)
Mobile multimodal brain scans: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and EEG
Chair: Till Nierhaus (Berlin/Leipzig)
15.15–15.35 Coffee Break
15.35–16.25 Panel 2: Presentations by Participants
Presentations 4–6
Chairs: Fivos Iliopoulos and Sabrina Thiel (Berlin)
16.25–17.30 Keynote Lecture 3: N.N.
Please register here: http://survey.cbs.mpg.de/index.php/194213/lang-en
For more information about the symposium, please contact Dr Anahit Babayan:
babayan@cbs.mpg.de or visit www.mind-braininstitute.org
