Space and Time: Processing in the Brain

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ג', 06/12/2016 09:30 עד ה', 08/12/2016 16:00
http://www.spacetime-jbc.org/ Time and space are the framework within which our experience and memories are formed. Therefore, the representations of time and space in human cognition have captivated the imagination of thinkers for centuries, culminating with the emergence of neuroscience as a scientific discipline. Questions regarding the underlying neural mechanisms of spatial and temporal processing were studied rigorously and resulted in significant insights. Yet, with many questions still unanswered, spatio-temporal cognition remains at the focus of attention of the neurosciences from the cellular to the behavioral levels. Across these different levels and disciplines, recent neuroscientific discoveries revealed inter-relations between processing and representations of time and space. Electrophysiology of hippocampal cells shows that they encode animals’ location in time as well as their location in space. Whole-brain neuroimaging consistently shows overlap between brain regions involved in time and space perception. Behavioral experiments demonstrate that manipulation of spatial distance affects perceptions of temporal distance and vice-versa. Finally, clinical evidence indicates that neuropsychiatric patients are commonly disturbed in space and time perception. The conference aims to advance this frontier of science. The importance of this juxtaposition of both space and time as well as the different levels of neurosciences attracted top-level researchers in the neurosciences to participate in the JBC conference. Confirmed Speakers: Daniel Schacter, Harvard University Howard Eichenbaum, Boston University Morris Moscovitch, University of Toronto Brian Levine, University of Toronto Michael Kahana, University of Pennsylvenia Olaf Blanke, EPFL, director of the center for Neuroprosthetics Arne Ekstrom, University of California, Davis Francesca Frassinetti, University of Bologna Rafael Malach, Weizmann Institute Yadin Dudai, Weizmann Institute Nachum Ulanovsky, Weizmann Institute Nira Liberman, Tel Aviv University Dori Derdikman, Technion Anat Maril, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ayelet Landau, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Yonatan Loewenstein, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Shahar Arzy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Amir Amedi, Hebrew University