2015
Dresden Spring School on Cognitive-Affective Neuroscience
Perspectives on Volition
26 – 27 March 2015
Speakers
Markus Ullsperger (University of Magdeburg, D)
Mechanisms of performance monitoring and adaptive control
Michael Pauen (HU Berlin, D)
Freedom and alternative possibilities. Philosophical considerations and empirical results
Shu-Chen Li (TU Dresden, D) Lifespan development of adaptive neurocognitive representations: reciprocal interactions between cognition and motivation
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg (ZI Mannheim, D)
Neural risk mechanisms of psychiatric disorders
Nicolas Schuck (Princeton University, USA)
Neural representation of a cognitive map of state space
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Pre-Conference Workshops (Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Publication, fMRI and Functional Connectivity)
Special Issues (Post-doc Abroad & Grant Application)
Poster Sessions
SFB Symposium
Have We Banished the Homunculus? Dynamic Regulation, Modulation, and Optimization of Cognitive control
17 – 19 July 2015
Organizer
Thomas Goschke
Speakers
Frederick Verbruggen (University of Exeter, UK)
Banishing the control homunculi in studies of action control
Nick Yeung (University of Oxford, UK)
A trade-off between focused vs. distributed attention
Richard K. Ridderinkhof (Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL)
Neurocognitive mechanisms of motivation and perception-action coordination
Tobias Egner (Duke University, USA)
Exploring the interplay between memory, attention, and control
Nachshon Meiran (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ISR)
The power of instructions: Proactive configuration of stimulus–response translation
Matthew Botvinick (Princeton University, USA)
The intrinsic cost of cognitive control
Etienne Koechlin (Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris, FRA)
A computational approach to prefrontal executive function and adaptive behavior
Daniel Durstewitz (ZI Mannheim, D)
Neuromodulatory control of prefrontal cortical attractor dynamics
Aaron David Redish (University of Minnesota, USA)
Decision-making systems in a rat
Christine Stelzel (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Modulating cognitive flexibility neurocognitive effects of dopamine and motivational variables
Michael W. Cole (Rutgers University, USA)
Brain network mechanisms of flexible cognitive control
Bradley Doll (New York University, USA)
Neural mechanisms of model-based and model-free control
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Poster Session
Roundtable Discussion