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Helmholtz lecture Tim Brady, November 12: Why intuitive theories of memory lead us wrong: memory representations are continuous strength, population-based and hierarchical
Helmholtz lecture Tim Brady (Dep. of Psychology, UC San Diego): Why intuitive theories of memory lead us wrong: memory representations are continuous strength, population-based and hierarchical. Abstract: In the real world, objects are discrete physical entities – your coffee mug either is or is not in your hand. As a result, both in everyday life…
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TiCS paper by Ada Tsouli et al.
Published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2021) by Ada Tsouli, Ben Harvey, Maarten van der Smagt and others: The role of neural tuning in quantity perception https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1dyov_V1r-K%7EIZ
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Helmholtz lecture Viola Störmer, September 24th: The structure of attention and working memory
Helmholtz lecture by Viola Störmer (Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College): The structure of attention and working memory Abstract: Attention is one of the most important components of cognition: it lets us focus on specific information in the environment and determines what information enters working memory and other higher levels of processing. In this talk, I will investigate the…
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Helmholtz retreat 2021
Helmholtz Retreat Program 2021
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HELMHOLTZ RETREAT DATE
For your calendar, Helmholtz retreat date: One way or another there will be a Helmholtz retreat this year. Mark your calendar: August 30-31, 2021.
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Harvey, Dumoulin in Nature Communications
Ben Harvey and colleagues have published a paper in Nature communications: Topographic maps representing haptic numerosity reveals distinct sensory representations in supramodal networks. See https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20567-5
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Helmholtz retreat postponed
Due to well-known circumstances the 2020 Helmholtz retreat (June 15-17) has been postponed.
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Current Biology article by Harvey, Dumoulin, Fracasso, Paul
Ben Harvey and colleagues just published a paper in Current Biology, “A network of A Network of Topographic Maps in Human Association Cortex Hierarchically Transforms Visual Timing-Selective Responses” See: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)30170-6
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Helmholtz annual report 2017-2018
The Helmholtz annual report of the year 2017/2018 can now be found here!
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Stefan van der Stigchel awarded ERC consolidator grant!
Stefan van der Stigchel was recently awarded an ERC consolidator grant (2M euro) on the topic of The mental economy: Testing a dynamic trade-off between internal storage and external sampling.
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