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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 lecture by Andrea Antal: Transcranial direct and alternating current stimulation in the clinical practice

Andrea Antal, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany: Transcranial direct and alternating current stimulation in the clinical practice The number of patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as chronic pain, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer diseases, depression and cognitive decline, has increased over the past decade, representing a prominent health problem worldwide. While pharmacological…

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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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Helmholtz lecture by Monica Gori from the Italian Institute of Technology in Genua: ‘Interaction between senses during the child development and the creation of new rehabilitation devices’

Abstract During the first years of life, sensory modalities communicate with each other. Since 2004 we have studied how the haptic, visual, and auditory modalities interact and are integrated during development. We have observed that specific sensory modalities are crucial for developing particular skills, and the absence of one sensory input affects the development of…

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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 Lecture by Marty Woldorff, Duke University: The dynamic relationship between reward and attention

Everyone feel free to join the on-line Helmholtz Lecture by Marty Woldorff, Duke University: The dynamic relationship between reward and attention December 11th 2020 at 16:00, Zoom. Please find abstract below. Abstract: The cognitive functions of attention and reward processing both play fundamental roles in the successful functioning in our complex world.  Although these two…

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