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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
Read moreHelmholtz 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…
Read moreHelmholtz Lecture by Jorge Almeida, University of Coimbra: Beyond bottom-up and top-down modulations
Everyone feel free to join the on-line Helmholtz Lecture by Jorge Almeida, University of Coimbra: Beyond bottom-up and top-down modulations: is there room for horizontal connections? November 6th 2020 at 16:00, Microsoft Teams. Please find abstract below. https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a2ef63b6dfc4e410081b3e24e6f945030%40thread.tacv2/1602514373347?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22d72758a0-a446-4e0f-a0aa-4bf95a4a10e7%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2230d87cc8-8126-4719-bcf4-c37a5e860677%22%7d Abstract: There is general consensus that local representations are modulated by information that is relayed in a…
Read moreHelmholtz retreat postponed
Due to well-known circumstances the 2020 Helmholtz retreat (June 15-17) has been postponed.
Read moreCurrent 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
Read moreHelmholtz annual report 2017-2018
The Helmholtz annual report of the year 2017/2018 can now be found here!
Read moreHelmholtz lecture Feb 28, 2020: Jenny Read (Newcastle University), Stereo vision in humans and insects
28 February 2020 Stereo vision in humans and insects Jenny Read, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, UK
Read morePsychology-Research lecture: David Clark (Oxford), Developing and disseminating effective psychological therapies: Science, practice and economics
You are cordially invited to attend the Psychology-Research lecture on Friday Feb 21 by David M. Clark professor and chair of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma (OxCADAT). “Developing and disseminating effective psychological therapies: Science, practice and economics” (see abstract below). Date: Friday February 21st…
Read moreStefan 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.
Read moreHelmholtz lecture Antti Oulasvirta, University of Aalto: Psychology as the science of design: what psychological theories do
Psychology as the science of design: what psychological theories do Antti Oulasvirta, University of Aalto (http://users.comnet.aalto.fi/oulasvir/ ) 31 January 2020, 16:00 – 17:00. Location: Ruppert building, room Red Kurt Lewin famously said that ‘There’s nothing more practical than a good theory’. But what makes a theory applicable to practical problems? Is it validity, reliability, or…
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