Visuomotor learning of location, action, and prediction
Multisensory integration in peripersonal space (PPS) for action, perception and consciousness
Note the later time in the USA!
Modeling shared and variable information encoded in fine-scale cortical topographies
Information is encoded in fine-scale functional topographies that vary from brain to brain. Hyperalignment models information that is shared across brain in a high-dimensional common information space. Hyperalignment transformations project idiosyncratic individual topographies into the common model information space. These transformations contain topographic basis functions, affording estimates of how shared information in the common model space is instantiated in the idiosyncratic functional topographies of individual brains. This new model of the functional organization of cortex – as multiplexed, overlapping basis functions – captures the idiosyncratic conformations of both coarse-scale topographies, such as retinotopy and category-selectivity, and fine-scale topographies. Hyperalignment also makes it possible to investigate how information that is encoded in fine-scale topographies differs across brains. These individual differences in fine-grained cortical function were not accessible with previous methods.
The multimodal number sense: spanning space, time, sensory modality, and action
Humans and other animals can estimate rapidly the number of items in a scene, flashes or tones in a sequence and motor actions. Adaptation techniques provide clear evidence in humans for the existence of specialized numerosity mechanisms that make up the numbersense. This sense of number is truly general, encoding the numerosity of both spatial arrays and sequential sets, in vision and audition, and interacting strongly with action. The adaptation (cross-sensory and cross-format) acts on sensory mechanisms rather than decisional processes, pointing to a truly general sense.
The impact of spaceflight on sleep and circadian rhythms
What happens to human sleep and circadian rhythms in space? There are many challenges that affect sleep in space, including unusual patterns of light exposure and the influence of microgravity. This talk will review the causes and consequences of sleep loss and circadian misalignment during spaceflight and will discuss how missions to the Moon and Mars will be different than missions to the International Space Station.
NMC4 Event: NMC For Kids
We at Neuromatch 4.0 wish to open up science conferences to everyone and that is why we have included a session for kids and the young at heart. The NMC for kids has three excellent speakers from around the globe to talk about the balance system from bird butts to space: 1. Birds balance with their butts” by Bing Wen Brunton (Associate Prof of Biology at University of Washington, Seattle) 2. “The brain in motion” by Jenifer L. Campos (Associate Prof, University of Toronto) 3. “Getting ready for Mars: what happens to the brain in space?” By Elisa R Ferre (Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck University of London)