Rovereto Workshop on Concepts, Actions and Objects





Programme

 

The conference begins with a welcome reception on Thursday, April 19 at 6.00 p.m and ends around 3pm (latest) on Sunday April 22, 2007.
Registration will be on Thursday, April 19 from 6.00 to 7.00 p.m. at Palazzo Fedrigotti, Corso Bettini 31 in Rovereto (see the map below).


On Friday 20th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd April, the workshop (the talks and poster sessions ) will be held at the "Sala Conferenze - Palazzo della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto" (Piazza Rosmini, 5 in Rovereto) (see the map below).Talks will be 45 minutes, with 30 minutes of discussion following each talk.

Several Social Activities have been arranged for participants:

  • Thursday evening 19th: Reception with welcome buffet at Palazzo Fedrigotti, Corso Bettini 31 in Rovereto
  • Saturday 21st: Social dinner at the restaurant “Casa del Vino” (Isera) which specializes in local cuisine

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Thursday Evening (19th)

6.00 p.m. Welcoming Reception: Palazzo Fedrigotti, Corso Bettini 31 in Rovereto

Friday (20th)

Location:

"Sala Conferenze - Palazzo della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto" (Piazza Rosmini, 5 in Rovereto)

 

9am-10:15

M.A. Goodale:

"Getting a grip on things: the neural substrates of object-directed actions"

10:15-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45-12

F. Binkofski:

"Integration of actions with objects"

12pm-1

Poster Session A

1-2:30.

Lunch Break

2:30- 3:45.

G. Buccino:

"Title: Yet to be supplied"

3:45-4:15

Coffee Break

4:15-5:30

J. Lewis:

"Cortical processing of auditory objects and action knowledge"

5:30-6:30

Poster Session A (continued)

Saturday (21st)

Location:

"Sala Conferenze - Palazzo della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto" (Piazza Rosmini, 5 in Rovereto)

 

9am-10:15

L.W. Barsalou:

"Grounding knowledge in the brain's modality-specific systems"

10:15-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45-12

J. Mitchell:

"Inferring others’ mental states: Neural mechanisms of social cognition"

12pm-1

Poster Session B

1-2:30

Lunch Break

2:30-3:45

J.D. Haynes:

"Title: Yet to be announced"

3:45-4:15

Coffee Break

4:15-5:30

R. Malach:

"Critical elements in the emergence of visual percepts"

5:30-6:30

Poster Session B (continued)

8:00

Social Dinner. There will be bus service departing for the restaurant around 7.45 pm. Further information about the social dinner will be available at the welcome desk at the reception on the 19th.


Sunday (22nd)

Location:

"Sala Conferenze - Palazzo della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto" (Piazza Rosmini, 5 in Rovereto)

 

9am-10:15

M. Piazza:

Number concepts: Quantity meets symbols in parietal cortex

10:15-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45am-12pm

A. Martin:

Neural Foundations for Conceptual Representations

12-1:30

Closing discussion (open panel) for all speakers

 

 





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