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Short Course in Cognitive Neuroscience
A Joint Course of the Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Medicine and
The National Brain Imaging Network of Portugal
Auditório do IBILI, Faculdade de Medicina de Coimbra, 26 – 29 de Abril de
2011
Organization
IBILI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
BIN – Brain Imaging Network of Portugal
Miguel Castelo-Branco
Visual Neuroscience Laboratory
Center of Ophthalmology, IBILI
Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
3004-548 Coimbra
Portugal
Phone +351 239480261
Fax +351 239480280
[email protected]
Registration
[email protected]
Lecturers
Miguel Castelo-Branco
IBILI, University of Coimbra
Alexandre Castro-Caldas
Universidade Católica, Lisboa
José Morais
University of Brussels
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Regine Kolinsky
University of Brussels
Beatrice de Gelder
University of Tilburg
Jorge Almeida
Harvard University and University of Lisbon
Program
Main Themes of the course
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Visual Cognition
Affective Neuroscience
Neurobiology of Language Processing
Day 1
Tuesday 26th April
Morning
9:45 – 11:00 - Lecture 1
An introduction to the neurobiology of visual cognition
Miguel Castelo-Branco
11:30 – 13:00
Low on high: how different visual pathways affect object recognition
Jorge Almeida
Afternoon
14:30 – 16:00
The neurobiology of perception, attention and memory: research trends and pitfalls
Miguel Castelo-Branco
Day 2
Wednesday 27th April
Morning
10:00 – 11:00
An introduction to the neurobiology of reading
José Morais
11:30 – 12:30 - Lecture 2
Dyslexia: causes, processing, and neural correlates
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José Morais
Afternoon
14:30 – 15:30
Paper discussion
Day 3
Thursday April 28th
Morning
10:00 – 11:00
An introduction to the neurobiology of spoken language
Régine Kolinsky
11:30 – 12:30 - Lecture 2
Régine Kolinsky
The consequences of literacy on spoken language and visual processing and
functional organization of the brain.
Afternoon
14:30 – 15:30
Paper discussion
Day 4
Friday 29th April
10:00 – 11:00 - Lecture 1
An introduction to Affective Neuroscience
Beatrice de Gelder
11:30 – 12:30 - Lecture 2
Neural bases of the non-conscious perception of emotional signals.
Beatrice de Gelder
Afternoon
14:30 – 16:00
The illiterate brain
Alexandre Castro-Caldas
16:30 – 17:30
Paper discussion. Evaluation
Final Remarks and Closing Session
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Tel.
+351 239 483 115 | Email : [email protected] | Website: www.brainimaging.pt | VAT: 508 806 143