ESF-EMBO Symposia on
Three-Dimensional Sensory and Motor Space:
Probabilistic Mechanisms of Learning and Development in Sensorimotor Systems
Sant Feliu de Guixols (Costa Brava), Spain, 8-13 October 2005
Chair: Daniel Wolpert (University College London, UK)
Vice-Chair: Jeroen Smeets (Erasmus MC, NL)
Over recent years there have been tremendous advances in the fields of
development and learning in sensorimotor systems. A key aim of the meeting
will be to bring together scientists from diverse areas who do not normally
meet, with the aim of providing a cohesive view of sensorimotor learning
which can lead to a cross-fertilization of ideas. This meeting will cover
neurophysiological, molecular, psychological, neuroimaging and computational
approaches to sensorimotor development and learning. One emphasis of the
meeting will be to explore an evolving idea in the field; that the
statistics of both the motor and sensory apparatus as well as statistics of
the outside world determine through probabilistic mechanisms the processes
underlying development and learning
Invited speakers will include: Sophie Deneve, Matthew Diamond, Marc Ernst,
Randy Flanagan, Maarten Frens, Shigeru Kitazawa, David Knill, Peter Koenig,
Konrdad Köerding, Pascal Mamassian, Stephen Scott, Reza Shadmehr, Julia
Trommershauser, Tom Troscianko, Christoph Kayser, Kathy Cullen, Sergio
Nascimento, Philip Sabes, Jeroen Smeets, Emo Todorov, Robert Van Beers &
Daniel Wolpert
Poster sessions are planned and time will be allotted to short oral
contributions.
A certain number of grants – covering the conference fee and possibly part
of the travel expenses – will be available upon request
Scientific programme and application form are accessible on-line through
http://www.esf.org/conferences/lc05110
Deadline for applications (and for abstract submission) is the 17th of June
2005. For further information, please contact Mrs. Jackie McLelland at the
ESF (jmclelland@esf.org ).
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