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HCSNet Workshop on Speech, Perception and Action
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Day 1: Trans Cranial Magnetic Stimulation.Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a method in neuroscience used to stimulate focal regions of the human brain. TMS utilizes an electromagnet placed on the scalp that generates magnetic field pulses roughly the strength of an MRI scan. The magnetic pulses pass readily through the skull and stimulate the underlying cerebral cortex. TMS provides a means of momentarily disrupting a given brain area in a focal, reversible, and noninvasive manner. The theme for day one will be to introduce TMS (including rTMS), consider the advantages and disadvantages of this method, the types of inquiry that lend themselves to this approach, the benefits of complementary methods and practical and theoretical considerations in conducting TMS and rTMS experiments. Keynote Speaker: Professor Jason Mattingley, University of Queensland and the Queensland Brain Institute. Other Speakers: Day 1 will include a short presentation from a representative of Medilink Australia of the VISOR 3D Neuro Navigation for TMS coil positioning system. Day 2: Action Perception: Perception and Performance.The theme of day 2 of the workshop will be to discuss neural and behavioural mechanisms and other factors that mediate perception while people are acting and perception-action coupling. Following an introduction to Gibson’s notion of the relationship between perception and action, there will be discussion of perceptions in high-performance environments especially during performances by musicians, dancers, and so on. Others find normal environments demanding and perceptions and actions arising from clinical conditions also will be considered. In addition to those specific examples the workshop will consider the perception-action relationship in a broader context, including speech. All researchers with an interest in perceptions and actions, in any context, are invited to attend and to present their work. Graduate and Honours and senior undergraduate research students are particularly encouraged to attend and present their experimental, neuroscientific or computational research. Keynote Speaker: Dr Beatriz Calvo-Merino, University College London, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. Dr Calvo-Merino's abstract is available to view by clicking here.
Other Speakers:Professor Catherine Best, MARCS Auditory Laboratories, UWS. Professor Best's abstractis available to view by clicking here Associate Professor Stephen Lord, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute. Associate Professor Lord's abstract is available to view by clicking here Papers will be brief (speed) presentations and sessions will be followed by opportunities for discussion of individual findings and research themes. Topics for presentation include:
Submission FormatAbstract submission is now closed. RegistrationTo register for this workshop please download the registration form and return to Mel Gallagher by the registration deadline. The workshop is funded by the ARC Human Communication Sciences Network (HCSNet) and attendance for a PhD Student is free, provided you submit a registration form by the closing date. If you are not a student who is not presenting there is a fee of $50. In addition, the workshop budget provides some scope for travel support, there are up to 10 travel awards (maximum $300) available for postgraduate students outside the Sydney area. Important DatesAbstract submission: 20 June 2008 Notification of acceptance: 27 June 2008 Workshop: July 10-11 2008 Workshop Organisors:A/Prof Rick van der Zwan, HCSNet Priority Area Leader, Perception and Action A/Prof Christopher Davis, HCSNet Priority Area Leader, Speech A number of travel bursaries (up to $500 each) will be available for postgraduate researchers who have submitted a paper for presentation and who will be travelling to the University of Western Sydney from interstate or regional NSW.
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