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Invited Symposia

Advancing knowledge through open science adversarial collaboration

Chair: Lucia Melloni^1,2; ¹Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, ²NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Consciousness is all there is for us. It is there where we exist, we feel pain, love and also reason. Yet, a unified explanation of the mechanism(s) that mediate our subjective experience is still lac… View More…

Memory engrams and their implications for human memory

Chair: Denise Cai¹; ¹Mount Sinai

Creating stable memories is critical for survival. An animal relies on past learning to navigate its environment, avoid dangerous situations, and find needed resources. Because the environment is dyna… View More…

The Science and Engineering of the Speaking Brain

Chair: Gopala Anumanchipalli¹; ¹UC Berkeley/ UC San Francisco

This session will bring together the latest in our understanding of the neural substrates of speech communication, guided by large scale studies of cortical recordings across humans, underlying the re… View More…

The Geometry of Neural Representations of Tasks: What Does it Mean for Cognition and Behavior?

Chair: Tim Buschman¹; ¹Princeton University

A central goal of cognitive neuroscience is to understand how the brain represents and transforms information relevant to the current task. Previous work has shown sensory inputs, thoughts, and action… View More…