The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mind

Tentative Schedule of Events

Welcome and Overview

9:00 am

Leo Chalupa, University of California, Davis

The Bisected Brain

Session 1: 9:30 - 10:30 am

Chair: Kathleen Baynes,
University of California, Davis

Speaker 1: Stephen Kosslyn,
Harvard University
Where is the spatial hemisphere?

Speaker 2: Steven Hillyard,
University of California, San Diego
Interhemispheric cooperation following brain bisection

30 Minute Break

The Integrated Mind

Session 2: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Chair: Patricia Reuter-Lorenz,
University of Michigan

Speaker 1: Joseph LeDoux,
New York University
From the split to the emotional brain

Speaker 2: Endel Tulving,
Rotman Research Institute
Does the brain know time?

90 Minute Lunch (lunch not provided)

The Social Brain

Session 3: 1:30 - 2:30 pm

Chair: Elizabeth Phelps,
New York University

Speaker 1: Elisabetta Ladavas,
University of Bologna 
Does the brain have social preference?

Speaker 2: Michael Posner,
University of Oregon
Genetic variation influences how the social environment shapes attention and behavior

30 Minute Break

The Ethical Brain

Session 4: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Chair: Ron Mangun,
University of California, Davis

Speaker 1: Steven Pinker,
Harvard University
Ethics and the ethical brain

Speaker 2: Colin Blakemore,
University of Oxford
The paradox of consciousness

Reception

CNS Reception to follow the symposium

Registration

Registration includes admission, coffee breaks and CNS Reception drink ticket. Lunch is not provided.

Seating is limited, so order your tickets early.
Ticket sales close on Sunday, March 30, 2008.

Online registration for the Tribute to Michael Gazzaniga is closed. You can still purchase tickets at the CNS 2008 meeting. Please see the Registration Desk.