“The Collective Brain: How does the collective interaction of neurons make our mind work?”

In this course, we would like to place our emphasis on the interaction or coordination of different components of the brain that allows it to function as an integrated system for controlling cognition, memory and behavior. Our emphasis is also on how the malfunctioning of these mechanisms might lead to abnormal states of the brain.

Schedule

Plan A: Internship and Lecture Course June 15-August 10
Plan B: Lecture Course July 12-20
Deadline for applications: March 15, 2011

Invited Lecturers

Edmund Rolls, Oxford Center for Computational Neuroscience
Matthew Wilson, MIT
Francesco Battaglia, University of Amsterdam
Howard Eichenbaum, Boston University
Gustavo Deco, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Shigetada Nakanishi, Osaka Bioscience Institute
Geoffrey Schoenbaum, University of Maryland
Rui M. Costa, NIH
Jeff Wickens, OIST
Paul Phillips, University of Washington
Joshua Berke, University of Michigan
Joshua Gordon, Columbia University

BSI Speakers

Thomas McHugh, RIKEN BSI
Tomoki Fukai, RIKEN BSI
Hitoshi Okamoto, RIKEN BSI

RIKEN BSI Summer Program 2011 Organizing Committee

Tomoki Fukai
Thomas McHugh
Hitoshi Okamoto

For more information and applications, visit our website
http://www.brain.riken.go.jp/en/summer/index.html