IGSN / SFB 1280 / BIOME Conference

Extinction Learning

23rd - 24th of April 2024, Veranstaltungszentrum, Ruhr Universität Bochum

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April 23rd

9:15

Welcome - opening of the conference
Onur Güntürkün Speaker SFB 1280
Martin Hadamitzky Core Speaker BIOME

Session 1

9:25

Neural aspects of associative learning: Mechanisms and methods

Introduction: Julia Bihorac

9:30

Matthew Larkum
Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
NMDA spikes in layer 1 - orchestrating semantic learning

10:05

Sarah Ayash
Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research, Mainz, Germany
Neural basis of resilience to social stress
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10:40

Coffee break / Poster Session / Brainstorming Session (1)

12:00

Florian Freudenberg
Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
From cells to behavior: understanding the molecular mechanisms of glutamatergic synapses in mental disorder-related learning and memory deficits
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12:35

Lunch break

April 23rd - Afternoon

Session 2

13:40

Comparative hippocampal memory formation

Introduction: Alaleh Sadraee

13:45

Tom Smulders
School of Psychology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Is spatial memory in birds with hippocampal specialization mediated by familiarity or recollection?
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14:20

Hannah Payne
Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Neural codes for physical and visual navigation in the hippocampus of food caching birds
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14:45

Coffee break / Brainstorming Session (2)

15:45

Uwe Mayer
Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy
Functional subdivisions of avian hippocampus based on immediate early gene studies.

16:20

Individual meetings with RUB scientists

April 24th - Morning

Session 3

9:20

Translational and Behavioral Neuroscience

Introduction: Jael Caviola

9:20

Grant S. Shields
Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
Acute stress and cognitive control: understanding the effects and their relation to depression

9:55

Marloes Henckens
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Stressing the details: noradrenergic modulation of the neural mechanisms supporting memory detailedness

10:30

Coffee break / Poster Session / Brainstorming Session (3)

Session 4

11:30

Modelling neural dynamics

Introduction: Behnam Ghazinouri

11:35

Franziska Bröker
Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
Supervised and unsupervised learning in humans and machines
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12:10

Lunch break

April 24th - Afternoon

Session 4

Modelling neural dynamics (continued)

13:15

Diana Burk
Learning & Decision Making, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Bethesda, USA
Using reinforcement models to capture behavioral features of threat learning in humans

13:50

Lorenzo Fontolan
Turing Centre for Living Systems (CENTURI), Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
Neural mechanisms of memory-guided behaviour
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14:25

Brainstorming Session (4)

International Graduate School of Neuroscience