Brain research conference being held in Auckland

Brain research conference being held in
Auckland

Leading brain researchers have gathered in
Auckland for the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society
conference which is being held in New Zealand for the first
time.

Leading brain researchers have gathered in Auckland
for the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society
conference which is being held in New Zealand for the first
time.

The conference, which begins today and runs
until Sunday, includes presentations from a wide variety of
brain and behavioural scientists from Australia, New
Zealand, Malaysia, South Korea, Spain, the United States and
the United Kingdom.

Cognitive neuroscience is the
study of the relationship between the brain, mind and
behaviour. Researchers come from a range of disciplines
including psychology, cognitive science, physiology,
neurology, psychiatry, linguistics and computer science.

“Cognitive neuroscience is a rapidly evolving field
that touches on many aspects of our lives – from everyday
questions of memory, perception, attention, and action to
enduring issues in philosophy, psychology, and medicine,”
says University of Auckland Associate Professor of
Psychology and chair of the conference, Paul Corballis.

“It is very exciting to be hosting such a diverse
range of eminent scholars, researchers, and students from
around the world in Auckland.”

Conference keynote
speakers include Professor Karl Friston of the Institute of
Neurology, University College London and Principal Research
Fellow and Scientific Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre
for Neuroimaging.

Professor Friston is a theoretical
neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging who works on
models of functional integration in the human brain and the
principles underlying neuronal interactions.

Professor Art Kramer, Director of the Beckman Institute
for Advanced Science Technology and Professor of
Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Illinois,
is also a keynote speaker. His recent work has focused on
the understanding and enhancement of cognitive and neural
plasticity across the lifespan.

University of
Auckland Professor of Psychology and Centre for Brain
Research, Donna Rose Addison, is also a keynote speaker and
is the 2015 recipient of the Australasian Cognitive
Neuroscience Society’s Early Career Award. Professor Addis
is an inaugural Rutherford Discovery Fellowship winner and
was awarded the Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging
Scientist Prize in 2010.

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