Connectionists: Call for Participation and Poster Submission: International Symposium on Predictive Brain and Cognitive Feelings (July 19-20, Tokyo, Japan)

[nagai.yukie at mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp]

Dear colleagues,

It is my great pleasure to announce the International Symposium on Predictive Brain and Cognitive Feelings, which will be held at the University of Tokyo on July 19-20. You are cordially invited to attend it and give a poster presentation.

International Symposium on Predictive Brain and Cognitive Feelings
Place: Ito International Research Center, The University of Tokyo
Date: July 19 – 20, 2023
https://cognitive-feeling.jp/en/events/symposium2023/
(Registration required)

= Aim and Scope =
The CREST project “Cognitive Feelings that Mediate Between Perception and Emotion” (Period: 2021.10-2027.03, Director: Yukie Nagai) aims to elucidate the principle of cognitive feelings, which encompass subjective and metacognitive experiences related to perception and action. They involve sensations such as knowing, confidence, reality, fluency, and more, which are associated with a wide range of cognitive processes. Of great interest are the neural and bodily mechanisms underlying these subjective experiences. Does predictive processing in the brain contribute to these experiences? How do physiological states correspond to subjective feelings? 
This symposium aims to share the latest findings, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations in the relevant fields. We invite experts who study cognitive feelings and/or predictive processing in the brain. You all are cordially invited to attend it and give a poster presentation.

= Keynote Speakers =
Anil Seth (Professor, University of Sussex)
Ryan Smith (Research Associate Professor, The University of Tulsa)

= Invited Speakers =
Tom Froese (Assistant Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)
Tomoko Isomura (Associate Professor, Nagoya University)
Kenji Ogawa (Associate Professor, Hokkaido University)
Erhan Oztop (Professor, Ozyegin University / Specially Appointed Professor, Osaka University)
Alessandra Sciutti (Tenure Track Researcher, Italian Institute of Technology)
Sotaro Shimada (Professor, Meiji University)
Emre Ugur (Associate Professor, Bogazici University)
Satoshi Umeda (Professor, Keio University)
and more …

= Registration & Poster Submission = 
Please register through “REGISTRATION & POSTER SUBMISSION” in the following page. The deadline for poster submissions is July 10th. 

https://cognitive-feeling.jp/en/events/symposium2023/

We are looking forward to seeing many of you!

Best regards,
Yukie

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Yukie Nagai, Ph.D.
Project Professor, The University of Tokyo
nagai.yukie at mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp | https://developmental-robotics.jp
CREST Cognitive Feelings: https://cognitive-feeling.jp
CREST Cognitive Mirroring: https://cognitive-mirroring.org