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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>38<sup>th</sup> International Symposium of the GRSNC<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The neuroscience of decision-making<u> <o:p></o:p></u></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>May 2-3, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><u><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:11.0pt'>Université de Montréal<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;color:red'>WEBSITE:</span></b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><a href="http://www.grsnc.umontreal.ca/38s/"><b><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:11.0pt'>http://www.grsnc.umontreal.ca/38s/</span></b></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:red'>PROGRAM: </span></b><a href="http://www.grsnc.umontreal.ca/38s/prog_e.html"><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>http://www.grsnc.umontreal.ca/38s/prog_e.html</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:red'>REGISTRATION:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><a href="http://appl.grsnc.umontreal.ca/en/symposium/38s/registration.cfm"><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>http://appl.grsnc.umontreal.ca/en/symposium/38s/registration.cfm</span></b></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:red'>POSTER:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><a href="http://www.grsnc.umontreal.ca/38s/38s_poster.pdf"><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>http://www.grsnc.umontreal.ca/38s/38s_poster.pdf</span></b></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We are pleased to announce the 38<sup>th</sup> symposium of the <b>G</b>roupe de <b>R</b>echerche sur le <b>S</b>ystème <b>N</b>erveux <b>C</b>entral (GRSNC) which is entitled <b><i>"The neurosciences of decision-making"</i>. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This symposium will be held on <b><u>May 2-3, 2016</u> </b>at the Université de Montréal, Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant, room B-2245 and the organizers are Drs Paul Cisek (UdeM), Alain Dagher (McGill), Lesley Fellows (McGill), John Kalaska (UdeM) et Peter Shizgal (Concordia).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Research on the neural bases of decision-making has experienced a rapid growth in the last 20 years. It addresses a great diversity of questions, ranging from how animals weigh the costs and benefits of different actions to what goes wrong when humans exhibit maladaptive behavior, such as in addiction. In this symposium, we will discuss cutting-edge research on this topic, reviewing the progress that has been made and addressing the central open questions facing this rapidly developing field. In planning the sessions, we have paid particular attention to issues that stretch from the most basic neuroscience all the way to clinical applications. We will highlight converging evidence from the full range of neuroscientific methods applied in this field, considered within a diversity of conceptual frameworks. There will be four sessions of presentations by invited speakers from around the world as well as two contributed poster sessions. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The presentations are regrouped in for sessions:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Brain representations of value: Common or multiple</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> (Chairperson: Peter Shizgal)<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Encoding and learning values: Neural and computational mechanisms</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> (Chairperson: Alain Dagher)<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Decision in the wild</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> (Chairperson: John Kalaska)<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Diseases and deviances</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> (Chairperson: Lesley Fellows)<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ul><p class=Listecouleur-Accent11 style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:81.0pt;text-indent:-81.0pt'><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Lecturers:</span></u></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <i>Joshua D. Berke,</i> <i>Thomas Boraud, Paul Cisek, Alain Dagher, Peter Dayan, Nathaniel Daw, Lesley Fellows, J. Randall Flanagan, Michael J. Frank, Karl Friston, Hugh Garavan, Paul W. Glimcher, Joseph Kable, Elizabeth A. Murray, Michael L. Platt, David Redish, Michael N. Shadlen, Peter Shizgal, Daphna Shohamy and Jonathan D. Wallis.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:81.0pt;text-indent:-81.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Submissions are invited for poster presentations. <b>The deadline for submission is March 31, 2016</b></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We would appreciate if you could forward this message to colleagues and students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Manon Dumas for the organizing committee<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux central (GRSNC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Université de Montréal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Département de neurosciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Pavillon Paul-G.-Desmarais, bureau 4115<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Courriel: </span><a href="mailto:m.dumas@umontreal.ca" title="mailto:m.dumas@umontreal.ca"><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>m.dumas@umontreal.ca</span></a><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Téléphone: (514) 343-6366<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Télécopieur: (514) 343-6113<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>