Memory Consolidation Workshop

[Eytan Ruppin]

              WORKSHOP  ANNOUNCEMENT - TAU - May 28-30, 1996
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                  MEMORY ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION:  
                COGNITIVE AND COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 
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                 Adams Super Center for Brain Studies 
                        Tel-Aviv University

 A workshop on  Memory Organization and Consolidation,
  sponsored by Branco Weiss, will be
 held during May 28-30, 1996 at Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
 Invited speakers from different disciplines of the
 Neurosciences will discuss psychological, neurological, physiological
 and computational perspectives of the subject. An informal atmosphere will
 be maintained, encouraging questions and discussions.



                          WORKSHOP PROGRAM
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                     Tuesday, May 28
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8:45AM: Opening address

 Session 1: Chair: Bruce McNaughton
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9:00AM:   Morris Moscovitch and Lynn Nadel -
         Consolidation: The dynamics of memory systems in humans and animals.

9:50AM: James McClelland - Why there are complementary learning systems in the
        brain.

10:40AM: Coffee break

11:10AM: Daniel Amit - Thinking about learning in the context of active memory.

12:00AM: Discussion

12:30AM: Lunch break



 Session 2: Chair: Jay McClelland
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1:45PM: Bruce McNaughton - The Hippocampus, Space, and Memory
Consolidation: Towards a Grand Unified Theory.
PartI: A multichart neuronal architecture for both integration of self
motionin arbitrary spatial reference frames and memory reprocessing.

2:40PM: Edi Barkai - Cellular mechanisms underlying memory consolidation in
        the Piriform Cortex.

3:30PM: Coffee break

3:50PM: Ilan Golani - Spatial memory in rat unconstrained exploratory behavior.

4:40PM: Michael  Hasselmo - A model of human memory based on the cellular
        physiology of the hippocampal formation.

5:30PM: Discussion

6:00PM: Get Together and  Poster Session.



                         Wednesday, May 29
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 Session 3: Chair: Daniel Amit
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9:00AM: Bruce McNaughton - The Hippocampus, Space, and Memory Consolidation:
        Towards a Grand Unified Theory.
        PartII: Coherence of hippocampal and neocortical memory reactivation
        during off-line processing.

9:50AM: Avi Karni - Cortical plasticity and adult skill learning:
        Time and practice are of essence.

10:40AM: Coffee break

11:10   Richard Thompson -  Declarative memory in classical conditioning?
       Involvement of the hippocampus.

12:00AM: Discussion

12:30AM: Lunch break



 Session 4: Chair: David Horn
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1:45PM: James McClelland- Representation and memory in the hippocampal system:
        acquisition, maintenance and recovery of novel, arbitrary associations.

2:40PM: Mark Gluck - Neurocomputational approaches to integrating animal and
        human models of memory.

3:30PM: Coffee break

3:50PM: Alessandro Treves - Quantitative constraints on consolidation.

4:40PM: Eytan Ruppin - Synaptic maintenance, consolidation and sleep.

5:30PM: Discussion

6:00PM: Dinner



                         Thursday, May 30
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 Session 5: Chair: Mark Gluck
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9:00AM: Richard Thompson -  Localization of a memory trace in the mammalian
        brain: The cerebellum and classical conditioning.

9:50AM Matty Mintz - Fast acquisition of fear and slow acquisition of motor
        reflexes in classical conditioning: Interdependent processes?

10:40AM: Coffee break

11:10AM Lynn Nadel - Memory consolidation: Multiple modules and multiple
        time-scales.

12:00AM: Discussion

12:30AM: Lunch break



 Session 6: Chair: Richard Thompson
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1:45PM: Morris Moscovitch - Structural and functional components of memory 
        in humans.

2:40PM:  Yadin Dudai - Taste, novelty, and a molecular saliency switch in brain

3:30PM: Coffee break

3:50PM: Amos  Korczyn - Clinical aspects of forgetting.

4:40PM: Martin  Albert - Memory and Language

5:30PM: Discussion

6:00PM:  Closing Remarks




                     CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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 Individuals wishing to present a poster related to any aspect of the
 workshop's theme should submit an abstract describing the nature of their
 presentation. The single page submission should include title, author(s),
 contact information (address and email/fax), and abstract, and will be
 reviewed by the Program Committee. Abstract submissions should
 be sent to
 Eytan Ruppin, Dept. of Computer-Science, Tel-Aviv University,
 Tel-Aviv, Israel, 69978. Email: ruppin at math.tau.ac.il.
 All submissions should arrive
 by April 15th, 1996.



                        REGISTRATION
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To register for the workshop, contact
Ms.Bila Lenczner, Adams Super Center for Brain Studies, Tel Aviv University,
TelAviv 69978, Israel, Tel.: 972-3-6407377, Fax:  972-3-6407932,
email:memory at neuron.tau.ac.il  }


 Program Committee:
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 David Horn, Michael Myslobodsky and Eytan Ruppin


 Further Information and updates:
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 See our  WWW homepage at  http://www.brain.tau.ac.il, or
  http://neuron.tau.ac.il/Adams/memory.