Connectionists: Three Dimensional Sensory and Motor Space, Spain, October 2007

[Corinne Wininger - Le Moal]

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Please find below information on an ESF Research Conference which may be of particular interest to you:

ESF-EMBO Symposium
Three Dimensional Sensory and Motor Space: Perceptual Consequences of Motor Action
Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols (Costa Brava), Spain
6-11 October 2007
Chaired by: Jeroen Smeets (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL) & Frank Bremmer (University Marburg, DE)

There is a long tradition of studying perception independent of motor control. The main interaction that has received much attention is the transformation from sensory information to motor output. However, there are some remarkable recent findings in the last decade that suggest that voluntary movement plays a key role in visual perception. Examples are the role of cortical motor areas in perception (mirror neurones), target mislocalisation associated with saccades, and the effect of prism adaptation on hemispatial neglect. Voluntary movements play also an important role in other modalities, such as haptics. The aim of this conference is to bring together experienced and young researchers from various disciplines (psychology, biology, neuroscience, physics) that are interested in the perceptual consequences of motor action.

Scientific programme and application form are accessible on-line through www.esf.org/conferences/07226
Closing date for application & abstract submission: 23 July 2007.

Some grants available for young researchers to cover the conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs. Grant requests should be made by ticking appropriate field(s) in the paragraph "Grant application" of the application form.

Many thanks for passing on the conference flyer (which will follow separately by email) to your colleagues who may be interested in this event.

Kind regards,
Corinne Wininger
Publicity Officer - ESF Communications Unit
 
European Science Foundation - Communications Unit
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