| Symposium on How the Brain Constructs Reality | ||||||||||
| 14 and 15 Dec, 2000 | ||||||||||
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| Symposium on How the Brain Constructs Reality | ||||||||||
| 14 and 15 Dec, 2000 | ||||||||||
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Report:
The Symposium on How the Brain Constructs Reality ran on 14 and 15 Dec, 2000 at St Margaret's College, University of Otago, New Zealand. It was held to promote the study of sensory systems within the University of Otago's Research Theme, Neural System Structure and Function. We are grateful to the University of Otago, the Directors of the Theme (Neil McNaughton and Jeff Wickens), and staff of the Department of Psychology (including Debbie McLachlan and William Van Der Vleit) for helping make the symposium possible.
Everyone agreed the symposium was an enjoyable, stimulating meeting. We are looking for someone to publish a book arising from the symposium, with chapters based on the presentations. In the meantime, this web site will be maintained to provide a reference for anyone wishing to cite any of the presentations.
Speakers:
The speakers were:
Top row: Robert O'Shea, Mike Paulin, Liz Franz, Karen Dobkins, Luke Mahon, Sue Galvin, Judy Trevena, Robert Miller, Richard Gregory.
Bottom row: David Badcock, John Perrone, Bill Friedman, Paul Corballis, Tony Lambert, David Bilkey.
Organizers:
Robert P.
O'Shea
Susan J. Galvin
Programme:
Thursday 14 December
REGISTRATION
8.30-9.00
OPENING
9.00-9.15 Ron Heath, Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Division of Sciences
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chair: Robert O'Shea
9.15-10.15 Richard Gregory, University of Bristol, Constructing reality from illusions
10.15-10.45 Morning tea
SESSION 1 COLOUR
Chair: Susan Galvin
10.45-11.45 Karen Dobkins, University of California, San Diego, Color contribution to motion processing: Where in the brain does it come from?
11.45-12.15 Luke Mahon, University of Auckland, Colour appearance: Evidence for a cortical third processing stage beyond opponent cells
12.15-1.15 Lunch
SESSION 2 SPATIAL ORIENTATION
Chair: Janice Murray
1.15-2.15 Mike Paulin, University of Otago, Coding of dynamic information by vestibular neurons
2.15-2.45 David Bilkey, University of Otago, Place and movement representation in the hippocampus
2.45-3.45 Graduate student tea
SESSION 3 CONSCIOUSNESS
Chair: David Bilkey
3.45-4.15 Judy Trevena, University of Otago, Cortical activity and conscious decisions
4.15-4.45 Susan Galvin, University of Otago, Perception without awareness
4.45-5.15 Tony Lambert, University of Auckland, Visual attention and conscious awareness
Friday 15 December
SESSION 4 HEMISPHERIC (A)SYMMETRIES I
Chair: Robert Miller
9.00-10.00 Paul Corballis, Dartmouth College, Spatial vision and the right-hemisphere interpreter
10.00-10.30 Robert O'Shea, University of Otago, Visual consciousness in split-brain observers
10.30-11.00 Morning tea
SESSION 5 MOTION
Chair: Rick Van der Zwan
11.00-12.00 David Badcock, University of Western Australia, Functional substreams in visual motion perception: Explanatory concept and theoretical blinker
12.00-1.00 John Perrone, University of Waikato, The visual self-motion estimation problem: Are we heading in the right direction?
1.00-2.00 Lunch
SESSION 6 TIME
Chair: Robert O'Shea
2.00-3.00 Bill Friedman, Oberlin College, The construction of time
3.00-3.30 Afternoon tea
SESSION 7 HEMISPHERIC (A)SYMMETRIES II
Chair: Greg Anson
3.30-4.30 Liz Franz, University of Otago, How do our hands think?
4.30-5.30 Robert Miller, University of Otago, Axonal conduction time, cerebral laterality, and the integration of perception
CLOSING
5.30-5.45 Robert O'Shea, University of Otago
About the logo:
The Maori design was drawn by Kemera Wilson, Graduate Carver of He Wahi Whakairo, and taken off the clip art website, http://www.maori.org.nz/whakahua/index.htm.
Last Modified 1 Mar 2001
