The 4th Tel Aviv Human Brain Mapping Meeting

"Brain-Mechanisms"

July 13^th-14^th, 2008

Program (ver 9.7)

Date: Sunday – July 13^th

Location: Tel Aviv University

Lola Hall (Next to the Medical School Building)

8:15-8:30 - Posters set-up & Coffee

8:30-8:45 – Welcome:

                  Illana Gozes, Head, LEG Institute for Neuroimaging, Medicine, Tel Aviv University

                  Talma Hendler, TASMC, Tel Aviv University: On behalf of the organizing committee

8:50-9:50 -  Keynote Lecture:

                    Roger Tootell, MGH/Harvard Medical School, NIMH

                   "Lower level influences on higher level cortical areas"

9:50-10:10- Coffee Break 

Session I: Advances in Brain Imaging -In the memory of Dr. Arnon Neufeld [1970-2007]

Chair: Yaniv Assaf, Tel Aviv University 

10:10-10:40 - Yoram Cohen, Tel Aviv University,

"MRI of cell tracking in Huntigton disease animal model"

10:40-11:00 - Gadi Goelman, Hebrew University

"Molecular imaging in the basal ganglia and the cerebellum"

Session II: Sensation: Organization and Plasticity 

Chair: Galia Avidan, Ben Gurion University

11:00-11:20 -  Itamar Ronen, Boston University

"Retinotopic organization in the optic radiation - a possible connection between structure and function in the visual cortex"

11:20-11:40 - Ehud Zohary, Hebrew University 

"Cortical reorganization in the adult brain: lessons from studying macular degeneration"

11:40-12:00 - Hillel Pratt, Technion

"Electrophysiological functional imaging of processing acoustic change"

12:00-13:10 - Lunch & Posters

Session III: Perception: Selectivity & Categorization

Chair: Shlomo Bentin, Hebrew University

13:10-13:30 - Galit Yovel, Tel Aviv University

"Integration of spatial and temporal characteristics of face-selective neural mechanisms"

13:30-13:50 - Goded Shahaf & Amir Geva, Ben Gurion University

"Neurophysiological network flow analysis"

13:50-14:10 - Nathan Intrator, Tel Aviv University

"Brain activity interpretation: A machine learning approach"

14:10-15:10 - Graduate Students Presentations

Chair: Illana Gozes, Tel Aviv University

15:10-15:30 - Coffee Break

Session IV: Action: Resonance & Mirroring 

Chair: Hezy Yeshurun, Tel Aviv University

15:30-16:00  -  Alumni Lecture: Roy Mukamel, UCLA, USA 

"Visuo-motor mirror neurons in human frontal and temporal lobes".

16:00-16:20 - Tamar Flash, Weizmann Institute 

"Neural representations of Kinematic laws of motion: Evidence for action-perception coupling"

16:20-17:10 - Closing Lecture: 

                       Itzhak Fried, UCLA & TASMC  

                       "Are there "Grandmother Neurons" in the human brain?"

Date: Monday - July 14^th

Location: Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) 

Auditorium on Floor -2 ("Agaf Dalet")

8:30-8:45 -  Poster set-up & coffee

8:45-8:50 - Greetings: 

                   Prof. Gabi Barabash, CEO of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

9:00-10:00 - Keynote Lecture: 

                     Leslie Ungerleider, NIMH

                     “Mechanisms for perceptual decision-making in the human brain” 

 10:00-10:20 - Coffee break

 Session I: Learning: Prediction & Decision 

Chair: Daphna Joel, Tel Aviv University

10:20-10:40 - Yael Niv, Princeton University

"Neural prediction errors reveal risk sensitivity in an fMRI study of instrumental choice"

10:40-11:00 - Tom Schonberg & Daphna Joel, Tel Aviv University

"Selective impairment of prediction error signals in human dorsolateral striatum but not in ventral striatum of Parkinson's disease patients: model-based fMRI"

Session II: Language: Coding & Generation 

Chair: Uri Hadar, Tel Aviv University

11:00-11:20 - Yosef Grodzinsky, Tel Aviv University

 "Brain maps for syntax and semantics"

11:20-11:40 -  Michal Ben-Shachar, Bar Ilan University

"The development of reading pathways in school age children"

11:40-12:00 - Avi Karni, Haifa University

"The same word with a different intonation is recognized as novel in auditory and language related brain areas - an fMRI study of priming"

12:00-13:10  - Lunch & Posters on the Roof  (Floor 12 - new building) 

Session III: Emotion: Experience & Regulation 

Chair: Noam Sobel, Weizmann Institute

13:10-13:30 - Talma Hendler & Roee Admon, Tel Aviv University & TASMC

"Brain manifestations of stressful life events – differentiating cause from effect"

13:30-13:50 -  Jonathan Cohen & Alon Friedman, Ben-Gurion University

"Distinct spatio-temporal brain activation in healthy and post traumatic subjects in response to emotional stimuli"

13:50-14:10 -  Matti Mintz, Tel Aviv University

"Amygdala and cerebellum operate as a closed loop: Implications for anxiety disorders"

14:10-15:00 -  Graduate Students' presentations

Chair: Amos Arieli, Weizmann Institute 

15:00-15:20 - Coffee Break

Session IV: Memory: Encoding & Recall 

Chair: Amos Korczyn, Tel Aviv University

 15:20-15:40 -  Anat Maril, Hebrew University

 "An fMRI study of developmental subsequent memory effect"

15:40-16:00 - Irit Licter, TASMC

"Neural correlates of dynamics in verbal recall"

16:00-16:20 - Yadin Dudai & Efrat Furst, Weizmann Institute

"Consolidation of real-life remote episodic and autobiographical memory"

16:20-17:20 - Closing Debate: 

                         "Gamma in the Human Brain: Promises and Caveats"

                          Rafi Malach,    Weizmann Institute        

                          Leon Deouell,  Hebrew University