LEARNING MIND AND BRAIN CONFERENCE 2009

3-4 December 2009

Arppeanum
University of Helsinki

Learning mind and brain conference will focus on social interaction, attention and control, emotions, mathematics, and learning and its problems. The aim of the conference is to present Finnish research in this field and to facilitate networking of the researchers. The conference is organized by the Brain-Learning-Education programme of the CICERO Learning Network. We look forward to seeing you in Helsinki in December!


PLEASE NOTE: The conference is fully booked. Registration is no longer possible!

Conference programme

3.12.2009

9:00 – 10:00 Registration and Coffee

10:00 – 10:05 Opening: Mikko Sams (Brain-Learning-Education programme, Helsinki University of Technology)

10:05 – 10:15 Greetings from University of Helsinki and CICERO Learning Network: Hannele Niemi (University of Helsinki)

10:15 – 11:00 Keynote 1: Riitta Hari (Helsinki University of Technology): Social Brain
Commentator: Matti Joukamaa (University of Tampere)

11:00 – 11:30 Lauri Nummenmaa (University of Tampere): The Neurobiology of Reward

11:30 – 12:00 Jari Hietanen (University of Tampere): Eye Contact

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:15 Keynote 2: Nina Kraus (Northwestern University): Cognitive-Sensory Interaction in Brain Learning Music and Speech
Commentator: Petri Toiviainen (Jyväskylä University)

14:15 – 14:45 Minna M. Hannula (University of Turku): Numbers in the Brain

14:45 - 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 – 15:30 Erno Lehtinen (University of Turku): Brain research and Early Mathematics Learning

15:30 – 16:00 Barbara Shinn-Cunningham (Boston University): Dynamic effects in auditory attention

16:00 – 17:30 Poster session and Refreshments

19:00 -           Evening Party at Unioninkadun Juhlahuoneistot (includes dinner, address: Unioninkatu 33)

4.12.2009

8:30 – 9:00 Morning Coffee

9:00 – 9:45 Keynote 3: Elsbeth Stern (ETH, Zürich): The Brain is not Enough: Potentials and Limits in Integrating Neuroscience and Education
Commentator: Erno Lehtinen (University of Turku)

9:45 – 10:15 Synnöve Carlson (HUT/University of Helsinki): Brain and Distraction

10:15 – 10:45 Minna Huotilainen (University of Helsinki): Intelligence in the Infant Brain

10:45 – 11:15 Kimmo Alho (University of Helsinki): Brain Networks of Auditory Attention

11:15 – 11:45 Jari-Erik Nurmi (Jyväskylä University): Task Focused Behavior Contributes to Learning and Motivation

11:45 – 13:15 Lunch

13:15 – 14:00 Keynote 4: Lars Nyberg (University of Umeå): Linking Dopamine to fMRI Activity and Cognitive Changes
Commentator: Pekka Tani (HUCH)

14:00 – 14:30 Riitta Salmelin (Helsinki University of Technology): How the Brain Learns and Remembers Words

14:30 – 15:00 Teija Kujala (University of Helsinki): Plasticity of the Learning Brain

15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 – 15:45 Heikki Lyytinen (Jyväskylä University): Affecting Reading Acquisition: Behavioral and Brain Manifestations

15:45 – 16:15 Heikki Hämäläinen (University of Turku): Training of Executive Functions?

16:15 – 16:30 Patricia K. Kuhl (University of Washington): Conclusions

16:30 End of the Conference


Registration

PLEASE NOTE: The conference is fully booked. Registration is no longer possible!

Registration fee is 100 € for the scientific program and 50 € for the evening programme. Scientific programme is free of charge for MA and PhD students. Registration finishes on Sunday 15 November 2009.

For further information, please contact:
Juha Salmi, Coordinator, Brain-Learning-Education Network juha.salmi()helsinki.fi
+358 40 5118678


Conference organizing committee

Mikko Sams, Helsinki University of Technology
Kimmo Alho, University of Helsinki
Minna Hannula, University of Turku
Jari Hietanen, University of Tampere
Heikki Hämäläinen, University of Turku
Teija Kujala, University of Helsinki
Kristiina Kumpulainen, University of Helsinki
Heikki Lyytinen, University of Jyväskylä
Erno Lehtinen, University of Turku
Hannele Niemi, University of Helsinki
Patrik Scheinin, University of Helsinki
Juha Salmi, University of Helsinki (secretary)

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