[Comp-neuro] Call for Poster Contributions to CNS 2012 Workshop on Social Neuroscience

Announcing the following Workshop at CNS 2012:

 

Computational Neuroethological Approaches to Problems in Social Neuroscience

http://compneurosci.college.emory.edu/resources/conferences/cns2012workshop.html

 

July 25, 2012 at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta/Decatur

 

 

 

TOPIC:

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The burgeoning field of Social Neuroscience investigates the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the interactions that occur between individuals. Interest in this area has grown as social deficits have become recognized as a key component of several mental health disorders. A cornerstone of this field is the idea that understanding the neural activity, circuits and neurochemicals involved in processing social information and social rewards requires using stimuli and contexts that are more ethologically relevant than those traditionally applied in laboratory studies. However, natural stimuli and contexts are complex, so that designing controlled experiments and interpreting the data can be difficult. This is where computational neuroethology can make tangible contributions. This workshop, a part of the 2012 Computational Neuroscience (CNS) Conference (http://www.cnsorg.org/cns-2012-atlantadecatur), highlights examples across species where using computational and/or quantitative methods in addressing problems in social neuroscience has helped advance our understanding of the neurobiological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying social interactions.

 

 

 

SUBMISSIONS AND DEADLINES:

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There is some space at the Workshop for poster presentations during a dedicated session. To be eligible for one of the available slots, abstracts must be submitted by the deadline below in PDF or Word format, following the CNS abstract guidelines (http://www.cnsorg.org/cns-2012-abstract-style). Submissions should be emailed to comp.social.neuro@gmail.com with the subject “CNS Workshop Abstract”.

 

To help us plan, please indicate your interest in attending the Workshop by sending an email to comp.social.neuro@gmail.com with the subject “CNS Workshop RSVP”.

 

May 29, 2012: Abstract submission deadline

June 19, 2012: Notification of acceptance

July 6, 2012: RSVP

July 25, 2012: Workshop

 

 

 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

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Bruce Carlson, Washington University

Decoding of temporal information in social communication signals

Eric Fortune, Johns Hopkins University

Wired to cooperate: Neural mechanisms of duet singing in wrens

Asif Ghazanfar, Princeton University

Vocal communication emerges and evolves through coupled oscillations

Katalin Gothard, University of Arizona

TBD

Hans Hofmann, University of Texas at Austin

Modules, Circuits, and Networks: Making Sense of Data across Levels of Organization and over Evolutionary Time

Warren Jones, Emory University and the Marcus Autism Center

Entrainment of Adaptive Action in Typical Two-Year-olds, and Disruptions Thereof in Autism

Robert Liu, Emory University

Neural mechanisms of communication from the system to sub-cellular scale

Michael Platt, Duke University

Neuronal basis of giving and receiving

Larry Young, Emory University and Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Introduction to Social Neuroscience

 

 

 

ORGANIZERS:

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Robert Liu, Emory University

Elizabeth Buffalo, Emory University

 

 

 

SPONSORS:

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Emory Center for Translational Social Neuroscience (http://www.ctsn.emory.edu/)

Emory Department of Biology (http://www.biology.emory.edu/)

 

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