SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Thursday, January 21 Speakers arrive at the Radisson 453-5500 |
8:30-8:40 CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION V. S. Ramachandran, CHIP Director (Center for Brain & Cognition) |
8:40-9:30 INAUGURAL LECTURE Francis Crick, Salk Institute |
Friday, January 22
9:30-10:20 V. S. Ramachandran, Psychology & Neuroscience, UCSD |
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break for Speakers Only |
10:40-11:30 MAPPING HUMAN BRAIN FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE LESSONS LEARNED FROM PATIENTS AND NORMAL SUBJECTS John C. Mazziotta, Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine |
11:30-12:20 AN APPROACH TO THE PHYSIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS Joseph E. Bogen, Neurosurgery, University of South California |
12:20-2:00 - Lunch for Speakers Only in the Gardner Room, Robinson Bldg Complex |
2:00-2:50 CORTICOFUGAL INFLUENCES ON BRAIN PLASTICITY (somatosensory plasticity in primates) Tim Pons, Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
2:50-3:40 THE ZOMBIE IN THE BRAIN VISUAL ROUTES TO KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION Melvyn Goodale, Psychology, University of Western Ontario |
| 3:40-4:00 - Coffee Break for Speakers Only |
4:00-4:50 TWO APPROACHES TO CONSCIOUSNESS Paul Churchland, Philosophy, UCSD |
4:50-5:40 WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM A THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS? Patricia Churchland, Philosophy, UCSD |
Saturday, January 23
8:40-9:30 IS INTEGER ARITHMETIC FUNDAMENTAL TO MENTAL PROCESSING? THE MIND'S SECRET ARITHMETIC (autistic savants) Allan Snyder, Centre for the Mind, The Australian National University |
9:30-10:20 THE SALIENCE LANDSCAPE THEORY AUTONOMIC DYSREGULATION AS A MAJOR CAUSE OF CHILDHOOD AUTISM Bill Hirstein & V.S. Ramachandran, Center for Brain & Cognition, UCSD |
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break for Speakers Only |
10:40-11:30 P. Cavanagh, Psychology, Harvard University |
11:30-12:20 ATTENTION SERIAL AND PARALLEL PROCESSING IN THE MIND/BRAIN Hal Pashler, Psychology, UCSD |
12:20-2:00 - Lunch for Speakers Only in the Gardner Room, Robinson Bldg Complex |
2:00-2:50 THE BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA John Smythies, UCSD |
2:50-3:40 WHY DO THINGS LOOK AS THEY DO? Dr. Tom Albright, UCSD, Salk Institute |
3:40-4:30 HOW THE BRAIN GETS ORGANIZED FOR LANGUAGE AND OTHER COMPLICATED THINGS Elizabeth Bates, Cognitive Science, UCSD |