Workshop program
All talks are in Rozanski Hall, Room 103
Both Lunches and the Reception are in The Bullring, across from the front doors of Rozanski.
Friday May 22
5:00-6:30 (Rozanski Hall, Rm. 103)
Keynote Address: Russell Poldrack (UCLA)
“Reading mental states from neuroimaging data: From reverse inference to pattern classification.”
7:00-8:30 - Reception + Poster Session (The Bullring) .
Saturday May 23
8:30-9:00 Coffee, fruit, muffins, etc., in the lobby of Rosanski Hall.
9:00-11:30
Dan Meegan (Guelph):
“How poor experimental design can affect fMRI interpretation.”
Ed Vul (MIT):
Varieties of “Voodoo.”
11:30-1:00 Lunch in the Bullring.
1:00-2:15
Georg Northoff (University of Magdeburg):
“How can we investigate higher phenomena like the self in functional imaging? Empirical methodology for a First-Person Neuroscience.”
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:45
Randy McIntosh (Rotman, University of Toronto):
“Rethinking Signal and Noise in Brain Imaging Data.”
3:45-4:00 Break
4:00-5:15
Dan Lloyd (Trinity College):
“So many voxels, so little time.”
6:30- Workshop Dinner:
Tentatively at The Bookshelf, in the “E-Bar” All are invited, but individuals must bear their own costs. The E-Bar is not expensive, the setting informal, and a part of the large space is exclusively for conference use.
Sunday May 24
8:30-9:00 Coffee, fruit, muffins, etc., in the lobby of Rosanski Hall.
9:00-11:30
Kalina Christoff (UBC):
“Finding alternatives to task-based paradigms for studying human cognition.”
Evan Thompson (University of Toronto):
“Subjective experience and spontaneous brain activity: a neurophenomenological approach.”
11:30-1:00 Lunch in the Bullring.
1:00-:2:15
Eric Racine (Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal):
“How public perceptions and expectations shape the ethical landscape of fMRI.”
What is included in your registration…
Registration for the workshop is free and includes coffee and juice, etc., at breaks, and the reception Friday night where there will be a cash bar. There will be a lunch buffet on Saturday and on Sunday (vegetarian options available). It is heavily subsidized by the workshop, and will cost conference participants 5 dollars each day. Please pay as you enter the Bullring.