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“The brain of man being torn apart by the environment it has created”

Drawing by: S. Carcassonne(Copied without permission)

From: Neuronal Man by:Jean-Pierre Changeux

“Neuronal Apocalypse”

Welcome

The center of excellence for motor researchfunded by the Israeli Science foundation.

• Ofra Spira• Since 1992 in the ISF (coordinator of

programs in Medical and life sciences)

• Since 2000 - ISF director.

• PhD in medical sciences, Twenty six years of

scientific work in the medical school of the

Hebrew University.

• Studied history arts, engaged in dance and

Folklore, active in voluntary missions, in

particular Diaspora- Israel rations

ד"ר עופרה ספירא• מרכזת תחום 1992בקרן הלאומית למדע מ-•

מדעי החיים והרפואה .מנהלת הקרן הייתה 2000מאז שנת •במדעי הרפואה, מדענית במחלקה דוקטורט•

ס לרפואה, "לרפואה ניסויית וחקר הסרטן בביהבמשך עשרים ושש שנים.

למדה בחוג לתולדות האמנות של •.האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים

עסקה בפעילות התנדבותית, בעיקר בתחום קשרי •ישראל-תפוצות (ב"פורום הישראלי" ובפרויקט

") והן בפעילות אמנותית, בעיקר 2000"שותפות בתחומי המחול והפולקלור.

The center for motor research

•Moshe Abeles•Hagai Bergman•Haim Sompolinsky•Naftali Tishby•Eilon Vaadia

The Workshop

Thursday, December 18, 2003Session I: Movement Control: Neural Representations and Mechanisms-I

10:00 - 11:00Moshe Abeles Brain activity associated with binding along time and in

parallel

11:00 - 12:00Yifat Prut Transforming descending command to motor action:

Activity of spinal interneurons in primates performing voluntary movements

12:00 - 12:30 Coffee break

12:30 - 13:30Michale Fee Vocal control in the songbird: Neural mechanisms of

sequence generation

13:30 - 15:00 Light lunch on site

Session II: Learning in motor systems

15:00 - 16:00Sebastian Seung Of songs and synapses: The neural basis of avian vocal

learning

16:00 - 17:00Eilon Vaadia Learning induced improvement of internal representations

in motor cortex

17:00 - 17:30 Coffee break

17:30 - 18:30 Dan Lee Learning algorithms for artificial sensorimotor systems

Friday Dec-19-2003

Session III: Complex movements

09:30 -10:30 Tamar Flash On trajectory formation in complex movements

10:30 - 11:30Naftali Tishby Coding and segmentation of complex movements and their

neuronal representation

11:30 - 12:00 Brunch on-site

12:00– 13:00 Haim Sompolinsky How the brain generates movement

Sunday Dec-21-2003Session IV: Movement Control: Neural Representations and Mechanisms-II

09:30 - 10:30 Hagai Bergmann

Spike synchronization in the cortex-basal ganglia network of Parkinsonian primates reflects global dynamics of the local field potentials

10:30 - 11:30Amir Karniel Feedback, adaptation, learning or evolution: How does the brain

coordinate and time movements?

11:30 - 13:00 Light lunch on-site

13:00 - 14:00Ad Aertsen Inference of arm movements from spikes and local field

potentials in monkey motor cortex

14:00-15:00 Andrew Schwartz Useful signals from motor cortex

15:00 - 16:00 Discussion, Concluding Remarks, Farewell.

Dinner Beit Belgia 19:30

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