Rhythmic Dynamics and Cognition Conference

June 4-5, 2013

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The Rhythmic Dynamics and Cognition Conference was a two-day event sponsored by the Cognitive Rhythms Collaborative (CRC), held at the Brain Building (Building 46) on the MIT campus in 2013. Proceedings included lectures, a reception, and a poster session. Videos of the lectures and an archive of the program are provided here.

Invited speakers:

Pascal Fries, (Ernst Strungmann Institute (ESI), Frankfurt)
Elizabeth Buffalo (Emery University)
Charlie Schroeder (Nathan Kline Institute)
Peter Brown (University College London)
Fiona Le Beau (Newcastle University)
Earl Miller (MIT)
Charlie Wilson (University of Texas, San Antonio)
Peter Uhlhaas (University of Glasgow)
Christa van Dort (Mass. General Hospital)
Markus Siegal (University of Tubingen)
Robert Knight (UC Berkely)

Organizing Committee:

E. Boyden
U. Eden
M. Hamalainen
S. Jones
N. Kopell
M. Kramer
E. Miller

Talks:

Markus Siegel: Spectral fingerprints of large-scale neuronal interactions.

Pascal Fries: Attentional selection and top-down signaling through inter-areal beta- and gamma-band synchronization.

Fiona leBeau: Region specific differences in the generation and modulation of fast network oscillations in the rodent prefrontal cortex in vitro and in vivo

Charles Wilson: Frequency Tuning of Striatal Interneurons

Bijan Peseran: Neuronal dynamics during coordination and decision

Beth Buffalo: Neural Signals for Memory and Space in the Primate Medial Temporal Node

Earl Miller: Cognition is Rhythmic

Bob Knight: Oscillations and Human Prefrontal Cortex

Peter Uhlhaas: Neural Oscillations in Schizophrenia: Perspectives from MEG

Charlie Schroeder: Neural Substrates of Temporal Prediction in Active Sensing

Peter Brown: Beta Oscillations in the Human Basal Ganglia

Christa van Dort: Optogenetic Activation of Cholinergic Neurons in the PPT Induces REM Sleep

Rosalyn Moran: Dynamic Causal Modeling and Neurophysiology

Liam Paninski: Statistical Neuroscience

Astrid Prinz: How do rhythmically active circuits "analyze" their own activity?