Symposium
CSCA Symposium: Brain & Cognition
The official kick-off meeting of the university research priority program Brain and Cognition of the University of Amsterdam.
September 14th, 2010
Time: 14.00 – 17.00 hrs
Location: Lecture hall P2.27, Plantage Muidergracht 24
Program
Opening by CSCA director prof. Gerard Kerkhof;
Address by UvA Rector Magnificus prof. Dymph van den Boom;
Short presentations of research plans by Principle Investigators;
Statements on (the future of) cognition, and interaction with the audience;
Closing remarks by Gerard Kerkhof;
Drinks.
Registration
Please confirm your attendance by sending an e-mail to info-csca@uva.nl, preferably before September 10th.
Brain and Cognition
Research in the area of cognition is very well represented within several faculties of the University of Amsterdam (FMG, FNWI, FGW, AMC, FEB) in research teams that include psychologists, neurobiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, behavioral economists, logicians, and linguists. They study cognition at the level of the neurons and neural systems involved, as well as at the level of the regulation of behavior, the theoretical modeling of behavior, and cognitive disorders. The Executive Board of the UvA has decided to designate Brain & Cognition as the university’s first research priority program, a decision motivated by the fact that, on the one hand, several UvA faculties house excellent cognitive scientists and, on the other hand, by the consideration that a strengthening of the mutual interdisciplinary collaboration would not only mean a significant step ahead, but would also increase the international visibility of the cognitive research at the UvA.