Invited Symposia

Invited Symposium 1 - Cognitive functions of replay

Chair: Anna Schapiro¹; ¹University of Pennsylvania

During periods of sleep, awake rest, and pauses amidst active behavior, the brain reactivates memories of previous experiences. What is the function of this offline replay? Replay appears to be far fr… View More…

Invited Symposium 2 - Advances in lesion methods: Mapping, plasticity, disconnectomics, and more

Chair: Lesley Fellows¹; ¹McGill University

Studies of the effects of focal brain lesions on behaviour are at the foundation of cognitive neuroscience. Clinical case reports were pivotal in launching the study of the brain basis of many cogniti… View More…

Invited Symposium 3 - 100 Years of EEG: Where Are We?

Chair: Bin He¹; ¹Carnegie Mellon University

Electroencephalography (EEG) represents the scalp manifestation of brain activity, reflecting synchronized activity of neuronal populations engaged in specific tasks or brain states. Over the past cen… View More…

Invited Symposium 4 - The Cognitive Thalamus: Thalamocortical Mechanisms in Attention and Cognitive Control

Chair: Kai Hwang¹; ¹University of Iowa

This symposium will showcase the critical role of the thalamus in cognitive control and attention. By highlighting diverse methodologies—including population recordings, representational analyse… View More…