June 16, 2017

Auditorium Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The Institute for Brain and Behavior Amsterdam (iBBA) of the Vrije Universiteit is organizing its second annual meeting on June 16, 2017 highlighting current topics in cognitive neuroscience.

Presentations will address a variety of topics from ranging from motor control, retinotopic organization of the brain, to how to improve yourself. The conference features two external invited speakers, as well as invited contributions by local researchers.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

We will have a poster session at the beginning of the conference during lunch. We highly encourage students to apply to present. Send the following information in a word document (email attachment to barbara.goudriaan@vu.nl) by may 29, 2017:

First author (Name, affiliation, position)

Additional authors (Names and Affiliations)

Title of poster (up to 20 words)

Abstract (up to 150 words)

Program

Time	Speaker	Topic
12.00	Lunch and Posters
13.30-13.35	prof.dr. Jan Theeuwes	Opening by the director of iBBA
13.35-14.05	dr. Nienke van Atteveldt	Proving or improving yourself: how beliefs and goals influence learning processes
14.05-14.35	dr. Tomas Knapen	Retinotopic organization of the default mode network
14.35-15.05	prof.dr. Andreas Daffertshofer	Neural Synchronisation in Motor Control
15.05-15.35	BREAK
15.35-16.05	dr. Kobe Millet	Performance, feedback and self-deception
16.05-16.35	prof.dr. Birte Forstmann	Towards a mechanistic understanding of the human subcortex
16.35-17.05	dr. Josh Tybur	What should a psychology of pathogen-avoidance look like?
17.05-18.00	DRINKS

The conference is free of charge but please register here. You can do this through the form below until June 1st.

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If you have signed up, but it turns out you cannot make it after all, please let Barbara Goudriaan know by email:

Barbara Goudriaan
b.goudriaan@vu.nl
+31 20 59 88786