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Conference Schedule

Sunday, May 21

9:30-10:00:  

Conference opening and welcoming remarks

Address by Dr. Sharon Yagur-Kroll of the Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space (MoST) and by Prof. Moshe Bar, Head of the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center

Session 1: Neuromodulation of social and affective function

10:00-10:20: 

Moshe Bar, Bar-Ilan University

Cognitive modulation of mood

10:20-10:40:

Kobi Rosenblum, Haifa University

From cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying taste learning to cognitive enhancers

10:40-11:00:

Roee Admon, Haifa University

Stress and cognition interaction: Towards facilitation of cognitive adaptation to stress

11:00-11:20:

Coffee break

11:20-11:40:

Ruth Feldman, Bar-Ilan University

Maternal-preterm skin-to-skin contact enhances child physiologic organization and cognitive control across the first decade of life

11:40-12:00:

Simone Shamay-Tsoory, Haifa University

Role of oxytocin system in modulating social cognition

12:00-12:40:

Keynote lecture

Michael Banissy, Goldsmith University of London

The promises and challenges of using transcranial electrical current stimulation to improve social perception skills throughout adulthood

12:40-13:40:

Lunch

13:40-14:20:

Keynote lecture

Mo Costandi, neuroscientist and writer

The neuroethics of cognitive enhancement

Session 2: Brain and behavioral modulation in humans

14:20-14:40:

Oren Shriki, Ben-Gurion University

Critical brain dynamics: A novel framework for assessing and optimizing brain function

14:40-15:00:

Roy Salomon, Bar-Ilan University

A sensorimotor account of psychosis: a window for cognitive remediation?  

15:00-15:20:

Coffee break

15:20-15:40:

Tom Schonberg, Tel Aviv University

A novel non-reinforced mechanism of behavior change

15:40-16:00:

Sharon Gilaie-Dotan, Bar-Ilan University

Seeing beyond high-level visual impairments 

16:00-16:20:

Adam Zaidel, Bar-Ilan University

Behavioral shifts in spatial perception - accompanied by shifts in neuronal tuning

Monday, May 22

Session 3: Learning mechanisms and neural plasticity

9:30-9:50:

Eli Vakil, Bar-Ilan University

The effect of practice variability on transfer in a cognitive skill learning task

9:50-10:10:

Rony Paz, Weizmann Institute

Maladaptive learning in primate networks

10:10-10:30:

Merav Ahissar, Hebrew University 

A critical evaluation of training induced improvement, brain plasticity, and generalization

10:30-10:50:

Coffee break

10:50-11:10:

Roy Mukamel, Tel Aviv University

Neural circuits mediating transfer of motor skill behavior

11:10-11:50:

Keynote lecture

Yael Niv, Princeton University  

The battle between learning and memory

11:50-13:00:

Lunch and poster session

Session 4: Manipulating cognition with brain stimulation

13:00-13:40:

Keynote lecture

Roi Cohen Kadosh, University of Oxford

Using Cognitive Training and Transcranial Stimulation to Improve High-Level Cognition

13:40-14:00:

Sharon Hassin-Baer, Sheba Medical Center

Does deep brain stimulation for movement disorders worsen cognition?

14:00-14:20:

Abraham Zangen, Ben Gurion University

Cognitive and Electrophysiological Alterations Induced by Interhemispheric Paired Associative Stimulation of the Prefrontal Cortex

14:20-14:40:

Elissa Ash, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical center

Using TMS to explore cognitive processing and attentional networks in ADHD

14:40-15:00:

Coffee break

Session 5: Cognitive abilities in aging and disease

15:00-15:20:

Michal Beeri, Sheba Medical Center

The role of diabetes on the brain and cognitive impairment

15:20-15:40:

Asya Rolls, Technion

Using the brain to control immunity

15:40-16:00:

Ed Stern, Bar-Ilan University

Neuronal substrate for cognitive improvement in aged animal models of memory disorders

16:00-16:20:

Yechiel Levkovitz, Tel Aviv University

Neural aspects and challenges of monitoring and treating depression

16:20-16:40:

Shira Knafo, The University of the Basque Country

Synaptic manipulation as a tool to enhance cognition

Tuesday, May 23

Session 6: Modifying cognition through technology

9:30-9:50:

Eyal Baror, Neuronix

Effects of NeuroAD, Combined Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Cognitive Training, on the cognitive function of Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Patients

9:50-10:10:

Avi Yaron, Joy Ventures

Scientifically proven solutions for improving the everyday human experience

10:10-10:50:

Keynote lecture

Michael Nitsche, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors

Transcranial electrical current stimulation to modulate sleep-dependent processes

10:50-11:10

Coffee break

11:10-11:30:

Amit Reches, ElMinda

Brain Network Analysis: Towards a large scale human/machine learning platform for cognitive functional imaging

11:30-11:50

Son Preminger, Intendu

Cognitive rehabilitation using video games that combine physical activity - from research to commercial product and back

11:50-12:10:

Aziz Kaddan, Myndlift

Neurofeedback, made accessible

12:10-12:30

Amir Amedi, Hebrew University

The brain as a flexible sensory-independent task machine: Visual and multisensory navigation in the human brain and its dependence on visual experience

12:30-12:50

Doron Friedman, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

Virtual reality: A new telescope for brain research and applications

12:50-13:50:

Lunch

13:50-14:30:

Keynote lecture

Andrea Serino, EPFL

Manipulating basic multisensory-motor cues to affect high-order cognition 

Session 7: Changing cognition from within: from neurofeedback to mindfulness

14:30-14:50

Rafi Malach , Weizmann Institute of Science

The noisy brain hypothesis: a potential target for cognitive improvement

14:50-15:10:

Nava Levit-Binnun,  Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

Mindfulness: harnessing the faculty of attention and awareness for improvement of resilience and cognitive function

15:10-15:30:

Coffee break

15:30-15:50:

Daniel Levy, IDC

Theta Neurofeedback to Promote Early Consolidation of Learning and Memory

15:50-16:10

Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Technion

The role of executive functions in language and reading development - improving one affects the other

 

16:10-16:30

Closing remarks

16:30-17:30

Public Lecture 

Roy Salomon,  Bar-Ilan University

The "I" in the brain: How and why the brain creates a self and how we can change it

האני במוחי: כיצד ולמה המוח יוצר את העצמי ואיך אפשר לשנותו 

Wednesday, May 24

9:30-12:00

Workshop

Mindfulness for cognitive  enhancement

Nava Levit-Binnun,  Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

The workshop will demonstrate the basic elements of mindfulness practice through several short practices and discuss some of its suggested cognitive and emotional effects.

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