6 Dec 2018 Paris (France)

Programme

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Time Event  
09:30 - 10:00 Welcome & Coffee  
10:00 - 10:15 Introductory talk: brain mechanisms of alpha - Alain Destexhe  
10:15 - 10:30 Introductory talk: potential functional role of alpha - Timo van Kerkoerle  
10:30 - 11:30 State dependent fluctuations of thalamic activity on various timescales - Magor Lorincz  
11:30 - 12:30 Alpha as a gating mechanism: evidence and open questions - Saskia Haegens  
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at the Institute  
13:30 - 14:30 The role of alpha oscillations in the temporal rhythms of visual perception - David Melcher  
14:30 - 15:30 The spatial and temporal dynamics of attention: insights from direct access to the attentional spotlight - Suliann Ben Hamed  
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break  
16:00 - 17:00 Alpha oscillations, travelling waves and predictive coding - Rufin VanRullen  
17:00 - 18:00 The rhythms of attention - Laura Dugué  
20:00 - 22:30 Dinner at l'Encrier, 55 Rue Traversière, 75012 Paris -- All the participants are welcome to join by signing up here: https://tinyurl.com/AlphaScalesDinner -- (Dinner at the participant own's expense)  
  
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