Academic Centre
Latvijas Universitātes 82. Starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences ietvaros Datorikas fakultātes Uztveres un kognitīvo sistēmu laboratorija aicina uz sesiju „Kognitīvā zinātne", kas norisināsies piektdien, 23.februārī 14:10 (Attālināti platformā Zoom), latviešu un angļu valodā.
Sekcijas sēde sastāv no divām daļām
- Uztveres un kognitīvās sistēmas un procesi;
- Vizuāli telpiskie procesi kā neirodeģeneratīvo un psihisko traucējumu indikatori.
Konferences sesijā aicināti ziņojumi par šādām tēmām
- Uztveres un kognitīvās sistēmas: fundamentālie un lietišķie jautājumi;
- Vizuāli-telpiskā uztvere, citi uztveres domēni; saistība starp uztveres domēniem;
- Neiroloģiski un neirodeģeneratīvi traucējumi, to kognitīvie korelāti.
Arī citu tēmu ziņojumi par uztveres un kognitīviem procesiem ir laipni gaidīti.
Sesijas vadītājs: Prof. Jurģis Šķilters
In the context of the 82nd International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia, the Laboratory for Perceptual and Cognitive Systems at the Faculty of Computing invites you to the session "Cognitive Science," which will take place on Friday, February 23 at 14:10 (Remotely), in Latvian and English.
Session consists of two parts
- Perceptual and cognitive systems and processes;
- Visuospatial processes as indicators of neurodegenerative and mental disorders.
Conference session invites submissions on the following topics:
- Perceptual and cognitive systems: foundational and applied questions;
- Visuo-spatial perception, other perceptual domains;
- Interrelations between perceptual domains;
- Neurological and neurodegenerative impairments, their cognitive correlates.
Other topics related to perceptual and cognitive processes are also welcome.
Session chair: Prof. Jurģis Šķilters
Keynote (17:00)
Video recording
Prof. John McGann
Director: Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
Director: Laboratory on the Neurobiology of Sensory Cognition
Rutgers University, NJ, USA
Beliefs in the senses: Changing odor representations in mice and men.
Abstract: The anatomy of the brain's olfactory system uniquely enables the real-time visualization of spatiotemporal odor representations in living mice. When mice conclude, correctly or incorrectly, that certain odors predict a threat, this information seems to get built into the neural representations of these odors as early as the primary olfactory sensory neurons themselves. Parallel perceptual experiments suggest similar plasticity occurs in humans, but that people with high levels of trait anxiety seem not to experience the sensory changes that facilitate discrimination between threatening and non-threatening odors. This talk will present neurophysiological, psychophysiological, and perceptual data from both humans and mouse models.