ESF-JSPS Frontier Science Conference for Young Researchers

SOCIAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Chaired by

CHAIRS:

Professor Gün R. Semin
Utrecht University. Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
www.cratylus.org

Professor Shun-Ichi Amari
RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Laboratory for Mathematical Neuroscience, Saitama, Japan
http://www.brain.riken.go.jp

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Dr Atsushi Iriki, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, JP - Dr Ellen de Bruijn, University of Nijmegen, NL - Prof. Harold Bekkering, University of Nijmegen, NL - Prof. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Kyoto University, Inuyama, JP - Prof. Shigeru Watanabe, Keio University, Tokyo, JP - Prof. Toshikazu Hasegawa, University of Tokyo,  JP

Dates

27 February - 4 March 2009

Location

Preliminary Programme

Application Form

Applications will be accepted from young scholars and scientists, based in countries of ESF membership and Japan, who are doing outstanding and innovative work in their fields. To be eligible, young researchers must either have obtained a doctoral degree within 10 years prior to the conference or be scheduled to obtain a doctoral degree no later than 18 months after the conference. Selection will be based upon institutional affiliation of the participants. Participants are required to attend all sessions and programmes of the conference.

To apply, fill in an Application Form.
Closing date for applications (as well as for abstract submission): 14 October 2008

Financial Support

All accepted participants will receive financial support to cover their registration fee, accommodation and meals during the conference. Travel expenses will be covered as much as possible, according to budget availability. Participans from Japan will be sponsored by JSPS and participants from Europe by ESF.

ESF Contact

Ms.JeanKellyE-Mail

Conference Officer

Phone: +32 (0)2 533 2025
Fax: +32 (0)2 538 8486
Please quote 09-263 in any correspondence.

Partnership

Links of Interest

• EU-Japan Brief (a publication of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation)
• Cognitive Neuroscience Arena
• Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

• The European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP) is a large Society with over 500 members, across a range of European countries and beyond. ESCOP's mission is "the furtherance of scientific enquiry within the field of Cognitive Psychology and related subjects, particularly with respect to collaboration and exchange of information between researchers in different European countries". Among a variety of activities, the Society promotes new research initiatives, supports a European research base through summer school programmes through which students can learn about state-of-the-art developments, holds conferences for the presentation of research and maintains a leading academic journal as an outlet for research findings.

• The Behaviour News list provides information on conferences, meetings, jobs and scholarships in the field of behaviour biology. To subscribe, please click here

• Israel Society for Neuroscience (ISFN)
  The Israel Society for Neuroscience is a registered non-profit organization founded in 1992. Its primary goal is to promote knowledge and understanding of how the peripheral and central nervous systems operate under normal and pathological conditions, from the molecular and genetic levels and up to high cognitive functions. This includes development, sensation and perception of various stimuli, motor behavior and control, different aspects of learning and memory, sleep, neurodegenerative diseases, and psychiatric disorders.

• Société des Neurosciences (in French only)
  Créée le 4 mai 1988, la Société des Neurosciences est une association scientifique à but non lucratif. Elle regroupe aujourd'hui plus de 2500 membres. Elle a pour but de promouvoir le développement des recherches dans tous les domaines des neurosciences. Elle se compose de membres français et étrangers, répartis entre membres honoraires, bienfaiteurs, titulaires et étudiants.

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