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Tuesday, Aug. 17
Opening Ceremony Speech
Speakers: Robert Desimone, MIT; Aike Guo, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Glyn Humphreys, University of Birmingham; Mu-Ming Poo, UC Berkeley & CAS; Keiji Tanaka, RIKEN Brain Science Institute; Ovid J. L. Tzeng, Academia Sinica.
8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

Plenary/Keynote Speech
Section: Language
Speakers: Cathy Price, University College London; John Gabrieli, MIT; Sook Whan Cho, Sogang University.
2:00-3:30 p.m.
Section: Cognitive Science and Social Sciences
Speakers: Eunjoo Kang, Kangwon National University; Yijun Liu, University of Florida; Liang Li, Peking University.
4:00-5:30 p.m.

Symposium
Philosophy of Mind: Computation and Cognition
Chair: Jing Zhu, Sun Yat-Sen University
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Diagnostic imaging for neuropsychiatry
(Section: Cognitive Science and Brain Mapping)
Chair: Qiyong Gong, West China Hospital of Sichuan University
2:00-5:30 p.m.
Cognition and lifespan
(Section: Cognitive Science and Mental Health)
Chair: Yang Jiang, University of Kentucky
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Cognitive processes and representation of asian languages
(Section: Language)
Chair: Ki Chun, Nam, Korea University
2:00-6:10 p.m.

Workshop
Neuro MR - insights into the brain
(Section: Cognitive Science and Brain Mapping)
Chair: Jürgen K. Hennig, University Hospital Freiburg
2:00-6:00 p.m.

 
Wednesday, Aug. 18
Presidential Symposium on Vision
Chair: Robert Desimone, MIT.
Speakers: Lin Chen, CAS; Martha Farah, University of Pennsylvania; Sheng He, University of Minnesota; Shimon Ullman, Weizmann Institute of Science; Frans Verstraten, Utrecht University.
8:30 a.m. - noon.

“NeuroCinema Night”
(Section: Cognitive Science and Social Sciences)
Speakers: Uri Hasson, Princeton University; Wu Deng, “Exploring” program director, CCTV 10; Jason Xiangsheng Ma, film director and painter; Movie show: “Impression of Bieji”.
7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.

Symposium
ASL perfusion MRI in cognitive and clinical neuroscience
(Section: Cognitive Science and Brain Mapping)
Chair: Jiongjiong Wang, UCLA
8:30-10:10 a.m.
Brain imaging and neuropsychology of typical and atypical development
(Section: Cognitive Science and Mental Health)
Chair: Grainne McAlonan, HKU
10:20 a.m - 12:10 p.m.
Brain imaging and signal processing methods
(Section: Cognitive Science and Brain Mapping)
Chair: Chun-Qi Chang, HKU
8:30-11:30 a.m.
Neurocognitive dysfunctions in psychiatric illness
(Section: Cognitive Science and Mental Health)
Chair: Bruce E. Wexler, Yale University
Co-Chair: Dai Zhang, Peking University
8:30 - 11:30 p.m.
Symposium on depression
(Section: Cognitive Science and Mental Health)
Chair: Kwok-Fai So, HKU
8:30-11:00 a.m.
Brain-computer interface
(Section: Cognitive Science and Information Sciences)
Chair: Shangkai Gao, Tsinghua University
8:30 - noon.
Calligraphy for cognitive health & therapy
(Section: Cognitive Science and Education)
Chair: Henry S. R. Kao, HKU & Fu Jen University, Taiwan
8:30-11:20 a.m.
Web intelligence meets brain informatics
(Section: Cognitive Science and Information Sciences)
Chair: Ning Zhong, Beijing University of Technology (BJUT)
1:30-5:00 p.m.
Virtual reality in behavioral research I: space perception
(Section: Cognitive Science and Information Sciences)
Chair: Hong-Jin Sun, McMaster University
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Universality and language-specificity of sound symbolism: the interplay of multimodality, embodiment, and iconicity
(Section: Language)
Chair: Kimi Akita, UC Berkeley
Co-Chair: Sachiko Hirata, Kobe University
1:30-3:40 p.m.
Early Development on Face Processing
Chair: Sarina H.L Chien, China Medical University
Co-Chair: Kang Lee, Zhejiang Normal University & University of Toronto
1:30-4:30 p.m.
Intentions in the mind/brain
(Section: Attention)
Chair: Bruno G. Bara, University of Turin, Italy
1:30-4:00 p.m.
Neural correlates of attention and meditation
(Section: Attention)
Chair: Yi-Yuan Tang, China's Dalian University of Technology
3:30-5:10 p.m.
Coding and coping: environmental information and mental health
(Section: Cognitive Science and Mental Health)
Chair: Fei Luo, CAS
Co-Chair: Jing Luo, CAS
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Animal cognition: nonhuman primates studies
(Section: Animal Cognition)
Chair: Xintian Hu, CAS
2:00-5:00 p.m.

 

Thursday, Aug. 19
Presidential Symposium on Vision
Chair: Robert Desimone, MIT.
Speakers: Gunnar Carlsson, Stanford University; Vin de Silva, Pomona College; Gabriel Kreiman, Harvard University; Tania Pasternak, Rochester University; Anna Roe, Vanderbilt University;
8:30 - noon.

Plenary/Keynote Speech
Section: Animal Cognition
Speaker: Martin Giurfa, CNRS - University of Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, France
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Section: Cognitive Science and Education
Speakers: Yu Wei, Southeast University; Qi Dong, Beijing Normal University
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Section: Cognitive Science and Information Sciences
Speakers: Sankar K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India; Zhongzhi Shi, CAS; Ning Zhong, Beijing University of Technology; Yixin Zhong, Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Open House for 7T Whole-body MRI in IBP/CAS
9:00 a.m. - noon

7T Whole-body MRI Opening Ceremony & High-end MRI Summit
Chair: Jürgen K. Hennig, University Hospital Freiburg.
Speakers: Zang-Hee Cho, Gachon University of Medicine & Science, Korea; Jürgen K. Hennig, University Hospital Freiburg; Oliver Speck, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg; Xiaohong Joe Zhou, University of Illinois at Chicago.
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Symposium
Functional and effective connectivity in neuropsychiatric disorders
(Section: Cognitive Science and Brain Mapping)
Chair: Tom Zeffiro, Massachusetts General Hospital
8:30 a.m. - noon
Establishing Chinese human brain probabilistic anatomical atlases
(Section: Cognitive Science and Brain Mapping)
Chair: Kuncheng Li, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University
10:15 a.m. - noon.
Alzheimer’s diseases
(Section: Cognitive Science and Mental Health)
Chair: Geng Li, HKU
8:30 a.m. - noon
Cognitive science and learning science
(Section: Cognitive Science and Education)
Chair: Wenming Zheng, Southeast University
8:30 a.m. - noon
Intelligent learning technologies
(Section: Cognitive Science and Information Sciences)
Chair: Zhendong Niu, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)
8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Virtual reality in behavioral research II: visual motor control
(Section: Cognitive Science and Information Sciences)
Chair: Hong-Jin Sun, McMaster University
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Higher Levels of Cognition
Chair: Hong Li, Southwest University
8:30 - noon.
Mutlimodal brain mapping methods overview
(Section: Cognitive Science and Brain Mapping)
Chair: Yihong Yang, NIH
Co-Chair: Yan Zhuo, CAS
1:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Cognitive remediation treatment in schizophrenia
(Section: Cognitive Science and Mental Health)
Chair: Bruce E. Wexler, Yale University
Co-Chair: Dai Zhang, Peking University
1:30-5:00 p.m.
Neuropsychology: Regulation of behaviors
(Section: Cognitive Science and Mental Health)
Chair: Tatia Lee, HKU
Co-Chair: Kai Wang, Anhui Medical University
1:30-4:30 p.m.
A general theory of visual attention (TVA): cognitive modeling and neuropsychological applications
(Section: Attention)
Chair: Axel Larsen, University of Copenhagen
Co-Chair: Signe Vangkilde, University of Copenhagen
1:30-5:30 p.m.
Cognitive neuroscience of language
(Section: Language)
Chair: Li-Hai Tan, HKU
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Animal cognition: intelligent behavior emerging from a small brain
(Section: Animal Cognition)
Chair: Shaowu Zhang, the Australian National University
Co-Chair: Aike Guo, CAS
2:00-5:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 20

Cross-strait Forum on the Joint Development of Cognitive Science Studies
Chair: Lin Chen (陈霖), CAS
Co-Chair: Jong-Tsun Huang (黄荣村), China Medical University
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Symposium
ICCS 2010 Young Scientists Forum on Neural Mechanism of Cognition
Chair: Tiffany Ip, HKU
8:30 a.m. - noon
Social neuroscience: social cognition and decision-making in human brain
(Section: Cognitive Science and Social Sciences)
Chair: Yiwen Wang, Tianjin Normal University
8:30 - 11:10 a.m.
Natural language understanding with cognitive science (NLU-CS)
(Section: Cognitive Science and Information Sciences)
Chair: Chengqing Zong, CAS
8:20a.m. - noon.
Decoding cognitive states from neuroimaging data
(Section: Cognitive Science and Information Sciences)
Chair: David Melcher, University of Trento
Co-Chair: Brian Murphy, University of Trento
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Enhancing electronic dictionaries with the help of lexicographers, computer scientists and cognitive psychologists
(Section: Language)
Chair: Michael Zock, C.N.R.S., University of Marseille, France
1:30-4:30 p.m.