Program

1st August 2014, Friday


Location

Lectures and Talks at National University of Singapore (NUS),

Seminar room 2, Centre for Life Sciences (CeLS)


Session Chair: Dr. Annabel Chen


09:30 - 09:40

Dr. Annabel Chen (NTU)

Welcome and Overview


09:40 - 10:00

Guest of Honor

Dr. Nitish V. Thakor (NUS)

Guest of Honor speech


10:00 - 10:40

Keynote Lecture I

Dr. Toshiharu Nakai (NCGG)

Brain Activation of Aging Brain


10:40 - 11:00

TEA BREAK



Session Chair: Dr. Sachiko Kiyama


11:00 - 11:40

Focused Lecture

Dr. Tetsuya Iidaka (Nagoya Uni.)

Resting State Brain Connectivity and Disease Classification


11:40 - 12:20

Focused Lecture



Dr. Epifanio Bagarinao (Nagoya Uni.)

Learning to Control Pain: Neural Processes Underlying Cognitive Modulation of Acute Pain


12:20 - 12:45

Dr. Yu Sun (NUS)

Disrupted Topology of Functional Brain Network in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease: A Graph Theoretical Approach


12:45 - 13:35

LUNCH BREAK


Session Chair: Dr. Julian Lim


13:35 - 14:00

Dr. Fumihiko Taya (NUS)

Graph Theoretic Approach to Functional Network: Information Transfer Efficiency During Rest and Task


14:00 - 14:25

Dr. Mitsunobu Kunimi (NCGG)

Investigation of Age-related Changes in Blood Oxygenation Level Dependency Signals During the Working Memory Task using functional MRI


14:25 - 14:50

Dr. Yuichi Riku (Nagoya Uni.)

Comparative Study on TDP-43-related Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Alzheimer’s

Disease with Clinical Frontotemporal Dementia


End of Lectures and Talks


15:00 - 17:30

MRI SCANNER & EEG DEMO at SINAPSE

2nd August 2014, Saturday


Location

Lectures and Talks at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Humanity and Social Sciences (HSS), Seminar room 3


Session Chair: Dr. Belle Yick


09:30 - 10:10

Keynote Lecture II

Dr. Annabel Chen (NTU)

Age-related Changes in Functional Network Connectivity


10:10 - 10:50

Focused Lecture

Dr. Atsunobu Suzuki (Nagoya Uni.)

The Role and Nature of Perception and Learning in the Judgment of Others' Trustworthiness


10:50 - 11:15

TEA BREAK


Session Chair: Dr. Atsunobu Suzuki


11:15 - 11:40

Dr. Belle Yick (NTU)

Functional Connectivity Efficiency of Resting-state and Task fMRI Networks in Aging


11:40 - 12:05

Dr. Sachiko Kiyama (NCGG )

Age-related Decline in Functional Connectivity for Bimanual Finger Coordination


12:05 - 12:30

Dr. Julian Lim (NUS)

Towards a Brain-behavior Model of Emotional Effects on Moral Decision-making


12:30 - 12:55

Dr. Kaoru Amemiya (Keio Uni.)

Identification of Limb Selection Using Ongoing Activity



12:55 - 13:55

LUNCH BREAK



Session Chair: Dr. Mitsunobu Kunimi

13:55 - 14:20

Mr. Yuichi Ito (Nagoya Uni.)

The Role of the Anterior Temporal Lobe in Episodic Future Thinking: A Computational Exploration


14:20 - 14:45

Ms. Eng Goi Khia (NTU

Meta-Analyses of Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Studies in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder


14:45 - 15:30

Discussion (I)


15:30 - 15:55

TEA BREAK


15:55 - 17:20

Discussion (II)


17:20 - 17:30

Dr. Toshiharu Nakai (NCGG)

Workshop Closing Remarks

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