The Probabilistic Brain

Workshop, Durham University, UK,

10:30 Optional lab tours, Dept of Psychology

12:00 Registration, lunch, and coffee

13:00 Introduction (Marko Nardini)

13:20 Introduction (Horace B. Barlow)

13:30 Learning and Development Pt 1

15:00 Discussion – discussant Ulrik Beierholm

15:30 Coffee and posters

16:00 Representing and Computing with Uncertainty Pt 1

Janneke Jehee – Uncertainty in perceptual decision-making
Chris Summerfield – Neural encoding of number scaffolds the learning of reward probabilities
Aldo Faisal – Breaking into your brain

17:30 Discussion – discussant Maria Olkkonen

18:00 Posters and drinks (presenters present)

19:00 Leave for dinner

19:30 Dinner, Castle

09:00 Representing and Computing with Uncertainty Pt 2

10:30 Discussion – discussant Marc Ernst

11:00 Coffee and posters

11:30 Learning and Development Pt 2

Jozsef Fiser – Sampling: a probabilistic approach to cortical computation, learning, and development
Vikranth Rao Bejjanki– Perceptual learning as enhanced connectivity between early sensory areas

12:30 Lunch and posters (presenters present)

13:30 Learning and Development Pt 2 (continued)

14:00 Discussion – discussant Tessa Dekker

14:30 End – best student / post-doc poster award

15:00 Optional lab tours, Dept of Psychology

Friday posters can be put up during registration/lunch (12.00-13.10)

Saturday posters can be put up between 08:30-09.00 or at the start of morning coffee (11:00)

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