HBM2010 - Organization for Human Brain Mapping

EDUCATIONAL COURSES
Dynamic Models in Systems
Neuroscience
Sala H1 (Level -1)
ORGANIZERS
Michael Breakspear, Queensland Institute of Medical
Research, Brisbane, Australia
Stefan Kiebel, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive
and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
This course is designed to guide both cognitive
neuroscientists and modellers through a variety of
computational approaches. The talks introduce and motivate
dynamic systems theory and other mathematical concepts
as tools for modelling various neuroscience phenomena,
ranging from the single neuron to the macroscopic
network level. The participants do not require an explicit
mathematical background to follow the course but need
to bring a healthy interest in how ubiquitous neuroscience
phenomena can be explained mechanistically. Examples
will be given of how such approaches lead to the design
and analysis of cognitive neuroscience experiments.
Learning Objectives
Having completed this course, participants will be able to:
1. Summarize the use of dynamic systems theory in
modelling neuroscience phenomena, ranging from
single neuron models to macroscopic modelling of
networks;
2. Summarize new developments and research questions
in dynamic models of the brain;
3. Understand the link between models of cortical
activity and theories of brain function;
4. Understand the meaning and significance of
stochastic processes in cortical systems; and
5. Discuss how such computational approaches can lead
to the design and analysis of cognitive neuroscience
experiments
COURSE SCHEDULE
Part I: Dynamic Systems Approach
Chair: Stefan Kiebel, Max Planck Institute for Human
Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
8:00 – 8:10
Introduction: Modelling in Cognitive Neuroscience
Stefan Kiebel, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive
and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
8:10 – 9:00
Neuronal and Neural Ensemble Dynamics
Michael Breakspear, Queensland Institute of Medical
Research, Brisbane, Australia
9:00 – 9:10
Discussion
9:10 – 9:55
Models for Dynamics from the Neural Microcircuit to
Cortical Regions
Thomas Wennekers, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
9:55 – 10:05
Discussion
10:05 – 10:20
Break
Part II: From Dynamics to Computational Neuroscience
Chair: Michael Breakspear, Queensland Institute of Medical
Research, Brisbane, Australia
10:20 – 11:05
Neural Masses, Cortical Fields and Connectivity
Viktor Jirsa, CNRS, Marseille, France
11:05 – 11:15
Discussion
11:15 – 12:00
Slow Feature Analysis
Laurenz Wiskott, Ruhr University Bochum,
Bochum, Germany
12:00 – 12:10
Discussion
12:10 – 13:20
Lunch
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