Conference on Mechanisms of Statistical Learning and Predictive Brain Function: Developmental, Clinical, and Intervention Perspectives
October 20-24 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Organized by Gran Canaria Cognitive Research Center, Universidad del Atlántico Medio
Location:
EMU building, Tafira Baja Campus of the Universidad del Atlántico Medio, Google Maps
Schedule
(This is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.)
October 20. Monday
14.00 Registration
October 21. Tuesday
Session 1. Clinical, spectrum, and developmental perspectives in statistical learning
10.10-10.30 Eszter Tóth-Fáber: The development of statistical learning: evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies
10.30-10.50 Flóra Hann: How do autistic traits relate to predictive processing?
10.50-11.10 Bianka Brezóczki: Repetition Without Reward: Habit Learning in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
11.10-11.25 Coffee break
11.25-11.45 Karolina Horváth: Linking Statistical Learning and Cognitive Control to ADHD Traits in the General Population
11.45-12.05 Krisztina Berta: Goal-directed and habitual processes in work addiction
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break
Session 2. Local sleep, mind wandering, and cognitive functions
14.00-14.20 Teodóra Vékony: Response inhibition interacts with the effect of mind wandering on statistical learning
14.20-14.40 Andreas Alexandersen: Modulating mind wandering and executive function with non-invasive brain stimulation
14.40–15.00 Coffee break
15.00-15.20 Philippe Blondé: Exploring oculomotor correlates of mind wandering during statistical learning
15.20-15.40 Gábor Csifcsák: How does partial sleep deprivation influence executive performance and mind wandering?
19.00 Conference dinner (self-paid)
October 22. Wednesday
Session 3. Intervention studies: non-invasive brain stimulation
10.00-10.20 Zsuzsanna Pesthy: Is there an asymmetric role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in statistical learning? – an inhibitory rTMS study
10.20-10.40 Laura Szücs-Bencze: When less control means better access: enhanced retrieval of implicit statistical knowledge following DLPFC inhibition
10.40 – 10.55 Coffee break
10.55-11.15 Ines Botia Suarez: Are Predictive Mechanisms and Statistical Learning Shaped by Gender?
11.15-11.35 Renato Ponce: When Arrows Behave Like Eyes: Reversal of Spatial Stroop Interference by Visual Masking
Session 4. Introduction of the new members of the Gran Canaria Cognitive Research Center
11.35-12.15 The presentation of the new members: Emanuele Ciardo, Emanuele Galladini, Dicle Karacadag, Marc Deosdad
12.30-14.00 Lunch at UNAM Campus (university-sponsored)
19.00 Conference dinner (self-paid)
October 23. Thursday
10.00-12.00 Visit to the Experimental Labs at the Gran Canaria Cognitive Research Center (write to the organizer to register for this event)
October 24. Friday
11.00-16.00 Networking and Collaboration Session: One-on-One Meetings to Initiate Joint Research Projects
The main organizer: Teodora Vékony (PhD)