ARRIVAL and ACCOMODATION

LUNCH

Coffee Break

16:00-17:00

21:30

THE THIRD CULTURE/ EDGE.ORG VIDEO SCREENING

Who is the greatest biologist of all time?
Armand Leroi

A Sense of Cleanliness
Simone Schnall

Different Meanings of Happiness
Daniel Kahneman

What is the Nature of Niceness in Humans?
Paul Bloom

MAY 8  SUNDAY

09:30-10:00

Born to learn language: the neural language networks at birth
D. Perani

10:00-10:30

Opening Performance : “Magic and The Mirror Neurons”
K. Tunçer

10:30-11:30

Session -I-
Neurobiology of Conscious Vision
Chair: O.Tanrıdağ  

The Riddoch Syndrome and Its Implications
S. Zeki

12:00-13:30

Session -II-
Chair: H. Gürvit, B.Somay

Brain and ordinary miracles
K. Tunçer

12:00-12:30

12:30-13:00

Investigating representational change by magic tricks: Problems, pitfalls and possibilities        
A. Faber

13:00-13:30

Fortune telling, Magic and Freud’s metaphysics
B. Somay    

13:30-14:15

LUNCH

14:15- 16:15      

Session -III-
Decision Making
Chairs : A. Bingöl, D. Özbabalık

The neuroscience of decision-making
S.Cappa

14:15- 14:45

14:45-15:15

When Simple Decisions Becomes Everyday Habits:
Adaptive Coding of Action Values Through Multiple Cortico-Striatal Loops
B. Erdeniz

15:15-15:45

Decision Making: Implications for OCD and Alcohol Abuse
M. Kaşar

15:45-16:15

Neuroeconomics : Less for Sure or Risky But More? Neuroeconomic Findings of   
Consumer Behavior
G. Koçarslan

16:45-17:45

Session -IV-
Chair : O. Tanrıdağ

16:45-17:15

Juggling Performance
S. Güven

17:15-17:45

Juggling Education
S. Güven

08:45-11:30

SESSION  -VI-
Panel on the movie “SEASONS” by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Moderator : B. Somay

08:45-10:26              

SEASONS

10:30-11:30

B. Diken - B. Somay

12:00-13:00

Session -VII-
Cognitive Sciences-1
Chairs : N. Tuncer, B. Bilgiç

Sequence effects in simple cognitive tasks:
The Multiple-Weighting Systems hypothesis
D. Rangelov, M.Zehetleitner, H. Müler

12:00-12:30

12:30-13:00

Measuring cognitive load while playing music
M.Çorlu

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

Session -VIII-
Cognitive Sciences-2
Chairs : M.Bakar, H.Şahin

Classical Guitar Performance
M. Çorlu

14:00-14:30

14:30-15:00

A Biosemiotic Approach to the Origins of Cognition
Y.Denizhan

15:00-15:30

Altruistic Behavior and Law: an Evolutionary Approach
O.Erözden

15:30-16:00

Computer Analysis of Facial Affect
Albert A. Salah

16:30-19:00

Social Program : Boat Tour

MAY 10 TUESDAY

09:00-12:45

"Behavioural Neuroanatomy:A Course on Brain Anatomy and Behaviour"
Chairs : A. Danek, O. Tanrıdağ

Introduction : A. Danek

09:00-09:15

09:15-09:45

A review of MRI sectional neuroanatomy
J.Linn

09:45-10:15

Encephalitis and the behavioral anatomy of the temporal lobe 
T.Högen

10:15-10:45

Semiology in frontal lobe epilepsy
I.Krotofil

11:15-11:45

Movement disorders and Cognition
B.Bader

11:45-12:45

General Discussion

12:45-14:00

LUNCH

14:00-18:00

Course:Examination in Dementia Patients
Chairs : H.Gürvit , F.Sürer

Introduction : A.Danek

14:00-14:15

14:15-14:45

Bedside exams of cognition
A.Danek

14:45-15:15

Language problems in different dementias
O.Tanrıdag

15:15-15:45

Language-free cognitive testing
F. Sürer

16:15-16:45

Movement disorders in dementia patients
B. Bilgiç

16:45-17:15

Signs and symptoms in less common types of neurodegeneration: Posterior Cortical Atrophy
H. Gürvit

17:15-18:00

General Discussion

18:00

Closing