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Program of Scientific Presentations
JAPANESE SPEAKERS
- Isao Hashimoto, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry: High-frequency oscillations from human somatosensory cortex: Neural mechanisms and functional significance (FGSN sponsored lecture)
- Toshiaki Imada, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Kanagawa: Pattern recognition and working memory in the human brain - Neuromagnetic studies
- Yoshiaki Iwamura, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo: Bilateral and bimodal neurons in the postcentral gyrus of awake monkeys
- Makoto Iwata, Tokyo Women's Medical University: Brain mechanism of reading and writing the Japanese language
- Takashi Nagamine, Kyoto University School of Medicine: Motor preparation revealed by functional imaging
- Hiroshi Riquimaroux, Doshisha University, Kyoto: Temporal information processing in the auditory cortex
- Katsuyuki Sakai, University of Tokyo: Time course of brain activation during learning of sequential procedures - An fMRI study
- Kazuo Sasaki, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki: Thalamocortical projection and electromagnetic activity in the cortex
- Keiji Tanaka, RIKEN Institute, Saitama: Functional architecture in the inferotemporal cortex
FINNISH SPEAKERS
- Kimmo Alho, University of Helsinki and BioMag Laboratory: Involuntary auditory attention: Measurements of electromagnetic brain activity and behavior
- Synnöve Carlson, University of Helsinki: From information to action: Working memory mechanisms in the primate brain
- Matti Hämäläinen, Helsinki University of Technology: An integrated MEG-EEG system for clinical studies
- Teuvo Kohonen, Helsinki University of Technology: Self-organization of very large data collections in brain-like models
- Stephan Salenius, Helsinki University of Technology: When cortex speaks to the muscle (Paper read by Riitta Hari)
- Riitta Salmelin, Helsinki University of Technology: Cortical dynamics of language function and dysfunction
- Mikko Sams, Helsinki University of Technology: A Finnish audiovisual speech synthesizer
- Claudia Tesche, Helsinki University of Technology: MEG investigations of cortico-hippocampal information processing
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS
- Hans-Joachim Freund, Neurologische Klinik, Universität Düsseldorf: Temporal aspects of motor control
- George Karmos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest: Intracortical generators of auditory ERP - Multielectrode study in an animal model
- Jeffrey Lewine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City: New developments in clinical magnetoencepholography
- François Mauguière, Hôpital Neurologique, Lyon: The role of parietal opercular and insular cortex in somatosensory and pain sensation in humans
Contributions were grouped to sessions under the following headings (see Program Layout on page 2): Clinical, Somatosensory, Motor, Vision, Neural networks, Working memory, Language, Audition, Intermodal, Learning, and Cortico-Subcortical. The sessions were chaired by Professors Hans-Joachim Freund, Riitta Hari, Olli Lounasmaa, François Mauguière, Kazuo Sasaki, and Keiji Tanaka. The number of persons participating in the sessions was 30 - 40.
In addition to formal scientific presentations, visits were arranged to the facilities of the Brain Research Unit at HUT, to the BioMag Laboratory at the Helsinki University Central Hospital, and to Neuromag Ltd. The social program included a Buffet and Sauna Party, a Get-together Party, and a Dinner Party.
