2014 Scientific Program
The sixth annual meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language will feature four keynote sessions, as well as a panel discussion.
Keynote Sessions
Willem Levelt
Localism versus holism. The historical origins of studying language in the brain.
Wednesday, August 27, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Effectenbeurszaal
Willem Levelt is Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Constance Scharff
Singing in the (b)rain
Thursday, August 28, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, Effectenbeurszaal
Constance Scharff is a Professor of Animal Behavior, at the Institute for Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Pascal Fries
Brain rhythms for bottom-up and top-down signalling
Thursday, August 28, 6:15 – 7:15 pm, Effectenbeurszaal
Pascal Fries is the Director of the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society
Mike Tomasello
Communication without Conventions
Friday, August 29, 6:00 – 7:00 pm, Effectenbeurszaal
Michael Tomasello is Co-Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Panel Discussion
What counts as neurobiology of language – a debate
Steve Small, Angela Friederici
Friday, August 29, 2:30 – 4:00 pm, Effectenbeurszaal