UCL INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
LEARNING IN YOUR SLEEP
Saturday 13 December, 2008
(Keynote: ‘Sleep to remember’ by Professor Jan Born to be held at 5 PM on Friday the 12 th)
VENUE: Basement Seminar Room (B10), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 Queen Square, London
9:00 – 9:45
Coffee and Registration
9:45
Introduction by Workshop Hosts
Dr. Penny Lewis & Prof Vincent Walsh, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
MORNING SESSION CHAIRED BY DERK-JAN DIJK
10:00
Prof Derk-Jan Dijk, Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
‘Sleep, circadian rhythms, and cognition: From slow-wave to period gene’
10:40
Prof Jim Horne, Dept of Human Sciences, University of Loughborough
‘Human Sleep is for the Cortex’
11:20
Prof Fabrizio Doricchi, Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, Rome
‘Sleep and space representation: gaining insight on oculomotor control during dreaming’
12:00
Prof Philippe Peigneux, Clinical Neuropsychology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
‘Off-line learning during sleep and wakefulness: neuroanatomical evidence’
12:40
Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION CHAIRED BY BOB STICKGOLD
13:40
Dr. Atsuko Takashima, F. C. Donders Centre, University of Nijmegen
‘Consolidation and the hippocampus’
14:20
Prof Gareth Gaskell, Psychology Department, University of York
‘Sleep, consolidation, and vocabulary acquisition’
15:00
Dr. Penny Lewis, Psychology Dept, University of Manchester
‘Overnight consolidation of time and emotion’
15.40
Tea
16:10
Prof Matt Walker, Psychology Department, University of California Berkeley, USA
‘The role of sleep in memory processing’
16:50
Prof Bob Stickgold, Beth Israel Center, Harvard, USA
‘Sleep, Memory, and Dreams: Beyond Consolidation’
17:30
General Discussion – Prof. Matt Walker & Prof Bob Stickgold
REGISTRATION: To attend the workshop you MUST register
Please contact: Rosalyn Lawrence (rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk)