Where: Aarhus University
When: 19-21 August, 2013
Remembering
was the title of Sir Frederick Bartlett’s pioneering book, which presented the
theory of schemata. By letting his participant’s read a story from a cultural
context very different from their own and subsequently asking them to remember
it, they changed the details according to their cognitive schemata. In this
year’s MindLab retreat, we focus on memory as a process. We examine the
context-sensitivity of remembering from biological and cultural angles and in
normal and clinical populations. We approach this subject broadly and zoom in
on various processes, which come together each time we remember, and which can
be initiated spontaneously as well as deliberately. These are processes related
to neuro-connectivity, brain-patterns, resting state, mind wandering, episodic
future thought, mental time travel, self, development, cross-cultural and
historical factors. We look forward to exploring the interplay between biology
and culture with you.
MINDLab
is a cross-cutting neuroscience and cognition research framework at Aarhus
University, funded by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
as part of the Danish government’s UNIK initiative, aiming to promote
world-class research at Danish Universities.
MINDLab
is based on collaborations among leading research groups across Faculties
and Institutes at Aarhus University. The project addresses central scientific
problems within culture, music, language and memory. Combining this knowledge
with research on novel technologies to examine the living brain, and on the
most devastating neurological and psychiatric disorders, we hope to create new
means to preserve and recover function and quality-of-life. MINDLab will
also develop new forms of teaching and sharing of knowledge, exploiting crucial
synergies across traditional disciplines.
Confirmed
Keynote Speakers
See
retreat program here ...
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