[visionlist] Invitation to Webinar (Dr. Vincenzo Romei, December 17th)

[Masamichi Hayashi]

Dear List,

If the link doesn't work or lead you to a Japanese page, please try this
link for registration.
https://www.cinet.jp/form/?_gid=cinetms48

Thank you!

Michi

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 2:04 PM Masamichi Hayashi <mjhgml at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear List,  (apologies for multi-postings!)
>
> We are pleased to announce that Dr. Vincenzo Romei will be giving an
> online talk on December 17th as the speaker of the 48th CiNet Monthly
> Seminar. Please find the title and abstract of his talk below.
>
> This online seminar is open to everyone.
> Please sign-up from here (registration required).
> https://cinet.jp/english/event/20201217_4201/
> Sign-up deadline: noon, December 16th (JST)
>
> All welcome!
>
> ----------------
> Date: December 17th, 2020
> Time: 16:00-18:00 JST (1-hour talk + discussion)
>
> Speaker: Dr. Vincenzo Romei
> Centre for Studies and Research in Cognitive Neuroscience
> Department of Psychology, University of Bologna
>
> *Enhancing brain connectivity and testing its functional significance
> through manipulation of Hebbian-like plasticity of targeted networks*
>
> In this talk I will introduce a novel neurostimulation protocol, namely
> cortico-cortical Paired Associative Stimulation (ccPAS). It uses repeated
> paired-pulses of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) of multiple sites
> at critical temporal delays to induce Hebbian-like plasticity of targeted
> networks. It can lead to enhanced functional connectivity, ultimately
> driving specific cognitive functions. Here I will present a set of
> experiments showing how, for example, ccPAS to the V5-to-V1 network
> enhances sensitivity to coherent motion perception and how it is possible
> to implement functional specificity of this network in a state-dependent
> manner. Moreover, I will show that ccPAS to the IPS-to-V1 network boosts
> the level of perceived confidence to coherent motion perception, without
> impacting coherent motion sensitivity per se, thus dissociating functional
> networks controlling for perceptual confidence vs. perceptual accuracy.
> Finally, I will show that it is possible to implement oscillatory-informed
> ccPAS protocols to modulate oscillatory properties of functional
> connections shaping both behavioural outcome and EEG oscillatory activity
> in expected directions during a visuo-spatial working memory task.
> ----------------
> --
> ********
> Masamichi Hayashi, PhD.
> Researcher
> Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet)
> National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
> https://researchmap.jp/mjhayashi/
>
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