<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear List,</div><div><br></div><div>If the link doesn't work or lead you to a Japanese page, please try this link for registration.</div><div><a href="https://www.cinet.jp/form/?_gid=cinetms48" target="_blank">https://www.cinet.jp/form/?_gid=cinetms48</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div>Michi</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 2:04 PM Masamichi Hayashi <<a href="mailto:mjhgml@gmail.com" target="_blank">mjhgml@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear List, (apologies for multi-postings!)<div><br>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.<br><br>This online seminar is open to everyone.<br>Please sign-up from here (registration required).<br><a href="https://cinet.jp/english/event/20201217_4201/" target="_blank">https://cinet.jp/english/event/20201217_4201/</a><br>Sign-up deadline: noon, December 16th (JST)<br><div><br>All welcome!<br><br>----------------<br>Date: December 17th, 2020<br>Time: 16:00-18:00 JST (1-hour talk + discussion)<br><br>Speaker: Dr. Vincenzo Romei<br>Centre for Studies and Research in Cognitive Neuroscience<br>Department of Psychology, University of Bologna<br><br><b>Enhancing brain connectivity and testing its functional significance through manipulation of Hebbian-like plasticity of targeted networks</b><br><br>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.<br>----------------</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">********<br>Masamichi Hayashi, PhD.<br>Researcher<br>Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet)<br>National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)<br><a href="https://researchmap.jp/mjhayashi/" target="_blank">https://researchmap.jp/mjhayashi/</a><br></div></div></div></div>
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