Symposium "The Artful Brain - Perspectives in Neuroesthetics"
Neuroesthetics is a relatively young scientific discipline which endeavors to analyze the cognitive and neural mechanisms of art perception. On December 9 - 10, 2010, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Delmenhorst will hold the international symposium on ‘The Artful Brain – Perspectives in Neuroesthetics’. The Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg invites applications from graduate and postgraduate students who are interested in attending the symposium.
The symposium will focus on the relationship between arts/music and neuroscience, including both conceptual and experimental approaches. It will bring together leading researchers from different scientific fields such as neurobiology of vision and hearing, arts, music, psychology, philosophy, and art theory. For more information, please download the preliminary program below.
Application procedure for graduate students from Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
Graduate students from universities and other institutions in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) pay a subsidized fee of 37,50 € which covers workshop material, one night in a hotel, shuttle service from the hotel to the conference site, daily lunch, snacks and drinks during the conference breaks, and a complimentary dinner. Note, however, that travel costs are not included in the workshop fee. An application form can be downloaded below. Graduate students will be selected on the basis of their application form and their involvement with neuroesthetics. Please note that the number of student participants is limited to 25. Filled and signed forms should be sent to Marion Daniel at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Email mdaniel[ at ]h-w-k.de). Once your application is accepted, you will receive a registration form for graduate students by email with further instructions regarding transfer of conference fees and hotel reservations.
Please note: Application deadline is November 22, 2010.
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Registration procedure for other participants
Other participants are invited to attend for a fee of 100,00 € without an application process involved. This fee covers workshop material, one night in a hotel, shuttle service from the hotel to the conference site, daily lunch, snacks and drinks during the conference breaks, and a complimentary dinner. A specific registration form can be downloaded below. Filled and signed forms should be sent to Marion Daniel at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Email mdaniel[ at ]h-w-k).
The deadline for registration and payment of the registration fee is November 22, 2010.
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Preliminary Program
December 9, 2010
14:00 – 14:15 Welcome and opening remarks by Reto Weiler (HWK)
14:15 – 15:15 Giacomo Rizzolatti: Art and Neuroscience (Parma)
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Manfred Fahle: Ultra-fast judgements on paintings and natural
scenes (Bremen)
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:45 Anne Hamker: In Search of the Aesthetic Response to Visual Art.
Emotion, Feeling, and Higher-Level Cognition (Leipzig)
18:00 – 19:00 Helmut Leder: Psychological approaches to art appreciation
(Vienna)
19:00 Dinner
December 10, 2010
09:00 – 10:00 Greg Currie: The neuroaesthetics of empathy (Nottingham)
10:15 – 11:15 Mari Tervaniemi: Neurocognition of music (Helsinki)
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Julian Klein: Brain study - An installation for interconnected brain
players (Berlin)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Warren Neidich: Neuropower (Berlin)
14:45 – 15:00 Wrap up and closing remarks by Reto Weiler