Programme for TMS Summer School 2009.

16 Feb 2009

The full programme for the TMS Summer School 2009 has been announced.

A PDF of the programme can be downloaded by clicking here.

The themes of this year’s meetings are Attention, Perception, Motor Systems and Cognition.

Speakers confirmed for this event include:

  • Dr Eric Wassermann (Brain Stimulation Unit, NINDS, Bethesda):
    The motor evoked potential and the human condition.
  • Professor Nilli Lavie (UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences):
    TMS, attention and "blindness".
  • Dr David Pitcher (Visual Cognition Group, ICN, UCL):
    TMS studies of the face processing network.
  • Professor J. Doug Crawford (York Centre for Vision Research):
    Cortical Mechanisms for Trans-Saccadic Memory.
  • Dr Matthew Rushworth (Decision & Action Lab, Exp. Psychol. Dept, Oxford University):
    Using TMS to investigate cortico-cortical interactions in action selection and inhibition.
  • Dr Marco Davare (Sobell Dept Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders, UCL): 
    How do cortical areas talk to each other?  Understanding the cortical grasping network by using paired-pulse TMS.
  • Dr Nici Wenderoth (Movement Control & Neuroplasticity, KU Leuven): 
    Involvement of ipsilateral premotor and motor cortex is task dependant.
  • Dr Carmel Mevorach (School of Psychology, University of Birmingham):
    Salience-based selection:  how does the brain suppress saliency?
  • Dr Juha Silvanto (Dept Psychology, University of Essex):
    Using state-dependent TMS to investigate neural tuning and selectivity.
  • Professor Carlo Miniussi (Biomedical Sciences & Biotechnologies, Brescia Univ):
    Neural noise & TMS-induced effects in cognitive studies.
  • Dr. Gregor Thut (Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Dept of Psychology, Glasgow):
    New insights into rhythmic brain activity from combining TMS and EEG.
    Professor Angela Sirigu (Institute of Cognitive Science, CNRS, Bron):
    Movement representation and motor plasticity as revealed by TMS.
  • Dr Jacinta O'Shea (Oxford Centre for FMRI of the Brain):
    tDCS and neuroplasticity.
  • Dr Sven Bestmann (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience):
    Assessing the network effects evoked by TMS using neuroimaging.

The programme is sponsored by the Magstim Company and is hosted this year by Dr Sven Bestmann and Professor Vincent Walsh.  Dr Michal Lavidor (Dept Psychology, Hull University) and Professor Salvatore Aglioti (Psychol Dept, La Sapienza) are the other chairs for this event.

Registration: £50 (for both students and earning professionals).  Bookings can be made by VISA/credit/debit card or by cheque payable to "TMScourse".   For a booking form or more information about this year's event, please e-mail BrainTMS@gmail.com.