The New York University Center for Neural Science, New York University's Sloan Program in Theoretical Neuroscience, and New York University are sponsoring the 5th Biennial Symposium in Neuroscience at NYU, May 22-24, 1999. The Symposium title is "Plasticity and Adaptability of the Adult Brain".  This is an area of recent exciting research. What has been found is that neuronal receptive field properties, and brain areas that are activated by stimuli or during motor tasks, can be modified by experience or training or context. These recent findings have important practical implications for education and rehabilitation. But they also have important theoretical implications about structure and function of the brain.

The symposium will include lectures by invited outside speakers who are known internationally for their research on adult brain plasticity and adaptation. There also will be workshop discussion sessions including invited speakers and members of the CNS faculty. Much time has been set aside for formal and informal discussions.

The Symposium will be held at the NYU Cantor Film Center on 8th Street between Greene Street and University, near CNS. In the past these biennial CNS symposia have drawn an audience of 200-300 students, faculty, and researchers. We also will invite the attendance of editors of Nature, Nature Neuroscience, and Neuron.

The list of invited speakers and their affiliations are indicated here:

Hearing:

• Jean-Marc Edeline ( U Paris-Sud)
• Dexter Irvine (Monash U, Australia)
• Daphne Bavelier (U Rochester)
• George Gerstein (U Pennsylvania)

Vision:

• Anniruddha Das (Rockefeller U)
• Yves Fregnac (Inst Alfred Fessard-CNRS)
• Jonathan Levitt (CUNY)
• David Somers (MIT)
• Ilona Kovacs (Rutgers U)

Somatosensory and Motor:

• Miguel Nicolelis (Duke U)
• Sacha Nelson (Brandeis U)
• Michael Calford (ANU, Canberra, Australia)
• John Donoghue (Brown U)
• Avi Karni (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
• Yadin Dudai (Weizmann Inistute, Israel)

You may also view a description of previous symposia.