Dear all,
Below you will find the call for abstracts for the upcoming workshop on ‘Perspectives and Future Directions in Social Neuroscience’ which is held just in advance to this year’s Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM).
Best,
Sören
Perspectives and Future Directions in Social Neuroscience
http://www.perspectives-in-social-neuroscience.com/
How will social neuroscience really go social?
The burgeoning field of social neuroscience has seen rapid growth and tremendous success in illuminating the neurobiological foundations of human social behavior over the past years. The investigation of the neural bases of ‘interacting minds’ (Frith & Frith, 1999), however, has proved to be more difficult and could be seen to constitute ‘dark matter’ (Schilbach et al. 2013) or ‘two-brain challenge’ (Konvalinka & Roepstorff, 2012).
The workshop will provide a platform to discuss the ongoing challenges in the understanding of ‘interacting minds’ and elaborate new perspectives and future directions in social neurosciences. We will bring together the expertise of leading neuroscientists, senior scholars and young investigators to tackle the essential methodological, technical and conceptual issues in the field and share the most recent empirical findings.
We hereby invite contributions to this workshop to be held in Marburg, Germany, from 4th-6th June, 2014. Submission deadline for abstracts is the 28th of February.
Contributions must be of a high scientific level, and typically would describe or attempt to understand recent methodological, technical or conceptual challenges in the understanding of ‘interacting minds’ or provide empirical findings using novel paradigms to examine social interactions. Abstract guidelines can be found here: http://www.perspectives-in-social-neuroscience.com/?page_id=159
Submitted abstracts will be rated by the scientific committee and rank ordered considering quality and relevance to the goals of the workshop. The workshop is designed to have a limited number of 30 slots who are opened to senior scholars, postdocs, and experienced PhD candidates. All abstracts will be discussed at poster sessions and outstanding submissions will be selected for a presentation during chaired symposia. Successful applicants will be informed shortly after this year’s OHBM decisions.
Important information:
• there is no registration fee for participants
• free accommodation and free catering is provided for all participants during the workshop
• we offer 8 travel grants (each 400€) for participants with limited funding
• child care service for the time of the workshop can be arranged
http://www.perspectives-in-social-neuroscience.com/
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