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Brainwaves Conference 2023
Location: Faculty of Medicine
Date: 31 March 2023
Description
Join us March 31st, 2023 for the inaugural Brainwaves Conference 2023 "Riding the Wave to the opening of the Human Neuroscience Centre".
This event will feature speakers and presenters from the Human Neuroscience Research Group at Memorial's Faculty of Medicine.
Location: Main Auditorium (Room 2815), Faculty of Medicine
8:00: Arrival
8:30: Welcome
Round Table 1 – Cognition, Perception and Machine Learning
8:40: Multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers for early discovery of Alzheimer's Disease
Dr. Karteek Popuri
Assistant Professor
Data and Image Analysis Group (DIAG), Computer Science, Faculty of Science
Website: diaglab.cs.mun.ca
8:55: Mind-controlled technologies: science fiction or reality?
Dr. Sarah Power
Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, and Faculty of Medicine
9:10: Mind embodied: The brain in an action-oriented neuroscience
Dr. Heath Matheson
Associate Professor
Collaborative Research in Empirical and Theoretical Embodiment (CREATE) Laboratory, Psychology, Faculty of Science
9:25: Music and the aging auditory brain
Dr. Benjamin Zendel
Associate Professor
Cognitive Aging and Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory (CAANLab), Faculty of Medicine
Website: caanlab.ca
9:40: Round table discussion with Drs. Popuri, Power, Matheson & Zendel.
10:00-10:30: Coffee Break
Round Table 2 – The Motor System
10:30: The relationship between body posture, movement, and perceived pain
Dr. Diana De Carvalho
Associate Professor
SpineLab, Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine
10:45: Listening to the Nervous System: Surface EMG Signals Reveal the Neural Code of Human Movement
Dr. Greg Pearcey
Assistant Professor
Pearcey Laboratory, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
Twitter: @gregorypearcey
11:00: Intense exercise: Friend or foe of the nervous system?
Dr. Duane Button
Professor
Human Neurophysiology Laboratory, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
11:15: Exercise is Brain Food
Dr. Michelle Ploughman
Associate Professor
Recovery and Performance Laboratory, BioMedical Science, Faculty of Medicine
Website: www.drmichelleploughman.com
Twitter: @RaPLab_NL
Facebook: Recovery & Performance Laboratory
11:30: What can a headless chicken teach us about walking
Dr. Kevin Power
Professor
Human Neurophysiology Laboratory, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
11:45: Neuromuscular responses to exercise
Dr. David Behm
Professor
School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
12:00: Round table discussion with Drs. De Carvalho, Pearcey, Ploughman, Button, Power & Behm
12:20: Closing Remarks - Thank you and final wrap up
12:30: Fin
Registration Fees
| $0.00 | General Public registration |
| $0.00 | Human Neuroscience Research registration |
Program Agenda
| Friday, March 31, 2023 | |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Doors Open
Grab a coffee and a seat, see you inside!
|
| 8:30 AM | Welcome
Drs. Benjamin Zendel and Diana De Carvalho
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| 8:40 AM | Round Table 1 - Cognition, Perception and Machine Learning
Dr. Karteek Popuri
Multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers for early discovery of Alzheimer's Disease |
| 8:55 AM |
Dr. Sarah Power
Mind-controlled technologies: science fiction or reality? |
| 9:10 AM |
Dr. Heath Matheson
Mind embodied: The brain in an action-oriented neuroscience |
| 9:25 AM |
Dr. Benjamin Zendel
Music and the aging auditory brain |
| 9:40 AM |
Drs. Popuri, Power, Matheson & Zendel
Round table discussion |
| 10:00 AM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30 AM | Round Table 2 - The Motor System
Dr. Diana De Carvalho
The relationship between body posture, movement, and perceived pain |
| 10:45 AM |
Dr. Greg Pearcey
Listening to the Nervous System: Surface EMG Signals Reveal the Neural Code of Human Movement |
| 11:00 AM |
Dr. Duane Button
Intense exercise: Friend or foe of the nervous system? |
| 11:15 AM |
Dr. Michelle Ploughman
Exercise is Brain Food |
| 11:30 AM |
Dr. Kevin Power
What can a headless chicken teach us about walking |
| 11:45 AM |
Dr. David Behm
Neuromuscular responses to exercise |
| 12:00 PM |
Drs. De Carvalho, Pearcey, Ploughman, Button, Power & Behm
Round table discussion |
| 12:20 PM | Closing Remarks
Thank you and final wrap up |
Parking
Area 27 – 3rd level of the Parking Garage (Located opposite of the Core Science Facility)
Acknowledgements
Funds in support of this CME activity were provided as an educational grant to Memorial University. The funds were independently allocated and disbursed in accordance with current CMA guidelines. An educational grant to help support this program provided by: The VP Public Engagement/Conference Fund.
Additional acknowledgements to the conference planning committee members, without whom this would not have been possible. Special thanks to:
Dr. Michelle Ploughman
Dr. Benjamin Zendel
Dr. Diana De Carvalho
The Office of Professional & Educational Development (OPED), Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME), a subcommittee of the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS). This standard allows OPED to assign credits for educational activities based on the criteria established by The College of Family Physicians of Canada, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.