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

Please Note:

- Day of event registration can be completed at the registration desk in the Main Auditorium (Room 2815) during the morning of March 31st. 

- If you have parking and/or accessibility concerns, please email Diana.DeCarvalho@med.mun.ca and/or bzendel@mun.ca

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