Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School in Bad BevensenNeue Seite
15.10.2024 -
Amy and Nadine attended the Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School in Bad Bevensen this July. During the two weeks, they heard from a variety of speakers, covering topics ranging from visual attention, perception and consciousness, decision-making in space and time, and the neural control of reaching and reflexes. They engaged in round-table discussions that centred on ethics and public outreach in NHP research, refinements of common NHP research methods, and different strategies of animal training and enrichment. The two also presented their own work through posters: Nadine outlined her PhD project plan, which will use chemogenetics to analysis the role of the pulvinar in visual decision-making, whilst Amy presented her ongoing analysis of network connectivity in the resting brain of monkeys lacking the primary visual cortex.
This summer school was an invaluable learning and networking opportunity, both through lectures and discussions, but also through canoeing and a Lüneburg city tour!