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6th Symposium
Bial Foundation 6th Symposium
Behind and Beyond the Brain
Memory
Program
March 29
20h00 - Registration
21h00 - Opening Session
21h15 - The Robert Morris Tribute
Luís Portela - Chairman of Bial Foundation
Richard Broughton
22h00 - Opening Conference
Chairman – Nuno Grande
The Neurobiology of Recollection
Howard Eichenbaum
23h00 - Close of day
March 30
1st session
Neuroscience of memory
Chairman – Fernando Lopes da Silva
09h00 - Opening remarks
09h15 - Memory circuits in the brain: organization of the network underlying cortico-hippocampal interactions
Menno Witter
09h50 - Linking Brain Systems for Episodic Memory
John Aggleton
10h25 - Exploring the human declarative memory system by functional neuroimaging
Guillén Fernández
11h00 - Coffee Break
11h30 - General Lecture
Molecular and cellular cognition: Memory and how it fails
Alcino Silva
12h30 - Discussion
13h00 - Lunch
14h30 - Oral presentations - Bial Foundation's Fellows
Chairman – Rui Mota Cardoso
16h45 - Coffee, posters session and contacts with faculty
18h00 - Close of day
March 31
2nd session
Memory and unusual experiences
Chairman – Mário Simões
09h00 - Opening remarks
09h15 - Physiology of "déjà-vu" and dreamy state experiences
Patrick Chauvel
09h50 - Hearing the news of the death of Princess Diana and September 11: How special are flashbulb memories?
Lia Kvavilashvili
10h25 - Incredible memories: how accurate are reports of anomalous events?
Christopher French
11h00 - Coffee Break
11h30 - General Lecture
Memory and suggestibility in maltreated children: An examination of current research and theory relevant to children's disclosures of abuse
Mitchell Eisen
12h30 - Discussion
13h00 - Lunch
14h30 - Oral presentations - Bial Foundation's Fellows
Chairman –Alexandre Castro-Caldas
16h45 - Coffee, posters session and contacts with faculty
18h00 - End of session
21h30 - Evening encounter
Questions about and around memories
Moderator - Mário Simões
23h00 - Close of day
April 1
3rd session
Memory and Psi
Chairman – Caroline Watt
09h00 - Opening remarks
09h15 - Memory and ESP: A Review of the Experimental Literature
John Palmer
09h50 - Why do ghosts wear clothes? Examining the Role of Memory and Emotion in Anomalous Experiences
Richard Broughton
10h25 - Making Sense of the "Extrasensory": Modeling Receptive Psi Using Memory-Related Concepts
Rex Stanford
11h00 - Coffee Break
11h30 - General Lecture
The misuse of Memory in Psi Research
Stephen Braude
12h30 - Discussion
13h00 - Lunch
14h30 - Comprehensive round table
Chairman – Alexandre Castro-Caldas
Alcino Silva, Mitchell Eisen and Stephen Braude
16h30 - Farewell Coffee
