Scientific program
Educational neuroscience symposium
Monday 12th June, 2017
The aim of the symposium is to discuss the newly emerged field of Educational Neuroscience (or Neuroeducation). What does it mean and what do we need it for? We will hear world leading experts presenting their own work at the intersection of neuroscience, education and developmental psychology. Speakers will also discuss more informally in a panel discussion e.g. about promoting neuroscience in educational practice.
Agora-building, Auditorium 3
8:00 - 12:00 Registration open
9:00 Opening of the seminar
9:15 Nienke van Atteveldt, Professor, Department of Educational Neuroscience, VU University Amsterdam: Educational neuroscience: myths and promising directions (https://nienkevanatteveldt.com/)
10:00 Päivi Helenius, PhD, neuropsychologist, Unit of Child Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital: Neurocognitive findings in developmental language impairment (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paeivi_Helenius; http://ltl.tkk.fi/wiki/P%C3%A4ivi_Helenius)
10:45 Kimmo Alho, Professor, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki: Attention, distractibility and brain activity in adolescence and early adulthood (https://tuhat.helsinki.fi/portal/en/persons/kimmo-alho(0d38c8b5-2dd7-4b4a-9cb0-16297435f0c6).html
11:30 Lunch break
12:30 Bruce Mc Candliss, Professor, Stanford University: How brain circuits of attention influence symbolic learning in reading and mathematics (https://profiles.stanford.edu/bruce-mccandliss?tab=bio)
13:15 Paavo Leppänen, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä: Internet reading and neurocognitive processes (https://www.jyu.fi/ytk/en/faculty/staff/psykologian-laitos/leppanen-paavo)
14:00 Coffee break
14:30 Erno Lehtinen, Academy Professor, Department of Teacher Education, University of Turku: What educational science and educational psychology expect from neuroscience? (http://users.utu.fi/ernoleh/english03.html;https://www.utu.fi/en/units/edu/units/otuk/contact/people/erno_lehtinen/Pages/home.aspx)
15:15 Ulla Richardson, Professor, Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä: Supporting reading development using the GraphoLearning method (https://agoracenter.jyu.fi/people/ulla.richardson)
16:00 - 18:00 General discussion/Panel discussion with wine and snacks (Agora-building, Lea Pulkkinen hall)
Conference “Understanding Learning in the Brain”
Tuesday 13th June, 2017
Agora-building, Auditorium 3
8:00 - 12:00 Registration open
9:00 - 9:15 Opening words
9:15 - 11:30 Psychology of learning
John M. Pearce, Cardiff University: Associative learning - A New Look at an Old Theory
Matti Laine, University of Turku: Working memory training
Jan Wikgren, University of Jyvaskyla: Brain states modulate learning rate
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch break
12:30 - 14:30 Learning in neural networks and in single cell activity
Miriam Nokia, University of Jyväskylä: Principles of associative learning
Manuel Malmierca, University of Salamanca: The neural basis of auditory perception
Piia Astikainen, University of Jyväskylä: Auditory perceptual learning
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 - 17:00 Brain oscillations and synchrony in studying learning
Simo Monto, University of Jyväskylä: Studying neuronal oscillatory responses with MEG/EEG
Jan Kujala, Aalto University: Local and inter-areal synchronization in language production and perception
Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen, Radboud University: Frequency-specific directed interactions in the human brain network for language
18:30 - 22:00 Posters and get-together party (Agora-building, Lea Pulkkinen hall)
Wednesday 14th June, 2017
Agora-building, Auditorium 3
8:00 - 12:00 Registration open
9:00 - 11:30 Learning and development
Milene Bonte, Maastricht University: Developmental refinement of cortical systems for listening and reading
Nienke van Atteveldt, VU University Amsterdam: The impact of children’s beliefs and goals on their learning processes
Tiina Parviainen, University of Jyväskylä: MEG view to brain development
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00 Learning difficulties
Bruce McCandliss, Stanford University: Developmental changes in how the brain processes speech provide new insights into learning difficulties in reading
Paavo Leppänen, University of Jyväskylä: Neurocognitive risk factors for learning difficulties
15:00 - 21:00 Social program: Excursion to Leivonmäki National park
MEG/EEG analysis workshop
Thursday 15th June at 9-17 and Friday 16th June at 9-14
MaD-building, rooms 205-206
Teachers:
Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen (Radboud University), Jan Kujala (Aalto University), Matti Stenroos (Aalto University), Simo Monto (University of Jyväskylä), Jaakko Leppäkangas (Telecom ParisTech), and Erkka Heinilä (University of Jyväskylä).
The workshop will focus on connectivity analysis and the pre-requisites for performing such analyses. Hands-on sessions will include e.g. source modeling, frequency analysis, computation of connectivity measures, and statistical considerations.
We expect that the course participants have some experience on MEG/EEG analysis, preferably with programming-based approaches such as Matlab or Python. After the course, the participants should be able to describe the steps of a connectivity analysis workflow, and use existing code to perform those analyses.
Thursday 15th June, 2017
MaD 205 & 206
8:30 - 10:00 Registration open
09:00 - 11:00 Lectures
Simo Monto: Introduction to connectivity analysis
Matti Stenroos: Properties of forward and inverse models for connectivity analysis
11:00 - 12:00 Lunch break
12:00 - 14:00 Hands-on
Simo Monto: Pre-processing of MEG data
Matti Stenroos: Properties of forward and inverse solutions
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture
Jan Kujala: Connectivity in time- and frequency domains, Continuous and event-related paradigms
15:30 - 17:00 Hands-on
Jan Kujala: Time- and frequency domain analysis, Connectivity in signal space and source space
18:00 - 22:00 Social program: Evening on the old campus. Lyhty-building
Friday 16th June, 2017
MaD 205 & 206
09:00 - 10:00 Lecture
Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen: Metrics, methods and tools, Interpretational pitfalls
10:00 - 11:30 Hands-on
Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen: Metrics methods and tools
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00 Hands-on
Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen: Metrics, methods, and tools, Interpretational pitfalls