Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting 2012
End of May 2012 NIHC will organize a symposium on Brain signals predictingsSusceptibility and distractibility during the conference Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting (ENP 2012). Since 1997, ENP has become the national forum for scientific exchange in the field of endo-crinologie, neurology and psychology. This year, the 10th conference will be held in Lunteren.
NIHC Symposium
Susceptibility for information and distractibility are variable over time and this has implications for the timing of the delivery of relevant information. Fascinating strides have recently been made in deciphering the brain signals that control and predict such cognitive competences (see 2011 dissertation by Tineke Grent-‘t Jong). For example, the presence of oscillating signals from the more controlling, frontal part of the human cortex, to the visual brain in the back of the head, predicts the speed of detection of a visual signal (Jensen), and also the probability that on-going actions are interrupted when necessary. Brain scans can predict human decisions (e.g., should I stay or should I go) with a delay of about ten seconds (between the predicting brain scan and the conscious decision, Haynes), and recently EEG oscillation desynchronization was already predictive in that respect 20 seconds preceding overt detection or decision (Foxe). Hence, such brain signals ca n be used to trace the fluctuations in susceptibility and distractibility, as a function of time, but also across individuals and various states of mind (Slagter). This session highlights recent developments in this field and addresses the applicability in real-life situations.