WCNP 2020

The Richard F. Thompson New Concepts Session
Chair: Janelle C. LeBoutillier
Participants: Open to all participants. Five minute PowerPoint presentations on new ideas, findings or techniques.

Saving Six Million Minds?
Chair: Paul Solomon
Participants: Elizabeth Vassey, Michael Pontecorvo, and Paul Solomon.

Evolution of Memory Circuit Architecture
Co-Chairs: Mani Ramaswami and Cory Root
Participants: Sophie Caron, Scott Waddell, Paul Frankland, Cory Root and Mani Ramaswami.

Defining and Investigating Fear and Why It Matters
Chair: Michael Fanselow
Participants: Dean Mobbs, Joseph LeDoux, Kay Tye, Daniela Schiller and Michael Fanselow.

Neuroeconomics – from Cells to Networks
Chair: Philippe Tobler
Participants: Paul Glimcher, Angela Langdon, Tobias Kalenscher and Ifat Levy.

Impact of Neurometabolism on Cognitive Health
Chair: Sara Burke
Participants: Donna Korol, Gyorgy Buzsaki, Paul Gold, Marcus Raichle and Sara Burke.

Plasticity in Homeostatic and Reward Circuitry Regulating Food Intake and Energy Homeostasis
Chair: Kristen O’Connell
Participants: Maribel Rios, Lisa Beutler and Kristen O’Connell.

New Ideas on the Role of the Cerebellum in Cognition
Chair: Barbara Knowlton
Participants: Jessica Bernard, Paul Mathews, Aaron Mattfeld and Dagmar Timmann.

Taking a Step up the Ladder of Cortical Circuit Organization: From Single Units to Multi-Neuronal Assemblies
Chair: Stelios Smirnakis
Participants: Andreas Tolias, Rafael Yuste, Peyman Golshani and Stelios Smirnakis.

Neuro-ecology of Fear
Chair: Jeansok Kim
Participants: Avishek Adhikari, Newton Canteras, June-Seek Choi, and Fred Helmstetter.

What We Can Learn from Human Single Neuron Recordings About Neural Mechanisms Underlying Learning and Memory
Chair: Simon Hanslmayr
Participants: Florian Mormann, Leila Reddy, Josh Jacobs, Nanthia Suthana and Simon Hanslymayr.