{"id":35047,"date":"2026-05-08T14:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutosantosdumont.org.br\/?page_id=35047"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:43:22","slug":"neural-mechanisms-of-cognitive-function-2027","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutosantosdumont.org.br\/en\/neural-mechanisms-of-cognitive-function-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Function (2027)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This event aims to promote an integrative discussion about the physiological neural mechanisms and internal states that give rise to cognitive functions.<\/p>

By integrating knowledge from diverse perspectives in neuroscience, ranging from cellular interactions to cognitive processes, we seek to foster a holistic understanding of brain function.<\/p>

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Day 1 | August 16<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

10:00-11:00 <\/b>Registration<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

11:00-11:20 <\/b>Opening and Welcome Remarks<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

11:20-12:00 <\/b>Stefano Panzeri \u2013 Decoding neural activity from the EEG<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

12:00-14:00 <\/b>Lunch Break<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

14:00-14:40 <\/b>Fernanda Selingardi Matias \u2013 Statistical physics applied
 to neuroscience: data analysis and numerical simulations<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

14:40-15:20 <\/b>Emily Stephen \u2013 Spectral decompositions of neural voltage recordings are
susceptible to model misspecifications that cause significant estimation error<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

15:20-16:00 <\/b>Andrea Navas Olive \u2013 Network architecture shapes memory storage in hippocampal CA3 models<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

16:00-16:30 <\/b>Coffee Break & Networking<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

16:30-18:00 <\/b>Debate: How do we infer neural mechanisms from complex data?
Moderator: Vitor Lopes dos Santos<\/span><\/p>\n

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Day 2 | August 17<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

10:00-10:40 <\/b>Sarthak Chandra \u2013 Emergence of functionally-constrained
neural circuits through activity-dependent developmental mechanisms<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

10:40-11:20 <\/b>Abhilasha Joshi \u2013 Organization of hippocampal spiking at stepping hotspots<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

11:20-12:00 <\/b>Vicente Raja \u2013 Computer Killed the Radio Star: On Ecology and the Brain<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

12:00-14:00 <\/b>Lunch Break<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

14:00-14:40 <\/b>Manuel Valero \u2013 Cooperative actions of interneuron families in the hippocampus<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

14:40-15:20 <\/b>Sanja Mikulovic \u2013 Neuronal networks in the dorsal hippocampus causally regulate rescue behavior in mice<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

15:20-16:00 <\/b>Jake Watson \u2013 Untangling cell-type contributions to the hippocampal choir<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

16:00-16:30 <\/b>Coffee Break & Networking<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

16:30-18:00 <\/b>Poster Session<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Day 3 | August 18<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

10:00-10:40 <\/b>Antonia Marin Burgin \u2013 Experience-dependent sensory processing<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

10:40-11:20 <\/b>Janine Rossato \u2013 Memory updating in the aging brain: neural signatures of
reconsolidation in rodents<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

11:20-12:00 <\/b>Flash Talks \u2013 Short presentations by three selected students<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

12:00-14:00 <\/b>Lunch Break <\/span><\/p>\n

14:00-14:40 <\/b>Grace Schenatto Pereira \u2013 Acquisition, retrieval, and updating of social memory<\/p>\n

14:40-15:20 <\/b>Noelia Weisstaub \u2013 Prefrontal control of competing memories: from
neuromodulatory circuits to adaptive behavior<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

15:20-16:00 <\/b>Fl\u00e1vio Mour\u00e3o \u2013 Hippocampal\u2013Thalamocortical Circuitry Coordinates Aversive
Memory Extinction<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

16:00-16:30 <\/b>Coffee Break & Networking<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

16:30-17:30 <\/b>Roundtable: Women in Science in the Global South. Maria Carolina Gonzalez, Antonia Marin Burgin, Andressa Radiske, Abhilasha Joshi<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Day 4 | August 19<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

10:00-10:40 <\/b>Tosif Ahamed \u2013 Capturing the continuous complexity of behavior in
Caenorhabditis elegans<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

10:40-11:20 <\/b>Nivaldo Antonio Portela de Vasconcelos \u2013 Reward coding in large neurons
populations<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

11:20-12:00 <\/b>Flash Talks \u2013 Short presentations by three selected students<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

12:00-14:00 <\/b>Lunch Break<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

14:00-14:40 <\/b>Sara Mederos \u2013 Brainwide circuits for adaptive decisions in response to threat<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

14:40-15:20 <\/b>Mohamady El-Gaby \u2013 From structure knowledge to flexible behavior: the
importance of prefrontal computations<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

15:20-16:00 <\/b>Cristina Becchio \u2013 Kinematic coding of intentions<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

16:00-16:30 <\/b>Coffee Break & Networking<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

16:30-18:30 <\/b>Poster Session<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Day 5 | August 20<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

10:00-10:40 <\/b>Rodrigo Pav\u00e3o \u2013 Sound Source Localization<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

10:40-11:20 <\/b>Fernanda Palhano Fontes \u2013 Effects of inhaled DMT on healthy volunteers and
patients with depression<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

11:20-12:00 <\/b>Flash Talks \u2013 Short presentations by three selected students<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

12:00-14:00 <\/b>Lunch Break<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

14:00-14:40 <\/b>M\u00e1rcio Fl\u00e1vio Dutra de Moraes \u2013 Theta Oscillations and the Temporal
Organization of Memory Formation<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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Abhilasha Joshi
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Andrea Navas Olive
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Andressa Radiske <\/b>
Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Brazil<\/p>

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Antonia Marin Burgin
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Cristina Becchio<\/b>
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany\u00a0
<\/span>Emily Stephen \/ Boston University, USA<\/p>

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Fernanda Palhano Fontes<\/b>
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil<\/p>

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Fernanda Selingardi Matias<\/b>
Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil<\/p>

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Flavio Mour\u00e3o<\/b>
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil<\/p>

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Grace Schenatto Pereira<\/b>
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil<\/p>

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Jake Watson<\/b>
Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain<\/p>

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Janine Rossato<\/b>
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil<\/p>

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Manuel Valero<\/b>
Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain<\/p>

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Maria Carolina Gonzalez<\/b><\/p>

Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Brazil<\/p>


Mohamady El-Gaby
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Nivaldo Vasconcelos<\/b>
Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil<\/p>

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M\u00e1rcio Fl\u00e1vio Dutra de Moraes<\/b>
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Noelia Weisstaub
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Rodrigo Pav\u00e3o<\/b>
Federal University of ABC, Brazil

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Sanja Mikulovic
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Sara Mederos
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Sarthak Chandra
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Stefano Panzeri
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Tosif Ahamed
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Vicente Raja<\/b>
University of Murcia, Spain

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Victor Lopes-dos-Santos<\/b>
MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford<\/i><\/span><\/p>

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Abhilasha Joshi<\/p>

Andressa Radiske<\/p>

Maria Carolina Gonzalez<\/p>

Vitor Lopes dos Santos<\/p>

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Scientific Committee<\/b><\/p>

President: Maria Carolina Gonzalez<\/p>

Abhilasha Joshi<\/span><\/p>

Andressa Radiske<\/span><\/p>

Antonia Marin Burgin<\/span><\/p>

Janine Inez Rossato<\/span><\/p>

M\u00e1rcio Fl\u00e1vio Dutra de Moraes<\/span><\/p>

Mart\u00edn Cammarota<\/span><\/p>

Mohamady El-Gaby<\/span><\/p>

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