Fifth International School On Mind, Brain And Education
Program 2010, August 1-6
Learning, Arts,
and the Brain
Directors: Antonio M. Battro and Kurt W. Fischer
Program officer: María Lourdes Majdalani
PROGRAM 2010 - ALL SESSIONS WERE HELD AT SAN DOMENICO
SATURDAY 31 JULY
Registration and lodging
20.00: Dinner and reception at La Pineta (see map)
SUNDAY 1 AUGUST
Moderator: Kurt Fischer
15.00: Welcome: Antonio Battro, Kurt Fischer and Susan Magsamen
15.30 - 16.15 Fernando Vidal and Francisco Ortega: An axiomatic truth? Varieties of neuroesthetic experience
16.15 - 17.00 Hideaki Koizumi: “Brain-science & the arts” for human well-being
17.00 - 17.15 Coffee break
17.15 - 18.00 Ed Connor: Neural basis of sculptural aesthetics
18.00 - 18.30 Discussions (upper floor)
MONDAY 2 AUGUST
Moderator: Antonio Battro
9.00 - 9.45 Jean Pierre Changeux: The neuroscience of art: a research program for the next decade?
9.45 - 10.30 James Catterall: Artistic youth, the genesis of empathy, and a right hemispheric development hypothesis suggested by the recent work of Ian McGilchrist
10.30 - 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 - 11.15 Discussions (upper floor)
11.15 - 12.00 Kim Sheridan: Learning in the Arts: the studio thinking framework
12.00 - 12.30: Discussions (upper floor)
Lunch
16.00 - 16.45 Christina Hinton: Babies, books and Bellini
16.45 - 17.30 Antonio Battro: The art of fencing and painting with a half brain
17.30 - 17.45 Coffee break
17.45 - 18.15 Discussions (upper floor)
TUESDAY 3 AUGUST
Program officer: Lula Majdalani
Free day: Optional visit to historical places: Segesta and Selinunte
WEDNESDAY 4
Moderator: Susan Magsamen
9.00 - 9.45 Horacio Reggini: Put a brain in your camera: non-standard computer images
9.45 - 10.30 Giuseppe Longo: Cognitive neuroscience, reading literary texts, and emotional education
10.30 - 10.45 Coffe break
10.45 - 11.15 Discussions (upper floor)
11.15 - 12.00 Mariale Hardiman, Claire Grizzard and Susan Rome: The Arts as a portal to creativity in teaching and learning
12.00 - 12.30 Discussions (upper floor)
Lunch
16.00 - 16.45 Susan Magsamen: Learning 21st Century skills through poly-sensory experiences and Arts
16.45 - 17.30 James Croft: An epistemological critique of Neuroesthetics
17.30 - 17.45 Coffee break
17.45 - 18.15 Discussions (upper floor)
19.00 - 20.00 Workshop (optional): Horacio Reggini
THURSDAY 5
Moderator: Hideaki Koizumi
9.00 - 9.45 Yadin Dudai: Brain theory of cinema, and cinema theory of brain: explorations in the interaction of movie and mind
9.45 - 10.30 Thalia Goldstein: Acting classes enhance social cognitive skills
10.30 - 10.45 Coffe break
10.45 - 11.15 Discussions (upper floor)
11.15 – 12.00 Soraya Umewaka: Brain education art
12.00 - 12.30 Discussions (upper floor)
Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Film Soraya Umewaka (optional)
16.00 - 16.45 Fumitaka Homae: From sounds to language: the auditory world in the infant brain
16.45 - 17.30 Hirokazu Tanaka: Shedding light on hidden yourself; Optical-Topography decoding of higher cognitive functions
17.30 - 17.45 Coffee break
17.45 – 18.30 Kylie Peppler: In dialogue: links between drama and the academic English language development of at-risk-youth
18.30 – 19.00: Discussions (upper floor)
Farewell dinner at La Pineta
Mind, Brain and Education Prize
FRIDAY 6
Departure