Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting 2012
Eind mei 2012 verzorgt het NIHC een symposium over Brain signals predicting susceptibility and distractibility tijdens het congres Endo-Neuro-Psycho Meeting (ENP 2012). Sinds 1997 is ENP uitgegroeid tot hèt forum voor nationale wetenschappelijke uitwisseling op het gebied van endo-crinologie, neurologie en psychologie. Dit jaar vindt het 10de congres plaats in Lunteren.
NIHC Symposium (Conference language: English))
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.