Vision, Attention, and Emotion

A symposium of the
Art and Neuroscience project at
the Italian Academy
March 25, 2008 Welcome: David Freedberg
(Director, Italian Academy)

Morning Session: Physiology
Introduction: Anna Ipata
(Columbia)

Followed by:
John Reynolds
(Salk Institute)
Mapping The Microcircuitry of Attention:
Attentional Modulation Varies across
Cell Classes in Visual Area V4

James Bisley
(UCLA)
Where To Look: The Role of
Posterior Parietal Cortex in
Guiding Eye Movements

Earl Miller
(MIT)
Neural Mechanisms for Volitional
and Reflexive Attention

Daniel Salzman
(Columbia)
How Are You Feeling?
Ask Your Amygdala!

Discussion
moderated by David Freedberg

Afternoon Session: Human Studies
Steven Yantis
(Johns Hopkins)
Perceiving More by Seeing Less:
Brain Mechanisms of
Attentional Control

Jeremy Wolfe
(Harvard)
The Puzzling Relationship of
Attention and Awareness:
The View from Étienne Bonnot
de Condillac's Château

Marlene Behrmann
(Carnegie Mellon)
Fellini Had the Right Idea:
Hemispatial Neglect in the World

Elizabeth Phelps
(NYU)
Emotional Influences on
Attention and Perception

Discussion
moderated by
Kevin Ochsner (Columbia);
Q&A and closing
remarks by David Freedberg