Summer 2014 Models of Higher Brain Functions Seminar on ''Learning and Memory'' Richard Kempter

This seminar is part of the module ''Models of Higher Brain Functions'' of the Master Program in Computational Neuroscience

Tutors: Eric Reifenstein, Nikolay Chenkov, Tiziano D'Albis, Jose Donoso

Dates:
Introduction and distribution of topics: June 26, 08:15h
Test talks: July 3 and 4
Presentations of topics: July 7 and 8

Location: Lecture hall of the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin.

Target Group: Students of Computational Neuroscience, Medical Neuroscience, Biology, Biophysics, Physics, Psychology, Mathematics, and Computer Science.

Topics:

1) Explicit and Implicit Memory
2) Plasticity-Memory Hypothesis
3) Hippocampus: Anatomy and Spatial Representations
4) Two-Stage Model of Memory Consolidation
5) Consolidation and Reconsolidation
6) Rhythms and States
7) Sequences, Episodic Memory, and Compression of Time
8) Replay, Consolidation, and the Function of Sleep
9) Theory of Hippocampal Function

This Moodle Course provides details on the seminar.