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The Institute for Mathematical Sciences presents this conference on; “Complexity and Networks – Neuroscience.”

The meeting is open to everyone, but please register by email to m.salviato@imperial.ac.uk

12:00 – 12:05 Prof. Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen (IMS & Dept. of Math, Imperial College London) Welcome and introductory remarks
12:05 – 12:35 Dr David Dolan (piano) with Matthew Featherstone (flute) and Andrew Balch (viola)(Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London) Investigating the communication of the state of wonder – when risk-taking, freedom and structure meet. Classical improvisation as a catalyst of creativity and enhanced musical dialogue
12:35 – 13:20 Prof. John Sloboda (Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London)
Psychological processes in the generation of peak emotional moments in music
13:20 – 13:30 Break
13:30 – 14:15 Dr Lauren Stewart (Goldsmiths, University of London) When all the songs sounds the same: Insights into the musical brain
14:15 – 14:25 Break
14:25 – 15:10 Prof. Rainer Goebel (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands) Real-time decoding of mental states – A BOLD-based communication BCI
15:10 – 15:20 Break
15:20 – 16:05 Dr Miguel Castelo-Branco (University of Coimbra, Portugal) Neurobiological basis of emergent perceptual states
16:05 – 16:35 Coffee, tea and biscuit break
16:35 – 17:05 Marcos Nadal (Universidad de las Islas Baleares, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) Dynamical analysis of beauty versus non-beauty perception
17:05 – 17:15 Break
17:15 – 17:35 Paul Expert (IMS & Dept. of Physics, Imperial College London) Self-similarity in the rest-state fMRI
17:35 – 17:55 Shama Rahman (IMS & Dept. of Physics, Imperial College London) Quantitative indicators of musical creativity
17:55 – 18:00 Prof. Kim Christensen (IMS & Dept. of Physics, Imperial College London) Closing remarks

For more information email Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen