Reward, Motivation, and Beyond: Neural Basis of Communication, Part 2

Information

Our actions and decisions are deeply influenced by the interplay of reward and motivation, which shape our behaviors and communication. Understanding how the brain processes rewards and drives motivation is essential for uncovering the neural mechanisms that underpin these functions. This symposium will bring together international and domestic experts in neuroscience and discuss their latest findings on neural processes regarding reward, motivation, and their connection to communication.

Date

Sunday, October 13, 2024 – Monday, October 14, 2024

Venue

October 13, 2024
TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
October 14, 2024
Lecture room (Room 104 & 105), Life Sciences Project Research Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]

Speakers (In order of appearance) [Oct. 10, 2024 Updated]

October 13, 2024
Kentaro Miyamoto (RIKEN)
Atsushi Noritake (National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS))
Ken–ichi Amemori (Kyoto University)
Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University)
Masaaki Ogawa (Shiga University of Medical Science)
Mayu Takahashi (Tohoku University)
Hiroshi Yamada (University of Tsukuba) [Canceled]
Hidetoshi Amita (Kyoto University)
Fumino Fujiyama (Hokkaido University)

October 14, 2024

Naoshige Uchida *

Harvard University

Takafumi Minamimoto

National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)

Hiromu Tanimoto

Tohoku University [Canceled]

Wolfram Schultz *

University of Cambridge

Kumi Kuroda

Institute of Science Tokyo

Takefumi Kikusui

Azabu University

* Keynote speakers

Registration [Oct. 02, 2024 Updated]

Registration deadline: Friday, October 11, 2024 17:00 (JST)
– Closed

Time Schedule [Oct. 02, 2024 Updated]

Sunday, October 13, 2024
Workshop on the Systems Neuroscience Approach
13:00 – 13:05: Opening remarks; Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University)

Chair: Masaaki Ogawa (Shiga University of Medical Science)
13:05 – 13:30: Kentaro Miyamoto (RIKEN); Evolutionary origin of introspection in primates

13:30 – 13:55: Atsushi Noritake (NIPS); Exploring Neural Mechanisms Underlying Social Reward and Emotion in Macaques

13:55 – 14:20: Ken–ichi Amemori (Kyoto University); Why Is It Hard to Feel Motivated for Unpleasant Tasks? Regulating Anxiety and Depression through Physiological and Genetic Approaches in Primates

14:20 – 14:40: Break

Chair: Fumino Fujiyama (Hokkaido University)
14:40 – 15:05: Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University); Neural Basis of Abstract Thinking

15:05 – 15:30: Masaaki Ogawa (Shiga University of Medical Science); Neural mechanisms for persistent pursuit of reward

15:30 – 15:55: Mayu Takahashi (Tohoku University); Neural circuits for Attentive Fixation and its Relation to Saccade Trigger

15:55 – 16:15: Break

Chair: Ken–ichi Amemori (Kyoto University)
16:15 – 16:40: Hiroshi Yamada (University of Tsukuba) [Canceled]; Dynamic prospect theory: two core decision theories coexist in the gambling behavior of monkeys and humans

16:40 – 17:05: Hidetoshi Amita (Kyoto University); Dopamine signaling to the primate striatum in stimulus–reward associations

17:05 – 17:30: Fumino Fujiyama (Hokkaido University); Morphological Reevaluation of Basal Ganglia Network

17:30 – 17:35: Closing remarks

Monday, October 14, 2024
09:30 – 10:00: Registration open

10:00 – 10:05: Opening remarks; Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University)

Chair: Noriko Osumi (Tohoku University)
10:05 – 10:55: Naoshige Uchida (Harvard University); The neural mechanisms for reinforcement learning in the brain

10:55 – 11:05: Coffee break

Chair: Takuya Sasaki (Tohoku University)
11:05 – 11:45: Takafumi Minamimoto (QST); Dissociable roles of primate prefronto–subcortical pathways in motivation and adaptive behavior

11:45 – 12:25: Hiromu Tanimoto (Tohoku University) [Canceled]; Tuning reward intensities through the dual autoreceptor regulation; Takefumi Kikusui (Azabu University); Social interaction between human and dog

12:25 – 13:30: Lunch

Chair: Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University)
13:30 – 14:20: Wolfram Schultz (University of Cambridge); Using the dopamine reward prediction error signal for maximizing reward

14:20 – 14:30: Coffee break

Chair: Hideaki Takeuchi (Tohoku University)
14:30 – 15:10: Kumi Kuroda (Institute of Science Tokyo); The motivation to care: its neural mechanism and the evolutionary origin

15:10 – 15:15: Closing remarks; Noriko Osumi (Tohoku University)

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Organizers

Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui
(Tohoku University)

Noriko Osumi
(Tohoku University)

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Contact

Email: office*snlabsendai.org (change * to @)

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