mobiligence2009

November 19 (Day 1)

Opening Remarks (Main Hall)

Chair: K. Osuka (Osaka Univ.)

13:30-13:45 Introduction of the Mobiligence Program: Emergence of Adaptive Motor Function through Interaction among the Body, Brain and Environment - A Constructive Approach to the Understanding of Mobiligence - H. Asama (Director of Mobiligence Project, Univ. of Tokyo)

Organized Symposium by Research Group A (Main Hall)

Chair: T. Kondo (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology)

13:45-14:25 Research Report of Group A: Adaptation to Environment
K. Ito (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
14:25-14:35 The Effect of Motivated Observation on Human Motor Learning
T.Kondo, K.Nakamura and T.Nozawa (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
14:35-14:45 Mind your neighbors: Risk, impulsiveness and “biological motion” in domestic chicks
H. Amita, M. Miura, A. Kawamori and T. Matsushima (Hokkaido University)
14:45-14:55 Recalibration of Time to Contact
Y. Koike, K. Yoneyama, H. Kambara (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
14:55-15:05 Neural Mechanisms underlying Trial-and-error Behaviors in the Macaque Prefrontal Cortex
A. Fujimoto, T. Tanaka and T. Ogawa (Kyoto University)
15:05-15:15 Why the Hand Motion Preceeds the Target in Tracking Experiment?
Y. Hayashi (Tohoku Institute of Technology), Y. Tamura, K. Sugawara (Tohoku Gakuin University), Y. Sawada (Tohoku Institute of Technology)
15:15-15:25 Object-centered position coding for hand manipulation action in the parietal cortex of the monkey
A. Murata, W. N. Shein and H. Sakata (Kinki University School of Medicine)
15:25-15:35 Inference of Other's Sensorimotor Patterns based on Symbolic Query with Motion Performance
K.Okuno (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies) and T. Inamura (National Institute of Informatics)
15:35-15:45 A Neuro-dynamical Model for Understanding Mechanisms of Goal-directed Action Imitation
H. Arie (RIKEN Brain Science Institute), T. Endo, T. Arakaki, S. Sugano (Waseda University) and J. Tani (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
15:45-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:15 Poster Session (P101-P115)

Invited Talk 1 (Main Hall)

Chair: H. Asama (Univ. of Tokyo)

17:15-18:15 Adaptive Interfaces to Damaged Nervous Systems
Joel W. Burdick (California Institute of Technology)
18:15-19:30 Welcome Reception (Reception Hall B)

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