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Decade of the Mind symposium in Iowa to emphasize need for $4 billion in federal support
Date:4/29/2008

now Institute for Advanced Study. As the Human Genome Project opened up a window into our genetic make-up, the Decade of the Mind will open up a window into what it means for us to be self-aware, and how that self-awareness emerges from the brain.

The topics to be discussed in nine plenary sessions complement Great Ape Trusts cognitive and behavioral research with nonhuman primates to better understand their mental processes and capabilities, according to Dr. Rob Shumaker, co-organizer of the event and director of orangutan research at Great Ape Trust.

Decade of the Mind III: Emergence of Mind is open to the public and there are no registration fees. Registrations are accepted at www.GreatApeTrust.org/decadeofthemind/ and limited to 200 attendees.

Dr. Giulio Tononi, a professor of psychiatry at University of Wisconsin-Madison and a pioneer in studies of the neural basis of consciousness and the function of sleep, will give the keynote address, Consciousness and the Brain, at the three-day symposium, the third in the Decade of the Mind series. Tononis breakthrough research includes a finding that the fading of consciousness during dreamless sleep seems to occur as the different regions of the cerebral cortex that mediate perception, thought and action become functionally disconnected.

Tononi will make his remarks on the opening night of the symposium at the Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave., where all sessions will be held. A tour of Great Ape Trust facilities, followed by a reception and casual dinner, are also scheduled.

Other speakers are:

  • Dr. James Olds, director of the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. The Krasnow Institute, one of Great Ape Trusts scientific partners, presented the first Decade of the Mind symposium last year as part of its mission to expand understanding of mind, brain and intelligence with rese
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Contact: Al Setka
asetka@greatapetrust.org
515-243-3580
Great Ape Trust of Iowa
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