Hand, Brain and Technology 2014
The tight functional coupling between hand and brain has greatly shaped the evolution of language, culture and technology. This conference will bring together leading researchers from the multiple disciplines studying the unique dexterity and sensory abilities of the hand, its neuromechanical and physiological control, as well as its functional recovery and neuroprosthetic restoration following injury.
Organizers
- Prof. Roger Gassert
Rehabilitation engineering, ETH Zurich - Prof. external page Peter Brugger
Neuropsychology, University Hospital Zurich - Prof. external page Marie-Claude Hepp-Reymond
Neural control of grasping, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich - Dr. med. external page Fabio M. Conti
Neurocognitive rehabilitation, Clinica Hildebrand Centro di riabilitazione Brissago - Mike D. Rinderknecht
Rehabilitation engineering, ETH Zurich
Conference Objectives
- Bring together leading researchers from all the various disciplines investigating the mechanisms underlying sensorimotor control and the rehabilitation of hand function
- Change the dynamics of the field to become more integrative, by promoting interaction and collaboration between neuroscientists, physiologists, psychologists, clinicians, and engineers
- Provide ample opportunity for junior and advanced researchers to disseminate their work and interact with senior researchers
- Provide an update on the state of the art, highlight recent discoveries and identify future research directions
- Promote the transfer of recent scientific insights and technologies to clinical application
- Add an engineering/robotics component to the content of the two previous successful meetings at CSF
Program
The PDFs of the updated program and the complete HBT 2014 Booklet can be found below:
Invited Keynote Speakers
- external page Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, University of Chicago, USA
Biological and bionic hands: Natural neural coding and artificial perception - external page Joern Diedrichsen, PhD, University College London, UK
The cortical representation of hand movements - external page Georg Goldenberg, MD, Technical University of Munich and Department of Neuropsychology, Bogenhausen Hospital, Germany
Apraxia tears apart the neural substrates of instrumental and communicative functions of the hand - external page Susan Goldin-Meadow, PhD, University of Chicago, USA
From action to abstraction: Gesture as a mechanism of change - external page Vincent Hayward, PhD, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Mechanics of the fingertip and its impact on the prehensile and sensory function of the hand - external page Joachim Hermsdörfer, PhD, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Deficits of tool use following stroke: Neural correlates and technological approaches to assist in activities of daily living - external page Roland Johansson, MD, PhD, Umea University, Sweden
Edge-orientation processing in first-order tactile neurons - external page Derek Kamper, PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology and RIC, Chicago, USA
Neurological interactions among thumb and fingers - external page Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, Northwestern University and RIC, Chicago, USA
Developing Neural Interfaces for Powered Prosthetic Limbs - external page Roger Lemon, PhD, University College London, United Kingdom
Corticospinal involvement in the execution and observation of skilled hand movements - external page Giuseppe Luppino, PhD, University of Parma, Italy
Cortical circuits for purposeful hand actions - external page Tamar Makin, PhD, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Bridging the gap between cortical reorganisation and rehabilitation in arm amputees - external page Lee Miller, PhD, Northwestern University and RIC, USA
Restoring hand function with a biomimetic neural interface and Functional Electrical Stimulation - external page Eric Rouiller, PhD, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Behavioral variability of manual dexterity in macaques - external page Marco Santello, PhD, Arizona State University, USA
Sensorimotor mechanisms for control and learning of dexterous manipulation - external page Marc Schieber, MD, PhD, University of Rochester, USA
Spatiotemporal distribution of object versus location in kinematics, EMG and motor cortex activity during reach, grasp and manipulation - external page Andy Schwartz, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Recent progress toward a high-performance neural prosthesis - external page Hansjörg Scherberger, MD, PhD, German Primate Center and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Grasp predictions from motor, premotor, and parietal population signals - external page Andrea Serino, PhD, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Neural mechanisms, functions and plasticity of Peripersonal Space representation in humans - external page Angela Sirigu, PhD, Université de Lyon, France
Varieties of movement representations in the human brain - external page Francisco Valero-Cuevas, PhD, University of Southern California, USA
Moving beyond a cortico-centric view of dexterity - Nicole Wenderoth, PhD, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Making and breaking motor memories - external page Frank Wilson, MD, DFA (Hon), Neurologist, Stanford University School of Medicine (retired) and author of the book "The Hand: How its use shapes the brain, language, and human culture"
CSF Award
Stefan Schaffelhofer received the CSF junior award for the excellent presentation of his work entitled "From vision to action: a comparative population study of hand grasping areas AIP, F5, and M1". The jury was composed by Sliman Bensmaia, Derek Kamper, Giuseppe Luppino, Marco Santello and Angela Sirigu.
Photos
The conference photo gallery can be found here: external page HBT 2014 Photos
We would like to thank Ken Friedl for sharing his great photos which can be found external page here.
Sponsors
- ETH Zurich
- Centro Stefano Franscini (CSF)
- Clinica Hildebrand Centro di riabilitazione Brissago
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- National Center of Competence in Research on Neural Plasticity and Repair (NCCR Neuro)
- Ticino Neuroscience Foundation
- Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS)
- Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW)
- Novartis
- Roche
- Banca Stato
