The First "Barcelona Social Brain" Conference, organized by the New York Academy of Sciences, the Fundaciķ Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovaciķ, the Cātedra UAB "el cervell social" and the European Science Foundation

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Scientific Organizing Committee:

Scott Atran, University of Michigan

Arcadi Navarro, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Kevin Ochsner, Columbia University

Adolf Tobeņa, Autonomous University of Barcelona

What makes suicide bombers capable of sacrificing themselves for a belief? Why do members of one race believe they are superior to another? How do subliminal messages affect the outcome of political polling? Using the tools of neuroscience and social science, researchers have learned a great deal about the brain's role in human behavior and interactions. This November, international scientific leaders and young investigators will convene for the first Barcelona Social Brain Conference, an exciting two-day event featuring talks, poster presentations, and a public lecture on the interdisciplinary field of social neuroscience. Through a neuroscientific lens, participants will examine the human qualities of empathy, sacred values, and cooperation, and focus on the ways in which what they learn can be used to understand human conflicts.

Session I: From animosity to empathy: Neuroimaging studies on the building blocks of fairness
Session II: Genetic markers for good and bad cooperators. A biological approach to fairness in economic exchanges
Session III: Sacred Values: Anthropological and psychological perspectives on fairness in social conflicts

Call for Abstracts:

We invite you to submit an abstract for participation in a Poster Session. Deadline for abstract submission is September 20, 2008. To receive complete instructions for abstract submission, please send an email to valconf@nyas.org. Type the words Abstract Information in the subject line. (You do not need to type a message.) Instructions will be forwarded automatically. If you have any questions, call 212.298.3725.

Abstract submission does not guarantee a seat at the conference. You must register via the Web site or the fax form to ensure a seat.

Although the organizing committee has selected a group of outstanding speakers, up to eighteen additional speakers will be chosen from submitted abstracts to present during data blitz sessions at the conference. In addition, the meeting is planned so the posters will be an integral component of the meeting.

This conference will be published as a volume of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

For sponsorship and exhibitor information please contact: Jordi Mas jordi.mas@fcri.cat or Stacie Bloom at: sbloom@nyas.org, 212.298.8610.

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