The Canadian Action and Perception Network (CAPnet) is a
neuroscience research consortium lead by members of the York
Centre for Vision Research (Toronto), the University of Western
Ontario Centre for Brain and Mind (London Ont.), Queen's Centre
for Neuroscience (Kingston), the McGill Integrated Program in
Neuroscience (Montreal), et le Groupe de Recherche sur le
Systeme Nerveux Central (University of Montreal). CAPnet celebrates
Canada's international leadership and close knit community in the
neuroscience of action and perception.
The mandate of CAPnet is to promote major collaborative projects in the
area of action and perception, both between the core member
universities and with their academic, clinical, and industrial partners.
Most of the human brain is involved in processes related to sensation,
perception, and movement control, so to study this topic is really to
study how the brain works. Conversely, most disorders, diseases, and
injuries of the central nervous system -currently affecting about one
billion people worldwide- disrupt these processes in some way. The
long-term goal of CAPnet is to understand how the brain allows most
people to perceive and move in the world - and how we might help the
people who have trouble with these basic functions.
April 2012
Application due on April 22nd for upcoming Summer School in Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience ***CoSMo 2012***
October 2011
AACPDM 65th Annual Meeting: Accepting the Challenge from October 12-15, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Mel Goodale gives the Mac Keith Press Basic Science Lectureship on "The Functional Organization of the Central Visual Pathways: Vision for Perception vs. Vision for Action"
July 2011 - Important Message from Mel Goodale
Friends
and colleagues,
I am sorry to have to let you know that Marc Jeannerod passed away on July 1 after a long illness. Marc was one of France's most visible neuroscientists and was a pioneer in the study of visuomotor control and more recently, in studies on the neural substrates of consciousness and the sense of agency.
I know that his work and ideas influenced a lot of people in CAPnet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Jeannerod
Oct 2010 - CPS / CAPNET joint
winter meeting registration now open!
Physiological mechanisms of perception, cognition and action
Hotel Mount Gabriel, Sainte-Adèle, Quebec
February 10 to 12, 2011
Sept 2010 - York
University's New Sherman Centre is a powerplay of research
excellence Yfile
June 2010 - CAPnet
Faculty retreat held in Kingston, Ontario on June 14&15, 2010. (Photos)
Mar 2010 - CAPnet
appreciates Canada's important investment in research in 2010 federal
budget. Nature
News
Jan 2010 - York's Centre for Vision
Research (CVR) summer school application deadline is Febuary 1st, 2010.
©2008, Canadian Action and Perception Network
