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Brain Scientists Meet at BAU Berlin
The conference organized by the Bahçeşehir University Department of Psychology at the BAU Berlin Campus brought together leading brain scientists in the field from Germany, the UK and Türkiye.
Leading brain scientists from around the world attended the conference held on 15-16 March 2013 at Bahçeşehir University's BAU Berlin Campus in Berlin, the capital of Germany, led by BAU Head of the Department of Psychology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Metehan Irak and Dr. Muzaffer Kaşer of the University of Cambridge Department of Psychiatry. The conference led to the formation of many new connections and new academic openings in brain science research. Following the conference, joint international projects, student exchanges and new meetings on brain science are planned for the coming years.
The keynote speech of the conference "From Theory to Clinical Practice: Different Aspects of Cognition," held at the BAU Berlin Campus, was delivered by world-renowned brain scientist Prof. Onur Güntürkün, recipient of the 2013 Leibniz Prize, considered Germany's most prestigious science award. Following the keynote, Prof. Emrah Düzel, research director at University College London and Magdeburg University Hospital, Dr. Charlotte Housden of the University of Cambridge and Dr. Robert Dudas, also of the University of Cambridge, gave presentations on research and clinical practice in memory and learning. In the second part of the conference, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Metehan Irak of Bahçeşehir University, Dr. Muzaffer Kaşer of the University of Cambridge and Prof. Tamer Demiralp of İstanbul University shared their research on the electrical activity of the brain with participants. In the final part, Prof. John Dylan-Haynes of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Prof. Martin Brüne of Ruhr University and Dr. Cumhur Taş, also of Ruhr University, presented the latest research findings on imaging social functions in the brain and their clinical implications.
BAU BERLIN BECOMES A SCIENCE CENTER
Following the conference, the participants decided, as a first goal, to hold a satellite symposium in Berlin in 2014, before the international "Human Brain Mapping" meeting, bringing together brain scientists from Türkiye and Germany. With this meeting, the BAU Department of Psychology is leading a new international cooperation network in brain sciences, while BAU Berlin, which has already held many international events in its very first year, has become the meeting point of this network.
