Workshop - The Role Of The Basal Ganglia In The Interaction Between Language And Other Cognitive Functions

Topic 
Although increasing evidence points to the need to include subcortical structures to the brain network recruited during language processing, the specific role of these structures is not clear. The aim of this workshop is twofold:
(i) To foster the discussion between researchers working on the implication of subcortical structures in language from very different perspectives (i.e. the role of these structures in healthy individuals, the effects of subcortical damage on language processing, the neural correlates of language processing). 

Workshop - The Role Of The Basal Ganglia In The Interaction Between Language And Other Cognitive Functions

Topic 
Although increasing evidence points to the need to include subcortical structures to the brain network recruited during language processing, the specific role of these structures is not clear. The aim of this workshop is twofold:
(i) To foster the discussion between researchers working on the implication of subcortical structures in language from very different perspectives (i.e. the role of these structures in healthy individuals, the effects of subcortical damage on language processing, the neural correlates of language processing). 

Wisdom, madness, and kindness of Crowds: What is the adaptive value of collective decision making ?

Abstract:
Many of us believe that two heads are better than one. Almost all of us also believe that too many cooks spoil the broth. Social psychology has provided evidence for both views raising the question if groups are not particularly better than individuals, what is the point of making decisions together? In my talk I will explore this question and suggest that consistent collective benefit is indeed real and achievable but not in the form of choice accuracy. You will have to sit through the talk - I am afraid - to see what my alternative is.

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