LNCO hosts Symposium on Vestibular Consciousness and Cognition

The two day symposium included invited talks by Prof Fred Mast (Uni Bern), Prof Bigna Lenggenhager (Uni Zürich), Prof Christophe Lopez (Uni Marseille), and Prof Blanke (EPFL), as well as a keynote by Professor Alain Berthoz (Collège de France). Junior researchers from all participating labs further presented their latest work in two lively poster sessions. 

Day 1 Speakers

• Prof Fred Mast: Mental simulation: A hidden role of the brain’s vestibular network? 

• Prof Bigna Lenggenhager: The vestibular system, embodiment and perspective taking

• Prof Alain Berthoz:​​​​​​ ​Conscious contribution of the vestibular system to perception, action, and memory in body, extrapersonal and environmental space 

Day 2 Speakers

• Prof Olaf Blanke: Vestibular mechanisms and bodily self-consciousness

• Prof Christophe Lopez: From the vestibular cortex to own-body cognition