Workshop,Conference: Space, Time and Number: The Cerebral Basis of Mathematical Intuitions

在太空中环游世界，跟踪时间，量化我们周围的世界是人类的重要组成部分。 但我们如何实现这些壮举呢？ 是什么样的神经机制让我们能够从家里导航到工作地点，估计交通灯何时应该变成绿色，或者比较两个杂货店结账队伍中的人数？ 题为“空间，时间和数字：数学直觉的大脑基础”的会议将探讨关于我们周围世界的这些定量方面如何表示以及它们如何相互关联的研究的最新进展。这次会议的一个令人兴奋的方面是，研究的数量，空间和时间几乎是无与伦比的多学科性质。该主题需要研究人类认知发展，成人认知，非人类动物，行为和基于大脑的方法和计算建模，从而汇集了来自许多不同部门和专业领域的研究人员。虽然会议将包括来自地球仪的资深科学家，但NSF的这一奖项将资助美国的初级科学家2010年7月会议由Stanislas Dehaene博士和Elizabeth Brannon博士组织，（首席研究员），将是第一次国际会议的同类集中在神经基础的时间，空间和数字的代表。 会议将发表一系列论文，以便在科学家中更广泛地传播。 最重要的是，通过为初级学者提供参加的手段，该奖项将支持这个多元化的跨学科研究人员群体之间形成新的研究合作。

Getting around the world in space, keeping track of time, and quantifying the world around us is an essential part of being human. But how do we accomplish these feats? What are the neural mechanisms that allow us to navigate from home to work, to estimate when a traffic light should turn green, or to compare the number of people in two grocery checkout lines? The conference titled "Space, Time and Number: The Cerebral Basis of Mathematical Intuitions" will explore the state of the art in research on how these quantitative aspects of the world around us are represented and how they might relate to one another. An exciting aspect of this meeting is that the study of number, space, and time is almost unparalleled in its multidisciplinary nature. The topic requires studying human cognitive development, adult cognition, nonhuman animals, behavioral and brain-based approaches and computational modeling and thus brings together researchers from many different departments and fields of expertise. While the meeting will include senior scientists from around the globe, this NSF award will fund American junior scientists (graduate students, postdoctoral training associates, and assistant professors) who would otherwise be unable to attend.The July 2010 meeting, organized by Dr. Stanislas Dehaene and Dr. Elizabeth Brannon (the Principal Investigator), will be the first international meeting of its kind to focus on the neural bases of the representation of time, space, and number. The conference will lead to a series of papers to be published for more widespread dissemination among scientists. Most importantly, by providing a means for junior scholars to attend, this award will support the formation of new research collaborations among this diverse, interdisciplinary group of researchers.