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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Sussex Leverhulme Doctoral Programme Day<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Predictive Brain: From Perception to Awareness<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Programme proudly presents the 1st Sussex Leverhulme Doctoral Programme Day, taking place 16th July 2019 at the University of Sussex.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The programme, directed by Professor Jamie Ward and Professor Anil Seth, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, brings together researchers and doctoral students from across neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, robotics,
and the arts, with the goal of advancing our understanding of interactions between sensation, perception, as well as awareness in humans, animals, and machines.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">This full-day event will gather speakers from around the UK, offering an excellent opportunity to take part of current research as well as present your own. This year’s topic is “From Sensation and Perception
to Awareness: The Role of Prediction”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">This year’s guest speakers include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Dr Katerina Fotopoulou<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Professor Andy Clark<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Dr Rosalyn Moran<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Dr Ryota Kanai<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Call for abstracts<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">We hereby call for abstracts, inviting PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines to present their work, in the form of a poster or oral presentation, in relation to this year’s topic.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>Poster presentation</i> - All applicants are invited to present their work as a poster, which will be displayed throughout a dedicated poster session during the lunch break of the event.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>Oral presentation</i> - PhD students are invited to present their work through 15 minute talks (10 minutes talk and 5 minute for discussion).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Submission<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">All submissions must include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>A clear and concise abstract in English of no more than 500 words<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>A title<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>A list of authors, including institution affiliation of each author, and one author presenting the abstract<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>A reference list<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Please submit your abstract in PDF format to Dennis Larsson (<a href="mailto:D.Larsson@bsms.ac.uk">D.Larsson@bsms.ac.uk</a>). All abstracts must be submitted no later than 8pm on<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span> 31<sup>st</sup> of May.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Due to the limited number of talks and poster slots, all abstracts might not be accepted. Selection of abstract will be based on their quality and relevance to the theme.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Take this opportunity to share your hard work with others and raise awareness of your research!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="SV">Dennis Larsson, Philipp Kaniuth, Carla Dance, Filippo Torresan, Joshua Hargreaves, Magdalena del Rio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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