Neurophysiological mechanisms supporting attention and prediction

RITMO/CTNC hybrid symposium June 11th 2026

A rendered, colourful model of the human brain.

Image: Alejandro Blenkmann

Seminar room 3 and online (Zoom link will be provided after registration).

Address: Forskningsveien 3A, 0373 Oslo.

CTNC: The Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience Cluster

RITMO: Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion

Registration form: https://nettskjema.no/a/629854 

Registration Deadline: 03.06.2026

Program

09:00-09:40

Auditory mismatch responses to harmonic and inharmonic sounds.

Krzysztof Basiński, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

09:40-10:20

Neural measures of enhancement and suppression in visual attention and working memory.

Tobias Feldmann-Wustefeld. Institute of Psychology and Ergonomics, Berlin Institute of Technology - Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

10:20-10:35Coffee break
10:35-11:10

Attention reshapes the information dynamics of thalamocortical prediction-error learning.

Juho Äijälä, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, England and Center for Neuroscience, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Finland

11:10-11:40

Attention modulates human single-neuron responses in a Local–Global Auditory Oddball Paradigm.

Vinicius Rezende Carvalho, RITMO Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.

11:40-12:10

Intracranial correlates of movement-based auditory prediction error in humans.

Sabine L. Leske, Department of Neuropsychology, Helgeland Hospital, Mosjøen, & RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time, and Motion, Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, Norway

12:10-13:00Lunch break
13:00-13:30

Implicit encoding of timing probability in unattended sound streams supports deviance detection.

Maja Dyhre Foldal, RITMO, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.

13:30-14:00

Synergy of space and time for moving sounds.

Saira Jameela Hübenette, RITMO, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.

14:00-14:30

Delineating the roles of predictability and periodicity in rhythm-based temporal attention

Sandra Solli, RITMO, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway.

Questions: Contact

Sabine L. Leske sabine.leske@imv.uio.no 

Alejandro O. Blenkmann a.o.blenkmann@psykologi.uio.no 

Published May 18, 2026 1:33 PM - Last modified July 18, 2026 9:37 AM