idpIN Courses 2025/2026 – Cognitive Neuroscience

Organized by
CNC-UC/CIBB

Date & Time
26/01/2026 – 30/01/2026

Location
ICNAS, Polo 3 

Registration
Mandatory

Deadline: 19/01/2026

Coordination

Miguel Castelo-Branco

ICNAS/CIBIT & FMUC

Lecturers

Miguel Castelo-Branco

ICNAS/CIBIT & FMUC

Sérgio Neuenschwander

Brain Institute, UFRN, Brazil

Catarina Pereira

ICNAS/CIBIT

Catarina Duarte

ICNAS/CIBIT

Joao Castelhano

ICNAS/CIBIT

Kerstin Schmidt

Brain Institute, UFRN, Brazil

Joana Gonçalves

ICNAS/CIBIT

Joao Pereira

ICNAS/CIBIT

Ricardo Martins

ICNAS/CIBIT

Bruno Direito

CISUC/DEI-UC

Teresa Sousa

ICNAS/CIBIT

Nádia Canário

ICNAS/CIBIT

João Martins

ICNAS/CIBIT

Daniela Pereira

ICNAS/CIBIT

Aim

This course addresses the neural circuits and computational principles underlying perception, cognition, and behavior, from a molecule-to-man perspective. We examine how distributed brain systems give rise to functions such as perception, using the visual system as a model in Neuroscience. Emphasis is placed on linking neurophysiological mechanisms with cognitive theories through experimental and computational and machine learning approaches.

Program

Available here.