The Lipschultz Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to understanding the neural circuit mechanisms of higher cognitive function. The ultimate goal of our research is to apply what we learn to the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders characterized by cognitive dysfunction.

 

On September 22nd, 2025, we invite cognitive neuroscientists from across the New York area to a free day-long symposium at the Icahn School of Medicine. The aim of the symposium is to showcase the cutting-edge research being conducted across the city and surrounding area and to build a closer community for cognitive neuroscience in the greater New York city area.

 

Looking forward to seeing you in September!

Host

Peter Rudebeck, PhD
Nash Family Department of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai

Keynotes

Helen S Mayberg
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mike Shadlen
Columbia University

Speakers

Travis Baker
Rutgers-Newark

Adrian Bondy (Brody lab)
Princeton University

Denise Cai
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Clayton Curtis
NYU

Lila Davachi
Columbia University

Elizabeth Goldfarb
Yale

Rahim Hashim (Salzman lab)
Columbia University

Polina Iamshchinina
Princeton University

Shane Johnson (Liston lab)
Weill-Cornell

Paul Kenny
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Christina Maher
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Vince McGinty
Rutgers-Newark

Eric J Nestler
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Angela Radulescu
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Erin Rich
NYU

Dylan Rich
SUNY Downstate

Shreya Saxena
Yale

Emily Stern
NKI

Lucas Tian
Rockefeller

Guangyao Qi
Yale

David Zald
Rutgers-Newark

AGENDA

8:45 – 9:00 am

Welcome

8:45 – 9:00 am | Eric Nestler and Paul Kenny (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

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9:00 – 10:30 am | Decision-making – Session discussant – Vincent McGinty (Rutgers)

9 – 9:45 am | Keynote – Mike Shadlen (Columbia)

9:45 – 10:10 am | Erin Rich (NYU) – “Attributing value to attributes during value-based decision-making”

10:10 – 10:20 am | Adrian Bondy (Brody lab) – “Brain-wide coordination of decision formation and commitment”

10:20 – 10:30 am | Christina Maher (Mount Sinai)

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10:30 – 11 am | Coffee break 

 

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11 am – 12:30 pm | Memory / Attention – Session discussant – Denise Cai (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

11:00 – 11:20 am | Lila Davachi (Columbia) 

11 – 11:20 am | Elizabeth Goldfarb (Yale) – “Transforming memories under stress”

11:25 – 11:45am | Clayton Curtis (NYU) – “Mnemonic maps of visual space in human prefrontal cortex”

11:50 am – 12:10 pm | Polina Iamshchinina (Princeton University) – “Neural synchronization supports spatial attention and selection from working memory”

12:15 – 12:35 pm | Dylan Rich (SUNY Downstate) – “Error-driven changes in hippocampal representations accompany flexible re-learning”

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12:35 – 2pm | Lunch break 

 

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2 – 3:30 pm | Affect and Psychiatry – Session discussant – Emily Stern (NKI)

2 – 2:40 pm | Keynote: Helen Mayberg (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) – “Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression: New thoughts on Circuit Repair”

2:45 – 3:05 pm | David Zald (Rutgers) – “Dopamine, impulsivity and everyday temptations”

3:10 – 3:20 pm | Rahim Hashim (Salzman lab) – “High-dimensional representations of mental states in primate brain and behavior”

3:20 – 3:30 pm | Shane Johnson (Liston lab) Weill-Cornell

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3:30 – 4 pm | Coffee break 

 

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4 – 5:30 pm | Ethological Approaches to Neuroscience – Session discussant – Rob Gulli

4 – 4:20 pm | Travis Baker (Rutgers) – “Beyond Computational Behaviorism: Unraveling the Structure of Thought using mobile EEG and Augmented Reality Paradigms”

4:25 – 4:45 pm | Angela Radulescu (Mount Sinai) – “Towards naturalistic reinforcement learning in health and disease”

4:50 – 5:10 pm | Shreya Saxena (Yale) – “Computational approaches towards cognitive motor control”

5:15 – 5:25 pm | Guangyao Qi (Yale) – “Compositionality of social gaze in the prefrontal–amygdala circuits”

5:25 – 5:35 pm | Lucas Tian (Rockefeller) – “Neural substrates of a symbolic action grammar in primate frontal cortex”

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