The Brain Conference on Neural Foundations of Communication: Integrative Approaches Across Species

Event Notes:

This interdisciplinary conference brings together leading researchers exploring the neural and behavioral foundations of communication across species. Featured speakers studying human language will present their work, along with experts who focus on a range of diverse animal models, and those leveraging AI, jointly exploring the mechanisms of vocal learning, perception, and production.

The program bridges animal and human communication through sessions on vocal signaling, speech and language processing, infant language acquisition, and multimodal communication. Cutting-edge approaches in neural recording, imaging, and computational modeling will showcase the latest advances for studying communication systems at multiple scales, from single neurons to population dynamics and beyond.

Additional sessions will examine auditory processing, temporal coordination, rhythm perception, and sensorimotor integration, drawing on perspectives from neuroscience, ethology, linguistics, bioacoustics, and cognitive science. This gathering promises productive cross-talk between disciplines, comparing mechanisms underlying communication across the animal kingdom to identify both conserved principles and species-specific adaptations. The conference aims to advance our understanding of how brains generate, perceive, and process communicative signals in both natural and experimental contexts.