Title Towards the Neuronal Basis of Consciousness
Speaker Professor Christof Koch
Division of Biology and Division of Engineering and Applied Science
California Institute of Technology

The 102th ATR Science & Technology Seminar "2nd Computational Neuroscience
Series" was held on Monday, November 1st, 2004. Professor Christof Koch, who is a world famous neuroscientist, gave a talk entitled "Towards the Neuronal Basis of Consciousness". The talk dealt with the two-pronged research program that Francis Crick and Koch are following visual consciousness in humans using psychophysics, functional brain imaging and multi-electrode recordings, and contingency awareness in mice using aversive Pavlovian conditioning.

The total number of participants was 150, including those from ATR.

　

In order to actively expand on the results of ATR's research and development,
ATR established a subsidiary called ATR- Promotions on November 1st and appointed Kuniaki Hirakawa as president.

The goal of this subsidiary is to build upon the outstanding research results and to continue development into the future by achieving new products, sales, and technology transfers of the research results, while introducing the latest research results.

In particular, we have three objectives. The first is to develop telecommunications related technology. The second is to support new market development. The third is to plan technical seminars, workshops, and offer consulting services.

Throughout ATR-Promotions, we will accumulate the know-how and methods to industrialize and expand our business as a company that supports development results. As we establish our enterprise base, we will promote venture businesses one by one according to their research results and market position.The second - level subsidiary called ATR - Robotics was established on January 14th, 2005.

Moreover, ATR seminars will be held continuously in accordance with the technical outlines and future technologies that are developed by ATR.