This conference
brought together international experts to review and present on the latest advances
in brain imaging techniques and the challenges and opportunities associated
with combining these techniques to further our understanding of health and
disease. The meeting was organised by Michael Hogan in the School of
Psychology at NUI Galway, in collaboration with Joshua Balsters (Trinity
College Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin), Jacinta O'Shea (Oxford University),
and Steven Jackson (Nottingham University) and was supported by the European
Science Foundation (ESF) and the Health Research Board (HRB). Experts presented
on all major brain imaging techniques and focused in particular on measurement
challenges associated interference between measurement systems (e.g.,
electrical/magnetic shielding of EEG/MEG electrodes/squids), integration of measurement
outputs (e.g., integration of high temporal resolution but low spatial
resolution EEG data with high spatial resolution but low temporal resolution
fMRI data), integration of theoretical foundations to support measurement
integration (e.g., understanding the relationship between electrical (EEG) and
magnetic (MEG) field dynamics and blood flow (fMRI) dynamics in the
brain). The conference highlighted the rapid advances that are being made
at the levels of theory, measurement, and computational analysis systems which
are furthering our understanding of brain functions in states of health and
disease.