INS - International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2012

This meeting offers a full program designed to be scientifically challenging and of interest to a wide range of disciplines. Highlights include keynote addresses by:

-Russell Bauer- INS President: Neuropsychology in the Era of Translational Neuroscience

-Brenda Milner- Birch Lecture: Reflecting on the Field of Brain and Memory

-Marilyn Jones-Gotman: Your Sense of Smell: A User’s Guide

-Morris Moscovitch: The Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience of Episodic Memory: Past, Present, and Future

-Michael Petrides: Understanding the Role of the Prefrontal Cortex in Behavior

-Donald Stuss: Social Cognition and the Frontal Lobes: Amazing What Patients Can Teach You if You Just Listen, Observe, Think, and Measure

-Edith Sullivan: Neuroadaptation in Alcohol Dependence: Consequences and Opportunity for Recovery

Invited symposia will focus on Transdisciplinary approaches to Neuropsychology. They will include:

-Frontiers in Cognitive Neuroscience: Chair: Michael Cole; Panelists: Mark D’Esposito, Bob Knight, and Anna Christina Nobre

-The Interdisciplinary Assessment and Treatment of Learning Disabilities: A Team’s Use of Neurodevelopmental Models and Empirical Methods to Produce Successful Outcomes: Chair: Tim Conway; Panelists: Teresa Bruney, Stacy Fretheim, Tamara Duckworth Warner, Lorie Richards, and Kenneth Heilman

-Applied Memory and Hippocampal Functioning: Effects of Age and Disease: Chair: Ramona Hopkins: Panelists tbd

In addition, an extensive continuing education program will be available.