Como ocurre cada dos años, la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Neuropsicología organiza su congreso de neuropsicología, esta vez en la bellísima ciudad de Santiago, en Chile. Habrá conferencias magistrales, mesas redondas, simposia, presentación de carteles y talleres, entre otras actividades. Si estás interesado en asistir, inscríbete cuanto antes visitando la página de la sociedad. Entre los invitados especiales se encontrarán Mike Gazzaniga, Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Bryan Kolb, Lilianne Manning, Marcela Bonafina y Heikki Lyytinen.

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.