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Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science

Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research Forum

Macquarie University, Sydney
16th and 17th July 2009

News

  1. Conference registration now closed.
  2. Abstract submission now closed.

Overview

Since the inaugural Australian Conference for Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry held at Deakin University in 2001, Lyndsey Nickels, Marina Haywood and Robyn Langdon have promoted this research forum, convening an event roughly every second year. The 5th research forum hosted by MACCS at Macquarie University is being organised by a team of young post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers.

The Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research Forum aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines including linguistics, psychology, cognitive neuropsychology, psychiatry, philosophy and speech pathology to present research that relates neuropsychological or psychiatric impairment to theories of normal cognitive functioning.

It is the fifth such event, continuing the informal atmosphere and interactive nature of the Australian Conference for Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. We encourage student presentations.

REVISED CONFERENCE PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE

Venue

The conference will be held at Macquarie University campus, building E7B room 100.

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Topics Covered

  • Disorders of language comprehension and production
  • Semantic memory and category-specific disorders
  • Reading: developmental and acquired dyslexia
  • Writing: developmental and acquired dyslexia
  • Memory
  • Object and face recognition
  • Theory of mind
  • Misidentification syndromes
  • Confabulation
  • Delusions
  • Belief formation
  • Social and emotional processing
  • Remediation

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Peter Halligan (School of Psychology, Cardiff University)

Prof. Halligan's research interests include cognitive neuropsychological approaches to delusions, psychiatric nosology, hypnotic analogues of neurological and psychiatric conditions, phantom limbs, hysterical paralysis, malingering, physiotherapy treatments for MS, neuro-psychological outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery, and the psychosocial factors that determine illness behaviour.

A/Prof. Robyn Langdon (MACCS, Macquarie University)

A/Prof. Langdon’s main research interests lie within the field of cognitive neuropsychiatry. She is particularly interested in delusions and the theories that have been proposed to explain them. Her other interests include visual cognition, in particular, the detection and orienting of attention in the direction of another person's gaze; various psychopathologies including autism and psychopathy; personality traits in the healthy population, in particular, schizotypy; and the broader disciplines of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuropsychology.

A/Prof. Lyndsey Nickels (MACCS, Macquarie University)

A/Prof. Nickels’ research field involves the cognitive neuropsychology of language. She investigates language impairments (both developmental and acquired as a result of brain damage) and uses these to test the adequacy of cognitive models of language comprehension and production. Her research encompasses assessment and treatment of acquired language
impairment (aphasia) and impaired literacy (dyslexia) in children and adults.

Further Details

  • The conference venue will be Macquarie University
  • The schedule for this year's conference will be advised in due course.
  • Registration (approx. 15-30$ fee)
  • Facilities will be available for Windows (Powerpoint) and Mac presentations (Powerpoint and Keynote).
  • Accommodation options and Transport

Contact Details

All conference email should be directed to cncn@maccs.mq.edu.au

The conference is convened by:

  • Dr Britta Biedermann
  • Ms Emily Conoughton
  • Dr Rochelle Cox
  • Dr Saskia Kohnen

Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
Macquarie University NSW 2109
e-mail: cncn@maccs.mq.edu.au
ph: (02) 9850 4439
fax: (02) 9850 6059