This 10-day program, designed for a small group of no more than 10 participants, will provide a comprehensive overview of key topics in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. We are offering this program to a select group of individuals with a demonstrated commitment to the field.
Please visit our website https://course.goldbergbrainsymposia.org/ for more information.
BRAIN AND COGNITION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE:
A 21ST CENTURY PERSPECTIVE
Web site: https://course.goldbergbrainsymposia.org/
Presenter: ELKHONON GOLDBERG, Ph.D., ABPP
Delivery: online via Zoom
Dates: (one day per month, September 2025 through June 2026)
2025: 9/28, 10/26, 11/30, 12/28,
2026: 2/1, 2/29, 3/29, 4/26, 5/31, 6/28.
Time: 9:00 – 18:00 Eastern Time
Tuition: $7,950 (can be payable in 3 installments of $2,650 each). Early Bird pricing $7,450 ends on July 1, 2025.
If a participant wants to cancel registration, tuition will be refunded as long as the cancellation is made no later than one week prior to the beginning of the course, minus a $185 pre installment ($555 total) Eventbrite fee. There is no cancellation fee if the payment was made by a check.
CE credits: 80
PROGRAM
1. OUR UNDERSTANDING OF BRAIN FUNCTION CHANGED OVER TIME
• Modular to Distributed
• Local to Networks
• Static vs. Dynamic
• From Western to Global
• Neuropsychology to Cognitive Neuroscience
2. THE WAY WE CONDUCT RESEARCH AND CLINICAL WORK CHANGED OVER TIME
• The Advent of Neuroimaging
• How AI Informs Brain Research – and Vice Versa
• From Categorical to Dimensional Understanding of Disorders
• The Advent of Digital Technologies in Psychometrics
• Forensic Applications
• Ethical Issues – Old and New
3. OLD DISEASES AND NEW DISEASES
“Old” Diseases:
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Cerebrovascular (CVA and TIA) Events
• Neoplasms
“New” Diseases:
• TBI (Blast and CTE)
• Neurodevelopmental
• Neuropsychiatric
• Dementias
Very New Diseases:
• HIV Encephalopathy
• Neuro-COVID
4. LANGUAGE
• Neurobiology of Language
• Language Impairment in:
• Aphasias
• Dyslexias
• Dementias
• CVA
• Neuropsychiatric Disorders
5. PERCEPTION AND MOTOR FUNCTIONS
• Neurobiology of Motor Functions
• Movement Impairment in:
• Apraxias
• Parkinson’s
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Neurobiology of Perception
• Perceptual Impairments:
• Agnosias
• Neglect and Hemineglect
• Hallucinations
6. EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
• Common Symptoms Taking Multiple Forms:
• Perseveration
• Field-Dependent Behavior
• Dysexecutive Syndromes in:
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• TBI
• Dementias
• Tourette / OCD
• Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• Neuro-COVID
7. HEMISPHERIC INTERACTION
• Bilaterality Across Evolution
• New Understanding of Hemispheric Interaction
• Lateralized Impairment in:
• CVA
• Seizures
• Hemineglect
• Neuropsychiatric Disorders
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Tourette Syndrome
8. AROUSAL AND ATTENTION
• Types of Attention
• Hemi-Inattention
• Impairment of Attention in:
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• ADHD vs. Dysexecutive Disorders
• Dementias
• TBI
9. MEMORY AND AMNESIAS
• Types of Memory
• Types of Amnesias
• Memory Impairment in:
• TBI
• Dementias
• Seizures
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
10. INTELLIGENCE AND CREATIVITY
• Psychometric Intelligence and Real-Life Intelligence
• Intelligence(s) and Real-Life Success
• Defining Creativity
• Relationship Between Intelligence and Creativity
• Neurobiology of Human Creativity
• Cross-Cultural Creativity
• Animal Creativity
• AI Creativity
The interested course participants will have an opportunity to join monthly clinical case discussions (an additional offering on separate dates).
About the Instructor
The courses will feature Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP., a clinical neuropsychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, and Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology. Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP authored numerous research papers on functional cortical organization, hemispheric specialization, frontal lobe functions and dysfunction, memory and amnesias, traumatic brain injury, dementias, and schizophrenia. Goldberg’s books The Executive Brain (2001), The Wisdom Paradox (2005), and The New Executive Brain (2009) have met with international acclaim. He coauthored The SharpBrains Guide to Cognitive Fitness (2013). He was a student and close associate of the great neuropsychologist Alexander Luria.
Dr. Goldberg’s more recent books are:
1. Creativity: The Human Brain in the Age of Innovation (Oxford University Press, 2018)
2. Executive Functions in Health and Disease (Academic Press, 2017)
