"Executive Functions and Frontal Lobes in Health and Disease" (recordings)

The Luria Neuroscience Institute is pleased to introduce 5-day webinar sequence about the brain and the mind. The programs are intended primarily for professionals concerned with mental health and with brain and brain disorders, but they are also open to the members of the general public. The webinars will feature Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP., a clinical neuropsychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine and Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology. His critically acclaimed and bestselling books have been published in 21 languages.

Fees: $825 for the whole 5-day sequence / $180 for a three-hour webinar.

Dates: October 12, October 19, October 26, November 16, November 23, 2019.

Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes in Health and Disease

Recorded on October 12, 2019

Topics to be covered:

General review of the neural basis of executive functions: frontal lobes and related structures. Executive functions in evolution: frontal lobes and the striatum. Subdivisions of the prefrontal cortex and major frontal-lobe syndromes. From modules to networks. Large-scale networks: Central Executive, Default Mode, and others. Elements of executive functions: models of the future, generativity, mental flexibility, impulse control, and others.

Recorded on October 19, 2019

Topics to be covered:

New ideas in the cognitive neuroscience of executive functions. Decision making in novel and ambiguous environments. Agent-centered decision making. Lateralization of frontal-lobe structure and function. Sex and handedness differences. Frontal lobes and emotions.

Recorded on October 26, 2019

Topics to be covered:

The working memory conundrum: working memory in animals and humans. Intelligence and the frontal lobes. Creativity and the frontal lobes: hyperfrontality, hypofrontality and the creative spark. Frontal lobes and the lifespan: how neurobiology and environment interact in the age of innovation. Frontal lobes and consciousness.

Recorded on November 16, 2019

Topics to be covered:

Executive dysfunction in neurodevelopmental syndromes. The triple-decker: overcoming the fragmentation of clinical neuroscience and connecting the dots. Rethinking Tourette syndrome and its relationship to ADHD. Executive dysfunction in dementias: Alzheimer’s disease; Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease; Frontotemporal degeneration.

Recorded on November 23, 2019

Topics to be covered:

Executive dysfunction in traumatic brain injury. The “mild TBI” conundrum. Executive dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders: schizophrenia and affective disorders. Executive function assessment tools. Their strengths, limitations, and what the new “frontal-lobe” assessment tools should target. Agent-centered cognition.

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About the Instructor

The series of mental health courses and workshops are provided by Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP (wikipedia) with the participation of additional select faculty. Elkhonon Goldberg is a clinical neuropsychologist and a cognitive neuroscientist with more than 30 years of experience. Goldberg’s clinical practice spans the whole range of neuropsychological disorders, including traumatic brain injury, dementias, neurodevelopmental disorders, and forensic neuropsychology. Goldberg research includes cortical organization, hemispheric specialization, frontal lobes, memory, traumatic brain injury, dementias, schizophrenia, and other topics. Goldberg has authored several influential books and published a number of research papers in peer-reviewed journals. Goldberg is also a sought-after educator who lectures worldwide. He was a Visiting Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Sydney and has taught at other major universities worldwide. He has mentored a number of students and post-doctoral trainees, many of whom have become prominent neuropsychologists and neuroscientists in their own right. Elkhonon Goldberg is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology of New York University School of Medicine and a Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology. He is a recipient of The Copernicus Prize for his “contributions to interdisciplinary dialogue between neurosciences and neuropsychology, and the Tempos Hominis medal for international medical sciences education.” He is a foreign member of The Venetian Institute of Science, Literature and Arts. His books The Executive Brain (2001), The Wisdom Paradox (2005), and The New Executive Brain (2009) have been translated into close to 20 languages. He co-authored (with Alvaro Fernandez) The SharpBrains Guide to Cognitive Fitness and is the Chief Scientific Adviser of www.sharpbrains.com Elkhonon Goldberg was a student and close associate of Alexander Luria, one of the “founding fathers” of neuropsychology as a scientific discipline.