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Recording of the Webinar for Australia "Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes"
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Date and time
September 1, 2019 · 8pm - August 31, 2020 · 7am PDT
Location
Online
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Description
The Luria Neuroscience Institute offers a new webinar about the brain and the mind. The webinar is intended for the mental health professionals concerned with brain health and brain disorders: psychologists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, cognitive neuroscientists, and other clinicians and researchers.
Date: August 10, 2019
Time: 1pm - 4pm Australian Eastern Time
Fees: US$145
Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes
Topics to be covered:
- Executive functions and frontal-lobe functions: are they the same?
- Components of executive functions: planning, impulse control, working memory, and others.
- Novel approaches to understanding the frontal-lobe functions.
- Frontal lobes and large-scale networks: Central Executive, Default Mode, and others.
- Frontal lobes in novelty and creativity.
- Frontal lobes and laterality.
- Executive functions and sex differences.
- Regulation of emotions: frontal lobes and amygdala.
- Executive functions and intelligence.
- Executive functions in development and aging.
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers are here.
For more information please visit LNinstitute.org/webinar-au.
Download webinar's brochure here (PDF file).
About the Instructor
The series of mental health courses and workshops are provided by Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP (wikipedia). 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), The New Executive Brain (2009), and Creativity (2018) have been translated into 20 languages. His book Executive Functions in Health and Disease (2017) has received an award by The British Medical Association. 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.
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About the organizer
LURIA NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE (LNI) is dedicated to advancing and disseminating knowledge about the brain and the mind. Bridging the gap between clinicians, educators, neuroscientists, and the general public through a vigorous exchange of ideas and information is central to our mission. We promote and conduct cutting edge research through an international network of collaborations with leading universities and research centers. We foster and facilitate international and interdisciplinary collaborations and exchanges. LNI is named after the great neuropsychologist Alexander Luria.
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