Hemispheric Asymmetry and beyond: Auditory neuroscience in language and psychiatry research
On Friday, March 16th, 2018, we have the pleasure to honour Kenneth Hugdahl's 70th birthday with an international symposium. Several national and international speakers will contribute to this symposium that will cover a broad spectrum of recent developments in the research on auditory perception, hemispheric asymmetry, schizophrenia and auditory hallucinations. Also related aspects will be discussed, like ageing, the resting brain, and new neuroimaging methods. The symposium is organised by the Department of Biological and Medical Psychology (IBMP) at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, and it will take place at the Grand Terminus Hotel.
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Date
Friday, March 16th, 2018
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Program
Conference opening
09:00 Bente Wold (Dean)
09:05 Robert Murison (Head of Department)
09:10 Kjetil Sundet (Editor Scandinavian Journal of Psychology)
Session 1: Clinical aspects
Chair: Iris Sommer (University of Groningen / University of Bergen)
09:15 - 09:35 Iris Sommer: Personalized treatment of hallucinations
09:35 - 10:15 Ole A. Andreassen: How can genetics help understand the relationship between cognitive dysfunction and schizophrenia?
10:15 - 10:55 Bjørn Rishovd Rund: What is the deficit and the course of cognitive functioning in schizophrenia?
10:55 - 11:10 Coffee
Session 2: Current Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience
Chair: Karsten Specht (University of Bergen / University of Tromsø)
11:10 - 11:30 Karsten Specht: The functional and structural asymmetries of the superior temporal sulcus
11:30 - 12:10 Paul Mullins: Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Theoretical considerations
12:10 - 12:50 Marcus Raichle: Principles of Cross-Network Communication in the Human Brain
12:50 - 13:50 Lunch
Session 3: Life-span perspectives
Chair: Rene Westerhausen (University of Oslo / University of Bergen)
13:50 - 14:10 Rene Westerhausen: How to get a left-ear advantage in verbal dichotic listening
14:10 - 14:50 Lars Nyberg: Aging Brain, Aging Mind
14:50 - 15:30 Heikki Hämäläinen: The right-side perceptual bias in aging determined in a laboratory setting and during a virtual driving task
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee
Session 4: Wider social implications
Chair: Kristiina Kompus (University of Bergen / University of Tartu)
15:45 - 16:05 Kristiina Kompus: Attentional modulation of auditory processing
16:05 - 16:45 Michael F. Green: The basis of social disconnection in schizophrenia and the general population
16:45 - 17:15 Kenneth Hugdahl