BNS Spring Meeting 2012 
 Wednesday and Thursday
28th - 29th March

Clinical Neurosciences Centre, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BN


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The President’s Invited Lecture
by Alex Martin (NIH, USA)
“The Social Brain - in Action and at "Rest"
- in Autism Spectrum Disorders”


The Elizabeth Warrington Prize Lecture
by Sebastian Crutch (UCL),
“Seeing why they can't see: Neuropsychological and Neuroimaging Investigations of Visual Disintegration in Posterior Cortical Atrophy”


Symposium on
“The Neuropsychology of Autism and the Development of Social Cognition”

Speakers include:
Declan Murphy, Geoff Bird, Elisabeth Hill and Antonia Hamilton
(Chaired by Jamie Ward)


Symposium on
“The Organisation of Conceptual Knowledge:
A Role for Embodied Cognition?”

Speakers include:
Martin Fischer, Friedemann Pulvermuller, Gabriella Vigliocco, Tim Shallice and Karalyn Patterson
(Chaired by Matt Lambon-Ralph)


On-line registration:

To help us organise the catering, please let us know if you intend to come to the meeting.  This applies both to members and non-members.  Simply fill in the form here: http://the-bns.org/registration.html 


Registration cost:

The meeting is FREE for BNS members. Non-members are requested to pay in advance preferably using PayPal (using the link below) or by cheque payable to ‘British Neuropsychological Society’ and sent to Dr Ash Jansari, (School of Psychology, University of East London. Stratford Campus, London E15 4LZ). The cost is £10 for students and unwaged participants, and £20 for all others.  Early registration closes 2 weeks prior to the meeting but you can also pay on the door (at the higher rate of £15/£25). Why not become a member and come for free?
http://www.the-bns.org/membership.html

 
Conference meal:

To be held on 28th March at 7:30pm at Carluccio’s in the Brunswick Centre.  Cost: £35 or £25 (students or unwaged) including drinks.  Payable using PayPal (below) or a cheque (to “British Neuropsychological Society”) to Dr. Jamie Ward, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH. 

Deadline: 10th March

Conference Payment


 

BNS Autumn Meeting 2012 
7th - 8th November

Clinical Neurosciences Centre, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BN



“Frontotemporal Dementia:  From Modules to Molecules”
John Hodges (University of New South Wales, Australia) will deliver the Freda Newcombe Lecture

“Medial Temporal Lobe Functional Heterogeneity: Inputs or Processes?”
Kim Graham (Cardiff University) & Daniela Montaldi (University of Manchester) will participate in
The John Marshall Memorial Debate

Accompanying Symposia to be Confirmed


THE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS IS NOW OPEN (until 10th April 2012)

Please submit a 250 word abstract structured with the following subheadings:
objectives, methods, results and conclusions.  Specify preference for poster or oral presentation.

Email to Jamie Ward, Meetings Secretary: jamiew@sussex.ac.uk



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