The BNS is celebrating its 35th Anniversary!

The Spring Meeting will take place on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th April 2024

National Hospital of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 33 Queen Square, London (and online)

Register here by 22nd April

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The Conference Dinner will be held at Namaste Holborn at 7pm on Wed 24th April. 

Register by 19th April - booking essential!

PROGRAMME

Day One: Wednesday 24th April 2024

09:15 REGISTRATION OPENS

[Zoom meeting ID: 844 8230 0551 activated for remote attendees; link & password provided to registrants in advance]

09:45 WELCOME

Nicky Edelstyn, BNS President

FREE PAPERS

09:50 Investigating the oscillatory dynamics of tics in Tourette Syndrome

Mairi Houlgreave, Aikaterini Gialopsou, Elena Boto, Matthew Brookes & Stephen Jackson

University of Nottingham

10:10 A novel test of conjunctive binding shows impaired associative processes in working memory in neuropsychiatric disorders

Giovanni d’Avossa^1,2 & Mohammad Zia Ul Haq Katshu^3,4

¹School of Psychology and Sport Sciences, Bangor University, ²Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, ³Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS, ⁴University of Nottingham

10:30 What do retinotopic maps do? A lesion overlap analysis of visual functions in stroke patients

Selma Lugtmeijer¹†, Aleksandra Sobolewska²†, Edward de Haan^2,3,4,5 & Steven Scholte²

¹University of Birmingham, ²University of Amsterdam, ³Radboud University, ⁴Oxford University, ⁵Nottingham University, †Joint first author

10:50 Comparing the Oxford Digital Multiple Errands Test (OxMET) to a real-life version: convergence, feasibility, and acceptability

Sam S. Webb & Nele Demeyere

University of Oxford

11:10 MORNING BREAK & POSTER SESSION (Group A)

Tea & Coffee provided

FREE PAPERS

11:40 A neuropsychologically-informed TMS test of hemispheric dominance for visual shape processing

Jessica A. Teed, Catriona L. Scrivener, Robert D. McIntosh & Edward H. Silson

University of Edinburgh

12:00 The Phenomenology of Face Blindness – a novel approach to Developmental Prosopagnosia

Randi Starrfelt, Tone Roald & Erling Noerkaer

University of Copenhagen

12:20 Neural specialisation for concrete and abstract concepts: A meta-analysis of 71 neuroimaging studies

Paul Hoffman & Matthew Bair

University of Edinburgh

12:40 Multidimensional cognitive profiles of the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease

Shalom K. Henderson^1,2, Matthew A. Lambon Ralph¹ & James B. Rowe^1,2,3

¹Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, ²Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, ³Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

13:00 In Memory of Luke D. Kartsounis

Narinder Kapur and colleagues

13:15 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Members Only

13:45 LUNCH BREAK & POSTERS (Group A)

Catering not provided, presenters due at their poster from 14:00

BNS 35th ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM

A series of invited speakers celebrating the excellence and diversity of UK-based neuropsychology, as well as 35 years of community brought together by our society

14:30 Exploring the neural bases of memory: theories, methods, and dichotomies

Daniela Montaldi

University of Manchester

15:00 From understanding E/I balance to personalised interventions for optimising cognition in typical and atypical development

Roi Cohen Kadosh

University of Surrey

15:30 The neuropsychology of emotion

Oliver Turnbull

Bangor University

16:00 AFTERNOON BREAK

Tea & Coffee provided

BNS 35th ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM

16:30 When the spark goes out: the neurology of apathy and motivation

Masud Husain

University of Oxford

17:00 The role of the prefrontal cortex in fluid intelligence and reasoning

Lisa Cipolotti

University College London

17:30 How to measure forgetting

Sergio Della Sala

University of Edinburgh

18:00 DRINKS RECEPTION (& CAKE!)

In the foyer

Day Two: Thursday 25th April 2024

08:45 REGISTRATION OPENS

[Zoom meeting ID: 861 9743 6446 activated for remote attendees; link & password provided to registrants in advance]

GUEST SYMPOSIUM

DOMAIN-SPECIFIC TO DOMAIN-GENERAL COGNITIVE DEFICITS POST-STROKE

Organiser and Chair: Fatemeh Gerenmayeh

09:10 Post-stroke cognitive trajectories from Oxford Cognitive Screening studies

Nele Demeyere

University of Oxford

09:30 IC3 - towards a scalable deep cognitive phenotyping of patients with stroke

Fatemeh Gerenmayeh

Imperial College London

09:50 Increasing efficiency of aphasia assessment after stroke

Ajay Halai

Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

10:10 Refining apraxia diagnosis after stroke

Elisabeth Rounis

Imperial College London

10:30 MORNING BREAK & POSTER SESSION (Group B)

Tea & Coffee provided

11:00 21st ELIZABETH WARRINGTON PRIZE LECTURE

Mapping the neurobiology of language: from anatomy to the clinic

Stephanie Forkel

Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University

12:00 LUNCH BREAK & POSTERS (Group B)

Catering not provided, presenters due at their poster from 12:30

GUEST SYMPOSIUM

DOMAIN-SPECIFIC TO DOMAIN-GENERAL COGNITIVE DEFICITS POST-STROKE

13:00 Attention to attention in aphasia

Rahel Schumacher

University of Bern

13:20 Interaction between lateralised inattention (neglect) and sustained attention

Alex Leff

University College London

13:40 Adding task fMRI and decoding to the neuropsychologists’ toolkit

Matthew Lambon Ralph

Medical Research Council (MRC) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

14:00 PRESIDENT’S INVITED LECTURE

Recovery from aphasia after stroke: From networks to therapy

Dorothee Saur

University of Leipzig

15:00 CLOSE OF MEETING

LIST OF POSTERS

Group A: Wednesday

Trauma, Memory, and Dis-order: A Neuropsychoanalytic Review (Withdrawn)

Ali Bagherzanjani & Najmeh Zivdar

University College London

Investigating changes in BOLD signal during median nerve stimulation

I.Farr, M.Houlgreave, M. Ashgar, S.Francis, K.Dyke & S.Jackson

University of Nottingham

Investigating neuronal noise as a mechanism of tic generation (Withdrawn)

A. Gialopsou, C. Smith, M. Houlgreave, I. Farr & S. Jackson

University of Nottingham

The Double Empathy Problem: A Derivation Chain Analysis and Cautionary Note

Luca D. Hargitai¹, Lucy A. Livingston^2,3 & Punit Shah¹

¹University of Bath, ²King’s College London, ³Cardiff University

New Development and Standardization of the Semantic Knowledge Test for Adults (SKT-A)

Yu Mi Hwang¹, Yoonhye Na¹, JeYoung Jung2 & Sung-Bom Pyun¹,3,4

¹Korea University College of Medicine, ²University of Nottingham, ³Korea University College of Medicine, ⁴Korea University Anam Hospital

Neurotransmitter Deficits and Semantic Impairments in Frontotemporal Dementia

JeYoung Jung¹, Zlatomira G. Ilchovska¹ & Akram Hosseini²

¹University of Nottingham, ²Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Investigating age-related differences in semantic control mechanisms involved in creative thinking

Tanvi Patel, Sarah E. MacPherson & Paul Hoffman

University of Edinburgh

Reduced memory test performance by people with subjective cognitive decline: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Katie A. Peterson, Fiona Ellis, Adrian Leddy & Michael Hornberger

University of East Anglia

Functional mapping of facial movements in Tourette Syndrome

Caitlin M. Smith, Mairi S. Houlgreave, Michael Asghar, Susan T. Francis & Stephen R. Jackson

University of Nottingham

Error Responses and Patterns on the 12-item Face-Name Associative Memory Exam (FNAME-12)

Meera Sonara, Kirsty Lu, Rebecca Street, Thomas Brown, Molly Cartlidge, Anjali Raghavan, Heidi Murray-Smith, Sebastian J. Crutch, Marcus Richards & Jonathan M. Schott

University College London

“The radiant Quiet. The nourishing Quiet, The illuminating Quiet”: an Analysis of Autobiographical Accounts of Inner Speech in Aphasia

Bethan Tichborne^1,2 & Arpita Bose¹

¹University of Reading, ²University of Manchester

Cultural adaptations in Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for mild-moderate Dementia: A Narrative Review

Sasha-kay Williams, Navneet Nagra & Elena Olgiati

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Mapping brain-behaviour relationships: insights from two fMRI tasks

Eleni Zevgolatakou¹, Rahel Schumacher^1,2, Matthew A. Lambon Ralph¹, Ajay D. Halai¹

¹MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, ²University of Bern

Group B: Thursday

Investigating the Effects of Stroke Infarct: Comparisons between Simulated and Real Lesions and Understanding Post-Stroke Semantic Impairment in Gradient Space

Ramya Balakrishnan¹, Tirso Rene del Jesus Gonzalez Alam¹, Nick Souter², Brontë L. A. Mckeown³, Theodoros Karapanagiotidis² & Elizabeth Jefferies¹

¹University of York, ²University of Sussex, ³Queen’s University

The outcomes of group intervention for numerical deficits after a stroke/ brain-injury (acalculia), based on the principles of embodied cognition

Yael Benn¹, Berzan Cetinkaya², Maryam Hussain², Verena Christin Pavel1¹, George Kountouriotis¹, Tam Dibley¹, Mark Jayes¹ & Paul Conroy³

¹Manchester Metropolitan University, ²University of Manchester, ³Trinity College Dublin

The Development and Validation of an Automated Method to Quantify Cortical Atrophy in Acute Post-Stroke CT Scans

Ibe Couwels¹, Margaret Jane Moore², Georgina Hobden¹, Taylor Hanayik¹ & Nele Demeyere¹

¹University of Oxford, ²University of Queensland

The Prevalence and Impact of Health Anxiety Following Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: A Cross-Sectional Study

Kealan Forristal¹, David Gillespie¹ & Caroline van Heugten2

¹NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, 2Maastricht University

Factors Affecting the Assessment of Cognitive Impairment in Stroke: Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Directions

Catherine Nora Moran¹, Anne Hickey¹, Paul Dockree², Frank Doyle¹, Meadhbh Brosnan³, Terry Quinn⁴, & Nele Demeyere⁵

¹RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences, ²Trinity College Dublin, ³University College Dublin, ⁴University of Glasgow, ⁵University of Oxford

The neuroanatomical correlates of semantic knowledge processing in patients with ischemic stroke

Yoonhye Na¹, JeYoung Jung², Yu Mi Hwang¹, & Sung-Bom Pyun^1,3

¹Korea University College of Medicine, ²University of Nottingham, ³Korea University Anam Hospital

StrokeCog-R: A protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial of a novel cognitive rehabilitation programme for stroke survivors and their family members

Megan H. Oglesby¹, Catherine N. Moran¹, Niall Pender², Kathleen Bennett¹, Frances Horgan¹, Niamh Merriman³, Peter J. Kelly^3,4, David Williams^1,2 & Anne Hickey¹

¹RCSI, Dublin, ²Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, ³University College Dublin, ⁴Mater University Hospital, Dublin.

Predictors of Poor Post-operative Cognitive Outcomes in Adult Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: The ‘Red Flags’ Initiative

Isha Puntambekar¹ & Sallie Baxendale^1,2

¹University College London, ²University College London Hospitals NHS foundation Trust

A scoping review of research investigating patient and carer information needs around post-stroke cognition

Faye Tabone, Georgina Hobden, & Nele Demeyere

University of Oxford

Neurocognitive Correlates of Cerebrovascular Small Vessel Disease (SVD): Implications for Decision-Making (DM) Under Uncertainty

Fitzroy Wickham, Bahaa Atallah, Sanjay Manohar & Masud Husain

University of Oxford