Tomas Paus

University of Montreal, and Scientist at the Research Centre of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Canada

Bio: Dr. Paus is Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of Montreal, and Scientist at the Research Centre of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine.
During the first 20 years of his scientific pursuits, he worked on functional and structural organization of the human brain using a variety of approaches including studies of patients with brain lesions, functional and structural neuroimaging, and brain stimulation.
In the last 15+ years, his work integrates epidemiology, neuroscience and genetics – through a new discipline of population neuroscience – in the pursuit of knowledge relevant for child and youth brain health. This research draws on data acquired in a number of cohorts based in North and South America and Europe.
The work published by Dr. Paus and his colleagues has been well received by peers, being cited in over 67,000 publications. In 2013, Springer published his book “Population Neuroscience”. Dr. Paus received the Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award, Gold Medal of the Masaryk University, and is an elected member of the International Neuropsychology Symposium. He serves as Associate Editor of the Human Brain Mapping and Social Neuroscience, and is a member of several Scientific Advisory Boards in Europe and North America

Title: Population Neuroscience of the Growing Brain

 Abstract: In my lecture, I will focus on developmental processes underlying the growth of the human cerebral cortex. I will begin by introducing the concept of population neuroscience as a cross-disciplinary endeavour aimed at identifying factors shaping the human from conception onwards. I will then touch briefly on our previous work on pregnancy and brain growth, followed by our genetic studies that used data obtained in large datasets to reveal molecular architecture underlying the tangential growth of cerebral cortex. Next, I will discuss our findings obtained with “virtual ontogeny” that support a neurodevelopmental model of vulnerability to mental illness whereby prenatal risk factors acting through cell-specific processes lead to deviations from typical brain development during pregnancy. I will conclude with the most recent work from my laboratory on the relationship between fetal growth and the tangential expansion of the human cerebral cortex in times of food scarcity and abundance.

Karin Landerl

University of Graz, Austria

Bio: Karin Landerl is Prof. of Developmental Psychology at the University of Graz in Austria. Her research focuses on the neurocognitive mechanisms of typical and atypical development of reading, spelling, and arithmetic. She has contributed studies on reading development and dyslexia in different orthographies (German, English, Dutch, Bosnian, Arabic) as well as cross-linguistic studies directly comparing different orthographies. She is also interested in deficits in basic numerical processing as a core mechanism of dyscalia and is investigating associations and dissociations of learning disorders. She is a member of the Academic Committee of the European Dyslexia Association.

Title: Comorbidity of Learning Disorders: Associations and Dissociations of Reading, Spelling and Arithmetic Development

Abstract: Neurodevelopmental disorders of reading, spelling, and arithmetic can occur in isolation (i.e. in the context of otherwise typical development), but prevalence studies clearly show that these problems frequently co-occur. Thus, comorbidity of neurodevelopmental disorders is the rule rather than the exception. As learning disorders are typically investigated in isolation, our understanding of the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying their comorbidity is still limited. I will discuss similarities and differences in developmental processes across learning domains. Empirical evidence on domain-specific and domain-general predictors of each skill and their covariance will be presented. Multiple deficit models need to account for associations as well as dissociations of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Yair Bar-Haim

Director, Adler Center for Development and Psychopathology Acting Director, Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Bio: Yair Bar-Haim is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University, director of the Center for Development and Psychopathology, and acting director of the National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience in Israel. President of the Association for Cognitive Bias Modification (ACBM). Prof. Bar-Haim’s research focuses on emotional, cognitive, neural, and genetic mechanisms underlying anxiety and stress-related disorders. His primary effort is on translation of basic science into effective evidence-supported therapies and prevention programs. Prof. Bar-Haim’s intervention protocols for children and adults, developed in close collaboration with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the US Department of Defense (DoD), and the Israel Defense Force (IDF) are implemented in numerous clinical and research settings around the globe.

Title: From Cognitive Targets to Symptom Reduction: New Directions for Treatment Development

Abstract: Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) is a novel class of interventions targeting aberrant cognitive processes considered key in the etiology and maintenance of various psychopathologies. In this presentation, the basic assumptions of CBM will be described and a framework for CBM treatment development will be laid out. An example of a novel CBM treatment for social anxiety disorder will be used to highlight how progress through the different stages of treatment development can be achieved.

The Poster Session on Friday, June 2 will take place in the Foyer

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