Dear Colleague,
We would like to draw your attention to this forthcoming event now announced in greater detail on the EURESCO web site at http://www.esf.org/euresco/mc02152
Thank you in advance for forwarding this announcement to any other interested scientists you may know. We hope you will apply to attend this conference.
Dr. Josip Hendekovic
Head of EURESCO Unit
European Science Foundation, Strasbourg
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The Science of Aphasia
Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Language and its Impairment
Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, 14-19 June, 2002
Chair: Eraldo Paulesu (Università Milano-Bicocca, I)
Co-Chair: Cathy Price (University College London, UK)
Vice-Chair: Roelien Bastiaane (University of Groningen, NL)
With co-sponsoring from Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Speakers will include
Jeffrey Binder (Wisconsin, US)
Jean François Démonet (Toulouse, F)
Daniela Perani (Milan, I)
Gabriella Bottini (Pavia, I)
Joe Devlin (Oxford, UK)
Cathy Price (London, UK)
David Caplan (Massachusetts, US)
David Howard (Newcastle, UK)
Ardi Roelofs (Nijmegen, NL)
Stefano Cappa (Milan, I)
Peter Indefrey (Nijmegen, NL)
Riitta Salmelin (Helsinki, SF)
A. Caramazza (Massachusetts, US)
Nykos Logothetis (Tuebingen, D)
Giuseppe Vallar (Milan, I)
Fulvia Castelli (London, UK)
John Marshall (Oxford, UK)
Cornelius Weiller (Hamburg, D)
Alexandre Castro-Caldas (Lisbon, P)
Jacques Mehler (Trieste, I)
Richard Wise (London, UK)
Gennaro Chierchia (Milan, I)
Eraldo Paulesu (Milan, I)
Eran Zaidel (Los Angeles, US)
Mirella Dapretto (Los Angeles, US)
Scope of the conference
The third edition of the "Science of Aphasia" Euresco Conference is dedicated to assessing the contribution of functional neuroimaging in describing the biological foundations of language, to debate its achievements and its current limitations, and to shed light on possible future developments, both at a theoretical and at a practical level. Specialists and younger investigators in the fields of neuroimaging and cognitive modelling of language will interact and discuss on how their findings can mutually inform their disciplines. There will be discussions on methodological and theoretical issues as well as on practical questions like: does the functional modularity of language correspond to an anatomical modularity of the linguistic processing? Can neuroimaging be used to prevent aphasic sequelae in neurosurgical patients or to plan tailored rehabilitation in aphasia? Together with invited lectures, large space is dedicated to the presentation of new research by younger investigators during oral and poster sessions.
The conference is open to researchers world-wide, whether from industry or academia. Participation will be limited to 100. The emphasis will be on discussion about new developments. The conference fee covers registration, full board and lodging. Some grants will be available upon request.
Deadline for applications: 18 March 2002
Scientific Programme and on-line application at: www.esf.org/euresco/02/mc02152
For printed copies, contact: Dr. J. Hendekovic, European Science Foundation,
EURESCO Unit, 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, 67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Tel.+33 388 76 71 35 Fax.+33 388 36 69 87 E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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