New Webinars for Australasian Region “Memory and Memory Impairments” and “Brain Disorders and Criminal Behavior”
The Luria Neuroscience Institute is pleased to announce a premiere of the two new webinars by Dr. Goldberg.
The webinars are presented by Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP., a clinical neuropsychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, and Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology. His critically acclaimed and bestselling books have been translated into 24 languages.
Webinar “Memory and Memory Impairments”
Memory is among the most important cognitive functions, and memory impairment is among the most common and most catastrophic consequences of neurological and psychiatric conditions. In this webinar we will review the basic neurobiology of memory and various forms of memory in normal cognition, including associative memory and working memory. We will then review various amnestic syndromes, e.g. anterograde and retrograde amnesias; and types of memory impairments across a wide range of brain disorders. These include Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias; Korsakoff syndrome; traumatic brain injury; temporal lobe epilepsy; viral encephalopathies including COVID-19, HIV encephalopathy, and herpes simplex encephalopathy; and other disorders, as well as usually ignored neurodevelopmental memory impairments. We will discuss memory changes in aging and efforts to protect it.
Format: Online webinar. The webinar will be recorded and the recording will be available to registrants for multiple reviews at their convenience after the live event.
Date: October 22, 2022 (Saturday), 1 pm – 4 pm Australian Eastern Time
Fee: US $165 for a three-hour webinar. The webinar will provide CPD points for those attending.
Topics:
Basic neurobiology of memory. Components of memory circuits and their neuroanatomy.
Types of memory from a cognitive standpoint: associative vs working; explicit vs implicit; intentional vs incidental.
Forgetting and why it is useful.
Amnesias: anterograde vs retrograde; general vs modality specific.
Assessment of memory and amnesias.
Memory and aging.
Memory impairment in dementias (Alzheimer’s and others).
Memory impairment in traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Memory impairment in viral encephalopathies (Herpes Simplex, HIV, COVID-19).
Memory and neurodevelopmental disorders: neglected condition.
Webinar “Brain Disorders and Criminal Behavior”
Various brain disorders may alter behavior in ways that result in behaviors judged by society as antisocial or outright criminal. Ultimately the judgment whether certain acts are criminal and to what extent (if any) a history of brain disorder is a mitigating factor, rests with the legal system. However, mental health professionals can make important contributions to these decisions in an advisory capacity. It is important to educate both mental health professionals and members of the legal profession about the many possible ways in which brain damage may contribute to criminal behavior. Socially aberrant behaviors are more common in certain brain disorders than in others; the manifestations may be different, and so are the underlying mechanisms. In this webinar we will review some of the conditions with which aberrant behaviors may be associated. These include dementias, neurodevelopmental disorders, traumatic brain injury, seizures, space occupying lesions, neuropsychiatric disorders, and others. It is important for clinicians working with these populations to be aware of the potential for socially aberrant behavior, which may be predicated, entirely or in part, on the intrinsic properties of underlying brain disease and associated cognitive impairment and disinhibition.
Format: Online webinar. The webinar will be recorded and the recording will be available to registrants for multiple reviews at their convenience after the live event.
Date: October 29, 2022 (Saturday), 1 pm – 4 pm Australian Eastern Time
Fee: US $165 for a three-hour webinar. The webinar will provide CPD points for those attending.
Topics:
Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes
Executive Dysfunction in Brain Disorders
Dementias
Traumatic Brain Injury
Creativity and Cognition
Creativity and the Brain
Laterality and Functional Organization of the Brain
Laterality and Brain Dysfunction
ADHD and Tourette: A new look at an old quandary
How the Brain Deals with Novelty and Uncertainty
COVID-19 and Brain Dysfunction: Evolving Understanding
NEUROCOVID-19: Cognitive, Psychiatric, and Psychological Manifestations
Long NEUROCOVID: What Has Been Learned
