Implications of Research on the Neuroscience of Affect, Attachment, and Social Cognition Conference
The Cruciform Building, Gower Street, Ucl, GB
Attendance type(s): In Person
Event Dates: 25—26 Apr 2015
For the third time, leading neuroscientists from Europe and the USA will once again host this unique forum exploring the latest neuroscience research with reference to treatments of mental disorders including autism, depression, personality disorders and attachment disorders. Implications on clinical and developmental perspectives of these psychopathologies will be discussed.
Confirmed Speakers:
Simon Baron-Cohen (Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University)
Martin Debbane (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Peter Fonagy (Anna Freud Centre, and University College London, UK)
Antonia Hamilton (University College London, UK)
Jeremy Holmes (University of Exeter, UK)
Pilyoung Kim (University of Denver, USA)
Patrick Luyten (University of Leuven, Belgium, and University College London, UK)
Read Montague (The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, USA)
Michael Moutoussis (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, and University College London, UK)
Tobias Nolte (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, and University College London, UK)
Leonhard Schilbach (Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, and University Hospital Cologne, Germany)
Patrick Shafto (University of Louisville, USA)
Manos Tsakiris (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
Essi Viding (University College London, UK)
Confirmed Chairs:
Alessandra Lemma (University College London, and Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, UK)
Katerina Fotopoulou (University College London, UK)
Tobias Nolte (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, and University College London, UK)
Peter Fonagy (Anna Freud Centre, and University College London, UK)
Topics will include:
“Epistemic trust, resilience and reconsidering the role of mentalization in psychotherapy”
“How Stress Influences Parental Brain and Behavioral Sensitivity toward Infants”
“Imitation in autism spectrum condition”
“Second-person neuroscience: New perspectives in social neuroscience and implications for the study of the neural mechanisms of psychiatric disorders”