Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th February 2020
Strand Building, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
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King's College London's (KCL) Neuroscience Society is pleased to announce its biggest national conference yet; The KCL Neuroscience Society’s 2020 National Conference - Memory: Make It or Break It. Now a two-day conference, the weekend will provide delegates with a deeper understanding and insight into memory formation and degeneration.
KCL Neuroscience Society aims to bring together leading experts to present the latest findings in memory research in addition to running interactive seminars to broaden delegates' academic and research skills.
This conference will be KCL Neuroscience Society's biggest networking event of the year. It will offer delegates the opportunity to speak with the conference's speakers and seminar leaders throughout the event.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided over both days, including a reception on Saturday evening.
Seminar Information:
Seminar by Brainbox
The Brainbox Initiative seminar will provide attendees with an overview of the basic principles and physiology of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), discussions of the current research and clinical applications of TMS, and an introduction to TMS neuro-navigation techniques.
Seminar by Chiltern Music Therapy
This seminar will be run by Ms Elizabeth Nightingale. It will introduce Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) and the standardised cognitive techniques relevant to supporting people with dementia. It will involve an overview of current NMT research on memory, attention, and orientation, alongside a combination of video case studies, and NMT-based activities and strategies.
Programme
Download as PDFOrganising Committee
Dr Charlotte Russell, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
King’s College London, London
Professor Francesca Cacucci, LAU, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
University College London, London
Dr Franziska Denk, BA, MSc, DPhil
Lecturer
King’s College London, London
Dr Gerald Finnerty, MBBS
Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College London, London
Honorary Consultant Neurologist at King's College Hospital, London
Professor Gisli Hannes Gudjonsson CBE, BSc, MSc, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Forensic Psychology
King’s College London, London
Dr Joni Holmes, BSc, PhD
Head of the Centre for Attention, Learning and Memory (CALM)
University of Cambridge, Cambridge
Professor Karl Peter Giese, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology of Mental Health
King’s College London, London
Professor Lawrence Rajendran, BSc, MSc, PhD, MBA
van Geest Professor of Dementia Research and Deputy Director of UK Dementia Research Institute
King’s College London, London
Dr Marco Brancaccio, MSc, PhD
Lecturer in Dementia Research and UK Dementia Research Institute Fellow
Imperial College London, London
Dr Rebecca Atkinson, BSc, MSc, PhD
Doctoral Researcher and Director of Chiltern Music Therapy
University of Roehampton, London
Dr Sam Cooke, BA, MSc, PhD
Lecturer in the Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
King’s College London, London
