The 16th Science of Aphasia Conference was held in University of Aveiro between 17-22 September 2015.
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Program Theme: Neuroplasticity and Language
Local organisation Aveiro
Luís M.T. Jesus (chair)
Invited Speakers: Argye Hillis (Johns Hopkins University, USA); Hugues Duffau (CHU Montpellier, France); Cathy Price (UCL, UK); Alexandre Castro Caldas (UCP, Portugal); Alexandra Reis (UAlg, Portugal); Uri Hasson (Università Degli Studi di Trento, Italy); Jenny Crinion (UCL, UK); Brenda Rapp (Johns Hopkins University, USA); David Poeppel (Max Planck Institute, Germany); Dan Bub (University of Victoria, Canada); David Caplan (Harvard Medical School, USA)
Feel free to download the conference poster as image here or as pdf here.
The conference proceeding are available from Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie 20(Supplement 1) |
Program Committee for SoA 16th Ria de Bleser (chair) Wendy Best Roel Jonkers Peter Mariën Gabriele Miceli Isabell Wartenburger |
Scientific Committee for SoA 16th Roelien Bastiaanse (chair) Wendy Best Ria de Bleser (honorary member) David Howard Roel Jonkers Peter Mariën Gabriele Miceli Lyndsey Nickels Carlo Semenza |
Conference secretariat:
Maria de Lurdes Ventura Cardoso dos Santos (mlventura@ua.pt)
Anabela Calisto Viegas Silva (anabela.viegas@ua.pt)
Academic staff:
Alda Sofia Pires Dias Marques; Alexandra Isabel Cardador Queirós; Anabela Gonçalves Silva; António José Monteiro Amaro; Assunção das Dores Laranjeira de Almeida; Catarina Alexandra Monteiro de Oliveira; Daniela Maria Pias Figueiredo; Elsa Maria de Oliveira Pinheiro de Melo; Fernando Manuel Tavares Silva Ribeiro; Francisco Manuel Lemos Amado; Isabel Maria Monteiro da Costa; João Filipe Fernandes Lindo Simões; José Joaquim Marques Alvarelhão; Luís Nuno Sancho Ribeiro; Margarida de Melo Cerqueira; Maria da Assunção Coelho de Matos; Maria Helena Borges Aguiar Vilarinho Machado Castro; Maria da Piedade Moreira Brandão; Maria Joana da Costa Gomes da Silva; Marília dos Santos Rua; Marisa Lobo Lousada; Milton Rodrigues dos Santos; Paula Maria Vaz Martins;
Rui Jorge Dias Costa; Sílvia de Francesco
Students and research assistants:
Ana Brígida Francisco Patrício; Ana Rita dos Santos Valente; Daniel Pape; Joana Inês Martins Martinez; Joaquim Nuno Salgueiro dos Santos; Marta Alexandra Esteves Silva
Program overview
Day 01: 17-09-2015
Reception and registration
Day 02: 18-09-2015
8.30h–9.15h | Registration; |
9.15h – 9.30h | Opening ceremony – José Fernando Mendes, Rui Costa and Luís Jesus, University of Aveiro Portugal; Ria de Bleser and Roelien Bastiaanse, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
9.30h–10.15h | Keynote 1 – Argye Hillis, Johns Hopkins University, USA – Modulations of the language network in the first year after stroke |
10.15h–11.00h | Keynote 2 – Hugues Duffau, CHU Montpellier, France – The brain functional connectivity revisited by stimulation mapping: a new window to the potentials and limitations of neuroplasticity |
11.00h-11.30h Coffee break | |
11.30h–13.10h | Contributed papers oral session 1:
1. Seçkin Arslan, Elif Bamyacı, Roelien Bastiaanse – Verbs in Turkish agrammatic narrative speech |
13.10h -1 4.30h – Lunch | |
14.30h – 15.15h | Keynote 3 – Alexander Leff, UCL, UK – Predicting Language Outcome and Recovery After Stroke (PLORAS) |
15.15h–16.00h | Keynote 4 – David Caplan, Harvard Medical School, USA – Plasticity after stroke: Lessons from motor recovery |
16.00h – 16.30h – Coffee break | |
16.30h – 17.00h | Short presentations poster session 1 |
17.00h – 18.00h | Contributed papers poster session 1:
1. Oscar Aguilar, Martina Callaghan, Rachel Holland, Zoe Woodhead, Alex Leff, & Jenny Crinion – Anatomical changes in the brain macrostructure and microstructure of the right hemisphere in chronic aphasic stroke patients |
Day 03: 19-09-2015
9.30h–10.15h | Keynote 5 – Alexandre Castro Caldas, UCP, Portugal – Language in atypically informed brains |
10.15h–11.00h | Keynote 6 – Alexandra Reis, UAlg, Portugal – Reading skills or reading strategies: What matters for the brain? |
11.00h-11.30h Coffee break | |
11.30h–12.00h | Short presentations poster session 2 |
12.00h–13.00h | Contributed papers poster session 2:
1. Polly Barr, Britta Biedermann, Lyndsey Nickels, Marie-Josèphe Tainturier – An investigation of cognate generalisation across language in written aphasia treatment |
13.00h -1 4.30h – Lunch | |
14.30h – 16.00h | Contributed papers oral session 2:
1. M. Laganaro – How many origins of omission errors in aphasia? |
16.00h – 16.30h – Coffee break | |
16.30h – 18.30h | Contributed papers oral session 3:
1. Vânia de Aguiar and Gabriele Miceli – Can pre-treatment scores predict treatment success and failure? The case of verb therapies |
Day 04: 20-09-2015
9.30h–10.15h | Keynote 7 – Jenny Crinion, UCL, UK – Plasticity in the chronic stage post aphasic stroke: insights from speech production |
10.15h–11.00h | Keynote 8 – Brenda Rapp, Johns Hopkins University, USA – The neural and cognitive correlates of recovery in acquired dysgraphia |
11.00h-11.30h Coffee break | |
11.30h–12.15h | Keynote 9 – Uri Hasson, Università Degli Studi di Trento, Italy – Structural neuroplasticity of language systems: Insights from Vedic reciters and the congenitally blind |
12.30h-14.00h Lunch | |
14.00h-23.00h Social event and social dinner |
Day 05: 21-09-2015
9.30h–10.15h | Short presentations poster session 3 |
10.15h–11.00h | Contributed papers poster session 3:
1. Claudia Peñaloza, Matti Laine, Pedro Cardona, Monserrat Juncadella, Nadine Martin, Antoni-Rodríguez Fornells – Speech segmentation in chronic left hemisphere stroke |
11.00h-11.30h Coffee break | |
11.30h–13.10h | Contributed papers oral session 4:
1. Robson, Holly, Specht, Karsten, Beaumont, Helen, Parkes, Laura M., Sage, Karen, Lambon Ralph, Matthew A., Zahn, Roland – Cortico-cortico diaschisis in chronic Wernicke’s aphasia |
13.10h-14.30h Lunch | |
14.30h–15.15h | Keynote 10 – David Poeppel, Max-Planck-Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt – Cortical Tracking of Hierarchical Linguistic Structures in Connected Speech |
15.15h–16.00h | Keynote 11 – Dan Bub, University of Victoria, Canada – Language and the brain: the state of the union |
16.00h–17.00h | Contributed papers oral session 5:
1. Kim van Dun, Elke De Witte, Wendy Van Daele, Wim Van Hecke, Mario Manto, Peter Mariën – Atypical cerebral and cerebellar language organisation: A case study |
17.00h–17.30h | Closing ceremony – Luís Jesus, University of Aveiro Portugal; Ria de Bleser and Roelien Bastiaanse, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
Day 06: 22-09-2015
Breakfast and departure
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Abstract submission
Abstracts are solicited for papers and posters from the field of:
- Neuroplasticity and Language
Abstract submissions must be in English. Submissions will be considered both for oral or poster presentations depending on the quality of the submission.
Abstracts should present innovative and unpublished work, provide a clear statement of the problem or hypothesis and the basis on which conclusions are drawn. The text should be written according to this template and not exceed the number of 1,000 words (including headings, excluding references). One figure/table is allowed but should be submitted on a separate page with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
For the submission of an abstract, please use the submission form on this website.
Submissions that do not meet the above mentioned guidelines will not be reviewed.
Please note: It is not allowed to have more than one presentation or poster as first author.
Abstracts can be submitted at http://www.soa-online.com/submission/
until the 1st of April
SoA registration
Registration will only be confirmed if the registration fee is received by the organisation within 5 working days that follow the upload of the registration form.
Price of full registration (4 days); including lunches, coffee breaks, social event and conference dinner | 350,00 € |
Price of student registration (4 days); including lunches, coffee breaks, social event and conference dinner | 175,00 € |
Price of full registration (1 day); including lunch and coffee breaks; excluding social event and conference dinner | 150,00 € |
Price of student registration (1 day); including lunch and coffee breaks; excluding social event and conference dinner | 75,00 € |
Price of social event and conference dinner | 125,00 € |
Price of full registration (4 days); including lunches, coffee breaks, social event and conference dinner – After 30th June 2015 | 425,00 € |
Price of student registration (4 days); including lunches, coffee breaks, social event and conference dinner – After 30th June 2015 | 250,00 € |
Price of full registration (1 day); including lunch and coffee breaks; excluding social event and conference dinner – After 30th June 2015 | 225,00 € |
Price of student registration (1 day); including lunch and coffee breaks; excluding social event and conference dinner – After 30th June 2015 | 150,00 € |
Price of social event and conference dinner – After 30th June 2015 | 200,00 € |
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SoA where to stay
Please find below a list of hotels.
When arranging your accommodation reservation please mention that you are a Science of Aphasia 2015 Conference delegate / participant. We have arranged special prices with some of the hotels and will attempt to broaden the range of options until July/August.
Grupo Alboi – http://www.grupoalboi.com/
Hotel As Americas – http://www.hotelasamericas.com/ Hotel de Ilhavo Plaza & Spa – http://www.hoteldeilhavo.com/ Veneza Hotel – http://www.venezahotel.pt/pt-pt Welcome In – http://www.welcomein.pt/ Hotel Afonso V – http://www.hotelafonsov.pt/ Hotel Jardim – http://www.hoteljardim.pt/ Melia Ria Hotel & SPA – http://www.hoteis.pt/9146/melia-ria-hotel-spa Hotel Moliceiro – http://www.hoteis.pt/6367/hotel-moliceiro Hotel Imperial – http://www.hotelimperial.pt/ |
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