ICANS 2009 Meeting

The 1st ICANS Meeting took place the 9th and 10th of July of 2009 in Florence (Italy), in the frame of the summer course of the International Master in Affective Neuroscience.  It was titled “Affective Neuroscience, cross-discipline and cross-national research. Theoretical and practical issues” and composed of:

- the ICANS Poster Session, on July 9th,  during which both ICANS members and students of the master in affective neuroscience presented the valuable research they are performing

-the ICANS Magistral Lecture, on July 10th, in wich a well known researcher in the field of affective neuroscience presented some conclusions

- the ICANS Symposium, on July 10th, in wich some young scientists and ICANS members, graduates from the Affective Neuroscience Master, explained their experiences conducting research in the field of affective neuroscience

You can find in the 2009 ICANS Meeting Programme the programme and abstracts of the lectures!!

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ICANS POSTER SESSION, 9th JULY 2009

PROGRAMME:

13:00 – 18:00 – ICANS Poster Session

ICANS MAGISTRAL LECTURE: FLORENCE, 10^th JULY 2009

 Main Speaker: Professor Keith Kendrick  (Cambridge, UK)

PROGRAMME:

11:00 Prof. Keith Kendrick – “Aggression: the biology of war and peace”.

ICANS SYMPOSIUM FLORENCE, 10^th JULY 2009

PROGRAMME:

12:00 - “Affective Neuroscience Accross Disciplinary Boundaries” – Dr. Alessandro Colasanti (UK)

12:15 - “Increased Filtering of Irrelevant Information in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) patients” – Dr. Martin Desseilles (Belgium/Switzerland)

12:30 – “Cross-National Collaborations: examples of collaborative studies between Bristol and two groups in Trondheim and Noth Trondelag, Norway” – Dr. Simon Davies (UK)

12:45 – “Is Compulsive Hoarding a Sympton of OCD? The story of a project between London and Barcelona” – Dr. Alberto Pertusa (Spain/UK)

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2009 ICANS POSTER SESSION