The 24th meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society

Invitation to Stockholm
The International Neuropsychological Society and the Nordic Neuropsychological Societies, are very pleased to welcome you to Stockholm, and the 2002 midyear meeting of the INS. Every second year the midyear meeting is held in a European country, and this is the first time in Sweden.

Neuropsychology is a fast growing field of interest in the Nordic countries, attracting psychologists and other clinical and research professionals. It is our hope that this meeting will represent a more active participation of European neuropsychologists in the INS.

The program offers a number of invited lectures, many related to the themes "Neuronal plasticity" and "Functional neuroimaging". Plasticity is one of the most exciting topics in current neuropsychological research, and covers a host of promising new findings regarding normal psychological development over the life span as well as treatment and rehabilitation of brain damage and disease. Functional imaging methods are well established in neuropsychological research.

As usual, there will also be a number of CE-workshops and scientific symposia as well as a full scope of free paper and poster presentations.

With this meeting the co-operation of the INS with national neuropsychological societies is further emphasized.

The social part of the meeting will offer opportunities of fruitful discussions in nice surroundings, as well as cultural and musical events.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Stockholm in 2002.

INS midyear meeting 2002 Stockholm, Sweden, July 24-27

Organized by the INS and the Neuropsychological Societies/Associations of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland

Organizing committee: Håkan Nyman, Chair (hakan.nyman@ks.se )
Program committee: Jarl Risberg, Chair (jarl.risberg@psykiatr.lu.se)

Nordic committee: Gunilla Øberg (Denmark), Margareta Kihlgren (Denmark), Hallgrim Kløve (Norway), Laura Hokkanen (Finland), Taina Nybo (Finland), Aniko Bartfai (Sweden), Roger Carlsson (Sweden), Katarina Frank (Sweden), Gunilla Hellberg-Edström (Sweden), Marika Möller-Böhm, (Sweden), Håkan Nyman (Sweden), Jarl Risberg (Sweden).

Scientific program

Invited lectures

• Endel Tulving: What can brain imaging tell us about memory?
• Stephen Rao: How does the brain represent time?
• Christo Pantev: The competition for cortical space: Training induced plasticity and music
• Joan Stiles: Neural plasticity and cognitive development
• James Swanson: Development of new treatments for ADHD
• Anders Björklund: Stem cells and brain repair: Recent progress and future perspectives.

Birch lecture

• Kenneth Heilman Creativity: From Einstein to autism

Presidential address

• Leslie Gonzalez-Rothi Apraxia in degenerative diseases

Invited symposia

The program will include several invited symposia covering front line neuropsychological research in the Nordic countries.

Submitted symposia and platform sessions
We welcome submissions of symposia and platform presentations covering all areas within the field of neuropsychology. The program committee will arrange the platform presentations as thematic oral and poster sessions.

Please observe that due to the printing schedule of the Journal of the INS all abstract submissions must be postmarked no later than October 19, 2001.

General information

Meeting site
The meeting will take place at Stockholm City Convention Center, Stockholm, Sweden. The Center is within walking distance from the Central Station and most of the hotels.

Meeting dates
July 24-27, 2002

Official language
The official language of the meeting is English.

Submission of abstracts
INS members
Information and a submission form have already been distributed by ordinary INS mail.
Non-INS members
The INS web site, www.osu.edu/ins, provides information about the abstract submission process and the submission form is available in downloadable format. Please read carefully and note that the deadline for submission is postmarked by October 19, 2001.

Weather
In late July, the weather in Stockholm is mostly warm and sunny, although there may be occasional showers and cooler evenings.

The meeting on the web
The INS web site, www.osu.edu/ins, contains information about the meeting.

The web sites of the Nordic Neuropsychological societies also offer information: www.neuropsykologi.org (Sweden), www.neuropsykologi.dk (Denmark), www.nevropsyk.org (Norway) and www.neuro.fi/npsy.htm (Finland).

The web sites of other European Neuropsychological Societies may also contain information about the meeting.

How to be sure to get further information
Send your e-mail address to hakan.nyman@ks.se and you will automatically receive our monthly electronic newsletter concerning the meeting.