FRIDAY, 29 January
Single-case cognitive neuropsychology in the 21st century
(organized by S.J. Fischer-Baum, Houston, USA and J. Medina, Newark, USA)
Historically, single-case studies of individuals with brain-damage have contributed substantially to our understanding of cognitive processes. However, with the advent of newer techniques in cognitive neuroscience, there has been a general zeitgeist in which single case cognitive neuropsychological studies are considered as “a relic from a past era”. The goal of this symposium is to discuss the contribution of single case cognitive neuropsychology in the 21st century. Specifically, we focus on research is combines the logic of single case neuropsychology with cognitive neuroscientific techniques (e.g. fMRI, EEG) and ask: How do we use neural data from individuals with brain damage to construct and test cognitive and cognitive neuroscientific theories? What impact have advances in cognitive neuroscience had on the logic of cognitive neuropsychology?
15.00 JARED MEDINA (Newark, USA)
Introductory remarks
15.10 MICHAEL McCLOSKEY (Baltimore, USA)
Paradoxical Impairment of Letter & Digit Perception
15.45 Floor Discussion
15.55 MARINA LAGANARO (Geneve, Switzerland)
Insight from ERPs with aphasic patients on the time-course of word production: from single case to group studies
16.30 Floor Discussion
16.40 Coffee break
17.00 DANIEL DILKS (Atlanta, USA)
Cortical plasticity in the adult human visual system
17.35 Floor Discussion
17.45 SIMON FISCHER-BAUM (Houston, USA):
Neuroplasticity and the logic of cognitive neuropsychology
18.20 Floor Discussion
18.30 General Discussion
TIM SHALLICE (Trieste, Italy) Discussant