singlecases

FRIDAY, 29 January

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