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1 NeuroLab News June 2012 Monthly Newsletter from Neuropsychophysiology Lab Psicofisiologia! " #$7&N,#$81((1,(#O$! " #$ P1(15#$! " #$ 0; 1(*&$>1L #)$! ' G' 5*&$%1" 315)$! " #$ :,*#$J ',L #(H15)$ 6#(&0," #$7&#(15)$ 6#(&0," #$=,1,(#)$! " #$ 7&N,#$Q1,(#L #(O$! " #$ $ Neuroimagiologia! " #$%&' (#)$! " *+",&$-.#/)$! 012#" 3(#$%#(4' 15)$! " #$ 6#*#(," #$7&#(15)$! " #$8,0,9#$ :,; 1,(&)$! " #$<5#; 10$=,1,(#)$! " #$<5#; 10$%#(4' 15)$! " #$ >'.5#$? 0,@1,(#)$! " #$%,A#10#$ 6' " B#)$! " #$:,*#$3#$7,0@#$C $ %10,55#$? 0,@1,(#D$$! -Lab Presentations Conference Presentations Neuroscience Lab Rotations Presentations Going Out Paper Writing Week Universidade do Minho Escola de Psicologia Lab de Neuropsicofisiologia More on Page 4 Neurofisiologia M&H&$7,0@#)$M&(G1$6&((1,#)$ M&#" #$81((1,(#)$80E@,#$ >&915)$<5#; 10$6&10B&)$ M&#" #$%&,*#)$%#(,#$>'.5#$ 7,0@#)$! " G10," #$6&5*#$C $ %#(,#$! L &(,L D$ Snapshots This month we had: - The freshman students presentation during Neuroscience Lab Rotation - The Lab s first Paper Writing Week - 4 Conferences presentations - 3 Lab presentations Neuromodulação 6E*,#$6#(@#0B&)$ - #",10#$6&5*#)$8,0,9#$ F1,2&*&)$%#(G#(,3#$ %#G#0BH15)$- #",10#$ =,1,(#)$8,0,9#$:,; 1,(&)$ - #",10#$6&5*#)$ I 0,5#; 1*1$J &" K#0@15$C $ -,&G&$>,L #D -Publications Paper publications - Ana Ganho in Merel Kindt Lab at Amsterdam University 1

2 Lab presentations Every week, in the Neuropsychology Lab, different team members are invited to present their current work. This month the presenters were: 1. Rosana Magalhães (May 30 th ) Multiple Sclerosis: Time is everything". 2. Ana Mesquita (June 6 th ) "The impact of stress on the empathic ability" 3. Ana Osorio (May 27 th ) The different faces of empathy: Behavioral, psychophysiological and neuroendocrine correlates of affective and cognitive empathy in Williams syndrome a window to typical development 2

3 Conference Presentations Ana Ganho in co-authorship with Eva Albers and Quirinne Tordoir, presented a poster on Role of cortisol and adrenalin in emotional memory, in the Symposium of Emotional Memories that took place in the end of her Summer Course in Amsterdam University Jorge Alves in co-authorship with other lab members, presented an oral communications and two posters in the 26th Meeting of Brain Aging and Dementia, which took place in Tomar on June 29th and 30th. The titles and authors of presented work were: Oral communication: -Alves, J., Soares, J. M., Sampaio, A. & Gonçalves, O. F. Cognitive profile and cerebral morphometry of Posterior Cortical Atrophy and Alzheimer's disease. Poster 1: -Alves, J., Magalhães, R., Gonçalves, O. F. & Sampaio, A. Psychosocial therapies for Alzheimer's disease: Is there evidence for Cognitive Intervention? Poster 2: -Alves, J., Magalhães, R., Gonçalves, O. F. & Sampaio, A. Cost-effectiveness and feasibility of neuropsychological rehabilitation in Alzheimer's dementia. 3

4 Freshman students presentation in the Neuroscience Lab Rotation This month the 1st year students presented their work developed during their second semester long participation at various neuroscience lab rotations. Different students worked in each of the 4 sections of the neurolab: psychophysiology, neurophysiology, neuroimaging and neuromodulation. On June 27 th, 29 groups of 2 to 3 students presented their work for an audience compromised of their professors and an entire team of neurolab. Presentations displayed tireless efforts and commitments of both, the freshman students and their teachers. Congratulations to all!! 4

5 Anticipating her internship at Merel Kindt Lab in October, Ana Ganho attended CSCA Summer School, related to Emotional Memories, from patient to synapse, at Amsterdam University. At the end of her course Ana presented a poster on Role of cortisol and adrenalin in emotional memory at the Symposium of Emotional Memories, on June 28 and 29. This month the Neurolab had its first paper writing week. During the week of June 18 to 22 nd all lab members dedicated their time to writing papers, with already analyzed data, or to revising and re-submitting previously submitted work. With several papers submitted, as well as sent to co-authors, the 1 st trial was good but we will all aim to do better in the second edition of this initiative... 5

6 Alves, J., Magalhães, R., Castiajo, P., Arantes, M., Sampaio, A. & Gonçalves, O. F. (2012). Domain-specific and generalization effects of cognitive intervention in diffuse axonal injury: a case report. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 24(2), e Carvalho S, Leite J, Galdo-Alvarez, S., Gonçalves Ó.F. (in Press). The emotional movie database (EMDB): A self-report and psychophysiological normative study. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback doi: /s