Brain Imaging in Preschool-Aged Children Reveals Potential Markers of ADHD:  An Interview with E. Mark Mahone, PhD

E. Mark Mahone, PhD

Understanding the complex pathophysiology and behavioral trajectories of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a long-term interest of Dr. E. Mark Mahone, a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University and Director of Neuropsychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Mahone’s earlier ADHD  imaging work revealed sex differences in cortical development that varied by age. Specifically, he found more brain abnormalities and worse behavioral  profiles in school-aged boys relative to girls, despite similar onset in their preschool years.

The Challenges of Young-Onset Dementia: A Case of Semantic Dementia

Simone Mangelsdorf, MPsych

Founding of the Columbian Society of Neuropsychology 

Juan Carlos Arango Lasprilla, PhD

In Colombia, the field of neuropsychology is quite young, having begun only approximately 30 years ago. It developed primarily in the country’s largest cities, such as Medellín, Bogotá, and Cali. The field has advanced via various types of academic activities, including conferences and seminars, and some masters’ programs. In addition, a few local scientific associations have been founded. Recently, neuropsychologists have identified a real need to standardize and consolidate the profession of neuropsychology throughout the country.  Therefore, in 2016 a group of fifteen professionals working in neuropsychology from different Colombian cities began to meet and work together. This working group wrote the bylaws of a neuropsychological society.

Corey Bolton, MA

Student members play an integral role in furthering the mission of the INS to promote the international and interdisciplinary study of brain-behavioral relationships. The research being done by current student members represents the future of this field and deserves to be recognized. To that end, the INS hopes to begin highlighting student research via social media. If you are a current student member of INS and would like your research to be shared, we would love to hear from you. Please follow this link to complete an online form providing us with your information. The deadline is September 10th, 2018. Interested students will be contacted soon with instructions.

Cady Block, PhD

Want to submit something for @INSneuro? Just email it to the INS social media editor, but please note that all submissions are subject to review and verification before posting. Send away!

Mike Kirkwood, Program Chair

Toronto

The International Brain Injury Association’s World Congress on Brain Injury is the largest gathering of international professionals working in the field of brain injury (traumatic and acquired, including stroke). The next World Congress will take place March 13 – March 16, 2019, in Toronto, Canada. Over 1400 international delegates attended the World Congress when it was last held in the United States in 2017 in New Orleans. Click here to read more about this meeting.

Deborah Koltai, PhD

At the 2018 meeting in Prague, the INS Board of Governors approved the appointment of Dr. Deborah Koltai of Duke University Medical Center as the incoming Executive Director of INS. She will replace Dr. Gordon Chelune, who has been INS Executive Director for the past 5 years, at the end of the INS meeting in New York City in February 2019.

Cady Block, PhD

INS Special interest groups (SIGs) provide a unique opportunity for individuals with similar interests to build collaborative relationships, create international communities, and work together to further science. The INS SIGs conduct meetings at conferences, have list serves, engage in social media, and maintain an active communication throughout the year. To date, three INS SIGs have formed: Epilepsy, Oncology, and Cultural Neuropsychology. INS is accepting additional applications for new SIGs. There is no deadline for submission, but applications do require 20 interested INS members. Email questions or requests for applications to: INSScientificCommittee@gmail.com. We are excited to hear from you!

Signing of Memorandums of Understanding with Sociedad Latinoamericana de Neuropsicologia and the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment

Drs. Yeates and Douglas

Drs. Yeates and Ferreres

Keith Yeates, INS President, signed the MOUs for INS; Aldo Ferreres, President of SLAN, and Jacinta Douglas, President of ASSBI, signed for their respective societies. The signing of the MOUs reflects INS’s commitment to fostering mutual relationships with other like-minded scientific societies from around the world. INS looks forward to ongoing interactions with SLAN and ASSBI.

JINS, the official scientific journal of the INS, is proud to announce that the 2017 Impact Factor is now 2.77, a 27% increase from 2016.  INS members are encouraged to send their best science to JINS.  The society’s goal is to make the JINS the leading scientific outlet for neuropsychological research.

Beautiful Brain: Drawings of Santiago Ramon y Cajal

©2017; Harry N. Adams, Publisher

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 – 1934) was the father of modern neuroscience, and an exceptional artist. He devoted his life to the anatomy of the brain, the body’s most complex and mysterious organ. His superhuman feats of visualization, based on precise techniques and countless hours at the microscope, resulted in some of the most remarkable illustrations in the history of science. Beautiful Brain presents a selection of his exquisite drawings of brain cells, brain regions, and neural circuits with accessible descriptive commentary.

Neuroplasticity

©2016; Costandi

Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement and has inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs who peddle dubious “brain training” games and apps. In this book, Costandi offers an overview of neuroplasticity, describing how our brains change continuously in response to our actions and experiences.

How Emotions are Made

©2018; Barrett

The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. A lucid report from the cutting edge of emotion science, How Emotions Are Made reveals the profound real-world consequences of this breakthrough for everything from neuroscience and medicine to the legal system and even national security, laying bare the immense implications of our latest and most intimate scientific revolution.