Program

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

 

Day 1 (09/09/2024 Monday)

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome & coffee

9:40 Introduction to SoA2024

Invited Talks: Semantic processes and impairments in aphasia and svPPA: what do they tell us about cognitive models of semantics?

 

9:45 – 10:45 Beth Jefferies (York, UK) : Deregulated semantic cognition in aphasia

10:45 – 11:45 Valentina Borghesani (Geneva, CH) : Semantics beyond language: lessons learned from frontotemporal degeneration

11:45 – 12:15 Debate & Discussion

12:15 – 12:45 Introduction of poster session 1 (3-min teasing per poster)

12:45 – 14:30 Lunch & Poster Session 1

14:45 – 16:45 Oral Presentations 1

 

Day 2 (10/09/2024 Tuesday)

 

Invited Talks: Verbal learning, treatment and recovery throughout the lifespan

 

9:00 – 9:45 Claudia Peñaloza (Barcelona, ES) : Beyond the language processing system: Novel word learning in aphasia and its relevance for language therapy

9:45 – 10:30 Sofia Vallila-Rohter (Boston, US) : Rehabilitation as learning: Examinant learning and strategy use in people with aphasia

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45 Vania de Aguiar (Groningen, NL) : Verbal learning and verb learning from childhood to aphasia recovery

11:45 – 12:15 Debate & Discussion

12:15 – 12:45 Introduction of poster session 2 (3-min teasing per poster)

12:45 – 14:30 Lunch & Poster Session 2

14:45 – 16:45 Oral Presentations 2

 

Day 3 (11/09/2024 Wednesday)

 

Invited Talks: How brain injury informs theories of language evolution

 

9:00 – 10:00 Antonio Benítez Burraco (Sevilla, ES) : Language disorders as a window to language evolution

10:00  – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 11:30 Peter Turkeltaub (Georgetown, US) : The kids are all right: Implications of perinatal stroke and development of language lateralization for aphasia recovery

11:30 – 12:00 Debate & Discussion

12:00 – 12:30 Introduction of poster session 3 (3-min teasing per poster)

12:30 – 14:30 Lunch & Poster Session 3

Afternoon : guided city tour & Evening: dinner in a restaurant 

 

Day 4 (12/09/2024 Thursday)

 

Invited Talks: Underrepresented Languages in aphasia research: how can they add to our understanding of aphasia and what are the problems with anglo-centric research on aphasia?

 

9:00 – 10:00 Monica Norvik (Tromso, NO) : Underrepresented languages: Clinical perspectives from a WEIRD, but underrepresented society

10:00  – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 11:30 Frank Tsiwah (Groningen, NL) : Broadening perspective in aphasia research: The role of underrepresented languages 

11:30 – 12:00 Debate & Discussion

12:00 – 12:30 Introduction of poster session 4 (3-min teasing per poster)

12:30 – 14:30 Lunch & Poster Session 4

14:45 – 16:15 Oral Presentations 3

 

16:15 Closing remarks