Live Event: ANSA Conference Keynotes
Applied Neuroscience Society of Australia Present their Annual Conference and Workshops: The Gateway to Health
We are fortunate to be attending the annual ANSA conference in Cairns this week and a pleased to be able to present a live webcast of two keynote speakers on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8.30AM AEST.
The abstract of each presentation is shown below along with details of how to connect and watch what promise to be fascinating speeches.
24 August 2019 | 8.30am AEST | ll.30pm BST | 6.30pm EST | 6.30am NZT
Neuro-correlates of the ‘Self’ and Implications for Neuro-psychotherapists
Self perception is a logical consequence of the brain’s main function, i.e. to reduce inherent uncertainty in a changing environment through predictive inference. “The self is the centralization of the predictive imperative”, and as such present in every living creature, albeit unconscious. Conscious self perception is present in many animals. From an evolutionary point of view the self in humans can be subdivided in 3 brain networks, the physical self, which is encoded by the somatomotor and insula network, the psychological self which overlaps with the medial default mode network (DMN) and the non-self or socially engaged self encoded by the lateral DMN.
Problems with the self are thus mostly related to dysfunctions of the DMN, as seen in dementias, gender dysphoria, autism, depression, schizophrenia and personality disorders.
The self and its pathologies can be influenced by psychedelic medication, invasive and non-invasive neuromodulation, and theoretically future treatments could consist of a combination of both.
Watch the live webcast
The event will be available as a Live Event on Owl Talks. Make sure your are a registered user by signing up for a free account, and a link to the event will appear on the main menu shortly before the event commences.
25 August 2019 | 8.30am AEST | ll.30pm BST | 6.30pm EST | 6.30am NZT
by Nick Dogris
Addressing Opiod Addiction Using Advanced Neuromodulation Techniques
An abstract is unavailable at this time.
Watch the live webcast
The event will be available as a Live Event on Owl Talks. Make sure your are a registered user by signing up for a free account, and a link to the event will appear on the main menu shortly before the event commences.