From: Luria Neuroscience Institute

From: Luria Neuroscience Institute To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacationg!gmail.com> Subject: Workshop "Laterality in Health and Disease", Saturday, February 21 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:48:24 +0000 Laterality in Health and Disease Dear Jeffrey Epstein, The Luria Neuroscience Institute invites you to attend a day-long workshop Laterality in Health and Disease. The program is intended primarily for professionals concerned with mental health and with brain and brain disorders. The workshop will take 9 hours and 9 CE Credits will be awarded. The fee for the workshop is $425. Date: February 21, 2015 (Saturday). Time: 8am - 6pm (with a lunch break and two short breaks). Location: Park Lane Hotel, 36 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019. Laterality in Health and Disease (February 21, 2015) Topics to be covered: 1. Where the traditional notions of hemispheric specialization got it wrong. 2. Functional laterality and brain anatomy. 3. Novel approaches to hemispheric specialization. 4. How the two hemispheres develop and age. 5. Laterality and gender and handedness differences. 6. Laterality and regulation of emotions. 7. Laterality and learning disabilities (dyslexias vs NVLD). 8. Laterality and dementias: Is fronto-temporal dementia lateralized? 9. Laterality and striatal disorders (Parkinson's disease and Tourette's syndrome). 10. Major cerebrovascular disorders and cerebral hemispheres. 11. Laterality and neuropsychiatric disorders: Schizophrenia and the left hemisphere. 12. Laterality and differential functional breakdown threshold. Read the full description and register today at Luria Neuroscience Institute. About the speaker: ;1Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP The workshops will feature Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP., a clinical neuropsychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine and Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology. EFTA00709521 Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP authored numerous research papers on functional cortical organization, hemispheric specialization, frontal lobe functions and dysfunction, memory and amnesias, traumatic brain injury, dementias, and schizophrenia. Goldberg's books The Executive Brain (2001), The Wisdom Paradox (2005), and The New Executive Brain (2009) have been translated into 16 languages. He coauthored The SharpBrains Guide to Cognitive Fitness (2013). A sought-after educator, he has lectured worldwide. Elkhonon Goldberg was a student and close associate of the great neuropsychologist Alexander Luria. Luria Neuroscience Institute 315 West 57th Street, Ste 401 New York, NY 10019 Phones: Fax: Web: www.lninstitute.org Email: You received this email as a mental health professional. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list click here to unsubscribe. EFTA00709522