10.00 Registration

13.00 Pre-congress workshops W1 and W2: K. Podell, V. Anderson
14.30 Coffee break
16.30 Closing

19.00 City Reception at Wäinö Aaltonen Museum

8.00 Registration

9.00-9.15 Opening ceremony

9.15-10.45 Invited lecture L1

10.45-11.15 Poster session P1 and coffee

11.15-12.45 Symposia S1 and S2

12.45-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00 Invited lecture L2

15.00-16.30 Symposia S3 and S4

16.30-17.15 Poster session P1 (continued) and coffee

17.15-18.15 Invited lecture L3

20.00 Renaissance Banquet at Turku Castle

08.30-09.30 Invited lecture L4

09.30-10.30 Invited lecture L5

10.30-11.00 Poster session P2 and coffee

11.00-12.30 Symposium S5 and Paper session PS1

12.30-13.45 Lunch

13.45-15.15 Symposium S6 and Paper session PS2

15.15-16.00 Poster session P2 (continued) and coffee

16.00-18.30 Special session L6

20.00 Saturday night gathering at Holiday Club Caribia

09.00-10.30 Symposium S7

10.30-11.00 Coffee

11.00-12.30 Symposium S8

12.30-12.45 Closing

Holistic Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Conceptual Foundations L1

Yehuda Ben-Yishay, Professor

New York University Medical Center, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York, USA

Assessing executive functions in children L2

Vicki Anderson, Professor

Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Mismatch negativity (MMN) in clinical research L3

Risto Näätänen, Professor

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Cross-domain interaction between Language and Space L4

Luigi Pizzamiglio, Professor

Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

SLI and dyslexia: same or different? Evidence from neurobiological and genetic studies L5
Dorothy Bishop, Professor
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Holistic Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Clinical Illustrations L6
Yehuda Ben-Yishay, Professor

New York University Medical Center, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York, USA

Invited Symposia

Cognitive outcome in epilepsies and epilepsy surgery in children and adolescents S1
Organised by Professor Marit Korkman, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

• Varying outcomes in epileptic encephalopathy with SES
  MD Elina Liukkonen and MA Elisa Kantola-Sorsa, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
• Cognitive development in children with Rolandic epilepsy
  PhD Margareta Kihlgren, University Children's Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
• Cognitive effects of refractory epilepsy in children and adults before and after epilepsy surgery
  PhD Helge Bjørnæs, The National Centre for Epilepsy, Sandvika, Norway
• Pre and postoperative cognitive functioning in children and adolescents undergoing epilepsy surgery
  MD Marja-Liisa Granström, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Neuropsychological function in psychopathology S2
Organised by Professor Nils Inge Landrø, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

• Comparative profiles of neuropsychological deficits in early and adult onset schizophrenia
  Dr. Birgitte Fagerlund, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Working memory deficits in schizophrenia and recurrent major depression. fMRI studies
  Professor Kenneth Hugdahl, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
• Neuropsychological and electrophysiological function in rapid cycling affective disorders
  Dr. Stein Andersson, Department of Psychosomatic and Behavioral Medicine, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
• Neuropsychology of obsessive-compulsive disorder
  Dr. Claudia Zorzi, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Scientific Institute San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy

Cognition, sleep and hormone replacement therapy S3
Organised by PhD Raija Portin, Department of Neurology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

• Hormone therapy and cognition
  MA Paula Alhola, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
• Acute sleep deprivation deteriorates cognitive performance in postmenopausal women – no benefit of hormone therapy
  MA Maija Tallus, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
• Menopause and sleep – Does hormone replacement therapy have a special impact on sleep?
  MD, PhD Päivi Polo-Kantola, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
  

Transcultural aspects of neuropsychology S4
Organised by Neuropsychologist in private practice Gunilla Öberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Neuropsychological functions across the world – common and different. From digit span to moral judgement
  Professor Feggy Ostrosky-Solis, Faculty of Psychology, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
• Cognitive functions of native Swedish and immigrant unemployed individuals - as revealed in test performance and factor analysis
  Occupational psychologist, coordinator Ann Valentin Kvist, the National Labour Market Administration in Skåne, Sweden
• Nordic participation in transcultural neuropsychological research. Proposal for collaboration in ongoing multicenter studies *
  Feggy Ostrosky-Solis and Gunilla Öberg
• Practicing transcultural neuropsychology. Developing clinical guidelines
  Neuropsychologist in private practice Gunilla Öberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
  * Interested participants are invited to a subsequent planning session to be announced at the symposium.

Neuropsychological rehabilitation: Evidence-based implications and a holistic approach S5
Organised by LPsych Jaana Sarajuuri and LPsych Sanna Koskinen, Käpylä Rehabilitation Centre, Helsinki, Finland

• Clinical implications and future developments
  Professor Anne-Lise Christensen, Former director of Centre for Hjerneskade, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation programs and quality of life
  LPsych, Clinical director Jaana Sarajuuri, Individualized Neuropsychological Subgroup Rehabilitation Program, INSURE, Helsinki, Finland
• Holistic rehabilitation of children with acquired brain injury - preliminary experiences from the HOPE-program in Finland
  PhD, Neuropsychologist Hanna Mäki, The Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Children and Young People, The Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

The Betula project, a prospect study of ageing, memory and dementia S6
Organised by Professor Lars-Göran Nilsson, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

• The influence of APOE status on episodic and semantic memory in non-demented individuals
  Professor Lars-Göran Nilsson, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
• Comt, dopamine and memory
  PhD Cindy M. de Frias, Stockholm University and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
• Sex differences in cognitive functioning: Health moderators and mediators
  PhD Åke Wahlin, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Functional neuroimaging of language and memory S7
Organised by Professor Matti Laine, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

• Cortical correlates of word learning: evidence from magnetoencephalography and PET
  Professor Matti Laine, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
• Cortical dopaminergic activity during working memory and vigilance task performance as measured by PET
  Docent Juha Rinne, Turku PET Centre, Turku, Finland
• 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT related to clinical findings in patients with subjective experience of memory deficits
  Professor Jarl Risberg, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Neuropsychology of Developmental Dyslexia S8
Chair: Professor Heikki Lyytinen, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

• In search of early markers of developmental dyslexia
  Professor Heikki Lyytinen, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
• Brain responses at infancy predict emergent reading skills in children with risk for familial dyslexia and at school age differ in poor readers
  PhD Paavo Leppänen, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
• Learning to read: The effect of orthography
  PhD Mikko Aro, Niilo Mäki Institute, Jyväskylä, Finland

Paper sessions

MS Neuropsychology PS1
Chair: PhD Päivi Hämäläinen, Masku Neurological Centre, Masku, Finland

• Cognitive Aspects in Multiple Sclerosis - a literature review PhD Päivi Hämäläinen, Masku Neurological Centre, Masku, Finland
• Cognitive impairment in newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients
  Chief neuropsychologist Agnete Jønsson, Copenhagen Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Semantic memory deficits in multiple sclerosis
  Sari Laatu, Masku Neurological Centre, Masku, Finland

Child neurological conditions PS2
Chair: Docent Tapio Korhonen, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

• Impulse control, working memory and other executive functions in preterm children when starting school
  PhD Birgitta Böhm, Astrid Lindgren's Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
• Herpes Encephalitis in childhood: Neuropsychological Sequelae
  Dipl.Psych. Ulrich Heiniger, Children Hospital of Eastern Switzerland, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Cognitive Disorders After Childhood Cerebrovascular Diseases PhD Anneli Kolk, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
• Beneficial effect from a cognitive training programme on children with acquired brain injuries demonstrated in a controlled study
  Neuropsychologist Ingrid van't Hooft, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Poster session P1

Adult neuropsychology

MCI and dementia studies P1

• A normative study of the CERAD neuropsychological assessment battery in a Finnish elderly population
  Hänninen T., Pulliainen V., Hokkanen L., Salo J., Pirttilä T. and Soininen H.
• Different profiles on Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) indicate different profiles of general cognitive impairment in a Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) population
  Klang O. and Nordlund A.
• The Göteborg MCI study: Neuropsychological profiles of MCI with vascular and primary etiology; VaD and AD in their preliminary stages?
  Nordlund A., Hellström P., Hansen S. and Wallin A.
• Applicability of the NYU test for screening early stage memory disorders
  Nukari J., Hokkanen L., Hänninen T., Hietanen M. and Erkinjuntti T.
• CERAD-test battery in the prediction and recognition of dementia
  Sotaniemi, M., Pirttilä T., Remes A., Pulliainen V., Hänninen T., Salo J., Winqvist S. and Hokkanen L.

Assessment P1

• Swedish Adult Reading Test (SWART): A Swedish reconstruction of National Adult Reading Test
  Rolstad S., Klang O., Wallin A. and Nordlund A.
• Assessing executive functioning: The computer-administered Spatial Sequence Learning Task
  Sarajuuri J., Koskinen S., Nybo T. and Vilkki J.
• Neuropsychiatric investigation in adulthood - Just a help for those with good cognitive functions
  Spangberg G. and Nordlander M.
• Quadrantanopic alexia - reading skills and eye-movement patterns
  Starrfelt R. and Habekost T.

Memory P1

• The pattern of memory impairment in occupational chronic solvent encephalopathy suggests working memory deficit
  Akila R., Sainio M., Kaukiainen A. and Müller K.
• Long delayed memory in ischemic stroke: Memory and the rate of forgetting after a delay of three weeks
  Grönfors S., Kalska H., Ylikoski R., Hietanen M., Keskivaara P., Pohjasvaara T., Mäntylä R., Kaste M. and Erkinjuntti T.
• Semantic memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis
  Laatu S., Revonsuo A., Hämäläinen P., Portin R. et al.

Traumatic brain injury P1

• Attentional functions and depressive symptoms in chronic traumatic brain injury
  Himanen L., Portin R., Isoniemi H. and Tenovuo O.
• Cognitive functions and apolipoprotein genotypes in chronic traumatic brain injury
  Himanen L., Portin R., Isoniemi H., Kairisto V. and Tenovuo O.
• Vocational outcome and cognition in middle age after moderate to severe preschool brain injury
  Nybo T., Sainio M. and Müller K.

Intervention P1

• Memory training and donepezil hydrochloride in treating persistent memory deficit: Single-case study
  Kulistak P., Linek V. and Buncova M.
• Systematic training of working memory -a method for cognitive rehabilitation after stroke
  Westerberg H., Jacobaeus H., Hirvikoski T., Clevberger P., Bartfai A. and Klingberg T.
• Neurofeedback training and traumatic brain injury
  Gregorova, I.
• A controlled long-term follow-up study of the effect of post-acute, neuropsychological rehabilitation
  Svendsen H.A. and Teasdale T.
• The Adult Group: Group sessions for relatives to patients with severe traumatic brain injury in the sub-acute phase
  Siert L.

Child neuropsychology

Language P1

• Learning disabilities and relational concepts at preschool age
  Heimo H.
• Children with SLI: Language subgroups and comorbidity with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and developmental coordination disorder
  Myllymäki T. and Peltokangas M.
• Neurophysiologic correlates of central auditory processing fatigue in learning disabled university students
  Sapir, S.
• Language impairment and bilingualism in language screened Finnish preschool children
  Westman M., Korkman M. and Mickos A.

Attention P1

• Symptoms of inattention according to DSM-IV as reported by parents and teachers
  Sørensen L., Hugdahl K. and Lundervold A.
• Elements of attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  Urhonen U. and Korhonen T.
• Conners CPT and symptoms of ADHD
  Vigestad G., Danielsen Y.S. and Lundervold A.J.
• Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy as a part of a rehabilitation program for children with acquired brain injury
  Kihlgren M., Amsgaard J., Seeberg L., Madsen Sjö N. and Weidner S.

Poster session P2

Adult neuropsychology

Vascular disorders P2

• Nature of auditory and visual emotional perception impairment in right hemisphere stroke patients
  Harciarek M. and Jodzio K.
• Neuropsychological characteristics of the subcortical ischemic vascular disease
  Jokinen H., Kalska H., Ylikoski R., Hietanen M., Mäntylä R., Pohjasvaara T., Kaste M. and Erkinjuntti T.
• Cognitive functioning after cardiac arrest: A 15-years' follow-up
  Maunu M., Poutiainen E., Kajaste S., Harve-Rytsälä H., Tiainen M., Silfvast T. and Roine R.
• Relation between white matter lesions and cognitive processing in elderly stroke patients
  Somerkoski M-M., Jokinen H., Ylikoski R., Kalska H., Hietanen M., Mäntylä R., Pohjasvaara T., Kaste M. and Erkinjuntti T.

Neural correlates of cognitive function P2

• A new tomographic technique for absolute measurements of white and gray matter blood flow
  Risberg J. et al.
• Learning to name unfamiliar objects in normal aging and mild cognitive impairment: A PET activation study
  Grönholm P., Rinne J.O., Vorobyev V. A. and Laine M.
• The recovery of auditory discrimination after left-hemisphere stroke: A Mismatch Negativity Follow-Up Study
  Ilvonen T-M, Kujala T., Kiesiläinen A., Salonen O., Kozou H., Pekkonen E., Roine R., Kaste M., and Näätänen R.
• A Longitudinal Twin Study on electrocortical effects of adolescent alcohol abuse
  Koskinen S.M., Ahveninen J., O´Donnel B.F., Viken R.J., Krishnan G.P., Kaprio J.,Näätänen R. and Rose R.J.
• Cortical correlates of translation performance in Finnish-Norwegian bilinguals
  Lehtonen M., Laine M., Niemi J., Thomsen T. and Hugdahl K.
• Prefrontal cortex, memory, and fMRI
  Vogels W.W.A., Dekker M.R. and Harbers M.

Neurodegenerative disorders P2

• Cognitive deficits in a family with episodic ataxia type 2
  Antila M., Harno H., Kallela M., Kaunisto M., Wessman M. and Hokkanen L.
• Cognitive impairment in spinocerebellar ataxia type 8
  Lilja A., Hämäläinen P., Kaitaranta E. and Rinne R.
• Effect of depression on verbal abilities of multiple sclerosis patients: Preliminary results
  Kompus K., Sema L., Toomela A., Kreegipuu M. and Gross-Paju K.
• Neuropsychological evaluation predicting bladder management in patients with multiple sclerosis
  Sema L., Zopp I. and Gross-Paju K.
• Cognition and mood with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease
  Pedersen P.M.

Clinical studies P2

• Differentiating symptom aggravation from genuine cognitive dysfunction
  Egeland J. and Langfjæran T.
• Cognitive function in opiate-substitution treated patients
  Rapeli P., Fabritius C., Alho H., Salaspuro M., Wahlbäck K. and Kalska H.
• Mild depression and epilepsy
  Romeo N., Di Palma G., Annesi F., Fera F. and Caracciolo M.
• Depressive mood in Parkinson's disease
  Romeo N., Caracciolo M., Di Palma G., Crescibene L., Bastone L., Annesi G., Annesi F., Spadafora P., Messina D., Fera F., Nicoletti G. and Quattrone A.

Child neuropsychology

Numeracy P2

• Spontaneous focusing on numerosity in the development of early mathematical skills: The summary of findings from neuropsychological perspective
  Hannula M. M. and Lehtinen E.
• Basic numeracy in children with specific language impairment: Heterogeneity and connections to cognition
  Koponen T., Mononen R., Räsänen P. and Ahonen T.
• Dysgraphia in children with developmental arithmetic disabilities
  Räsänen P.
• Spontaneous tendency to focus on numerosity (SFON) - comparison of premature and full term infants at the age of two years
  Takila P., Hannula M. M. and the PIPARI study group

Developmental disorders P2

• Neurocognitive development in Salla disease
  Alajoki L., Varho T., Posti K., Aula P. and Korhonen T.
• The phenotype of auditory processing in children with Asperger syndrome is shared with their parents
  Jansson-Verkasalo E., Kujala T., Jussila K., Moilanen I. and Korpilahti P.
• Speech processing in autism: Evidence from the event-related potentials
  Lepistö T., Kujala T., Vanhala R. and Näätänen R.
• The effect of PM epileptic seizures on childrens´ cognition
  Riita T.T., Siren A., Tenhunen M., Hirvonen K. and Koivikko M.
• A follow-up study about the work of a child neuropsyciatric team
  Gustafson J. and Andersson L.

Workshops

Frontal lobes and civilized mind W1
Kenneth Podell, Professor
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA

Neuropsychology of childhood brain injury W2

Vicki Anderson, Professor

Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia