Forum in Cognitive Neuroscience – 2019 will have an additional section in Chronobiology

15:01, April 17, 2019

The participants of the Forum in Cognitive Neuroscience which will take place in Ekaterinburg on November 6 and 7 will discuss aspects of psychological adaptation in advanced age, that depend on biological rhythms of the body.

Thanks to work of the Joint scientific laboratory of age-specific physiology and psychology of Ural Federal University and Institute of Physiology of Ural branch of Russian Academy of Science in Siktyvkar - Chronobiology track was included in the program of the Forum.

“We included the new section in the program of the Forum, because this year we revised the content of the Event,” explains Svetlana Pavlova, the leading manager of the Forum. “As a result, we added new tracks and also extended geographical coverage. This year we are expecting bigger number of the participants than last year.”

The experts from various areas of neuroscience will share their achievements in developmental psychophysiology, age-related aspect of brain studies, neurocognitive aspects of personality development in advanced age and will discuss the current issues in neuroscience. In 2019 will be an additional section of young scientists where schoolchildren and students will present their vision of neurotechnologies of the future.  

The authors of the best reports will get an opportunity to publish their works in special section of State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles “Izvestia. Ural Federal University Journal”. The special edition with the results of the Forum will be issued after the Event.

This year Ural Federal University received a grant from The Russian Foundation for Basic Research for organizing COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE – 2019 International Forum. Svetlana Popova adds that the grant will help to make this Forum larger than the previous one.