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Language & Psychiatry conference in memory of Jonathan Fine
“Language and Psychiatry”: a conference in Memory of Professor Jonathan Fine
Department of English Literature and Linguistics and The Gonda Brain Sciences Research Center
Bar-Ilan University
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
A conference on “Language and Psychiatry” in memory of our colleague Professor Jonathan Fine will take place at Gonda Brain Sciences Research Center at Bar-Ilan University, Tuesday, November 1, 2016.
Invited speakers:
Russell Shachar, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
Rosemary Tannock, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
Jessica DeVilliers, University of British Columbia
Program
9:00-9:30
Gathering
9:30-9:40
Greetings
Professsor Miriam Faust, Rector, Bar-Ilan University
Professor Elinor Saiegh-Haddad, Chair, Department of English Literature and Linguistics
Session I - ADHD
9:40-10:20
Russell Schachar, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
“What can cognition tell us about child psychopathology? Response inhibition, working memory and error processing in ADHD and OCD in particular using behavioral, imaging and genetics to dissect etiology of disease” (abstract)
10:20-11:00
Rosemary Tannock, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
“Exploring the language of individuals with ADHD” (abstract)
11:00-11:30
Rebecca Goldberg
“Linguistic markers of ADHD: Measuring organization through storytelling” (abstract)
11:30-12:00
Break
Session II - Schizophrenia
12:00-12:30
Merav Badash, Kibbutzim College of Education
“Topic shifts in the spontaneous interaction of schizophrenia” (abstract)
12:30-13:00
Joel Walters, Daria Smirnova and Yuly Bersudsky, Bar Ilan University
“Linguistic markers of schizophrenia in Russian-Hebrew bilinguals” (abstract)
13:00-14:30
Lunch
Session III - Autism Spectrum Disorders
14:30-15:10
Jessica de Villiers, University of British Columbia
“Language and neurocognition in ASD” (abstract)
15:10-15:40
Nirit Bauminger, Bar Ilan University
“Spontaneous peer conversation in preschoolers with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder versus typical development” (abstract)
15:40-16:10
Cory Shulman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Language abilities and disabilities in autism: Empirical findings and clinical implications” (abstract)
16:10-16:40
Noga Balaban, Tel Aviv University
“Theory of Mind impairment and its linguistic consequences” (abstract)
16:40-17:10
Nira Mashal & Ronit Saban-Bezalel, Bar Ilan University
“The effects of intervention on the comprehension of irony and on hemispheric processing of irony in adults with ASD” (abstract)
17:10-17:45
Break
17:45-18:30
Session IV - Professional Memories
18:45-19:30
Reception
Practicalities
The Gonda center is located in building 901 on the north side of the campus; if you enter the campus through gate 5 (sha'ar ha-dkalim), this is the first building to your right (campus map). Information about travel to Bar Ilan is available here.
Printable version of the program
The conference organizers gratefully acknowledge the financial and logistic support of
The Lechter Institute for Literary Research
The Lewis Family Foundation for International Conferences in the Humanities
Faculty of Humanities, Bar-Ilan University
Vice-President for Research, Bar-Ilan University
Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Science Research Center
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Department of English Literature and Linguistics and The Gonda Brain Sciences Research Center
Bar-Ilan University
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
A conference on “Language and Psychiatry” in memory of our colleague Professor Jonathan Fine will take place at Gonda Brain Sciences Research Center at Bar-Ilan University, Tuesday, November 1, 2016.
Invited speakers:
- Russell Shachar, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
- Rosemary Tannock, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
- Jessica DeVilliers, University of British Columbia
Program
|
9:00-9:30
|
Gathering
|
|
9:30-9:40
|
Greetings
- Professsor Miriam Faust, Rector, Bar-Ilan University
- Professor Elinor Saiegh-Haddad, Chair, Department of English Literature and Linguistics
|
Session I - ADHD
|
|
9:40-10:20
|
Russell Schachar, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
“What can cognition tell us about child psychopathology? Response inhibition, working memory and error processing in ADHD and OCD in particular using behavioral, imaging and genetics to dissect etiology of disease” (abstract)
|
|
10:20-11:00
|
Rosemary Tannock, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
“Exploring the language of individuals with ADHD” (abstract)
|
|
11:00-11:30
|
Rebecca Goldberg
“Linguistic markers of ADHD: Measuring organization through storytelling” (abstract)
|
|
11:30-12:00
|
Break
|
Session II - Schizophrenia
|
|
12:00-12:30
|
Merav Badash, Kibbutzim College of Education
“Topic shifts in the spontaneous interaction of schizophrenia” (abstract)
|
|
12:30-13:00
|
Joel Walters, Daria Smirnova and Yuly Bersudsky, Bar Ilan University
“Linguistic markers of schizophrenia in Russian-Hebrew bilinguals” (abstract)
|
|
13:00-14:30
|
Lunch
|
Session III - Autism Spectrum Disorders
|
|
14:30-15:10
|
Jessica de Villiers, University of British Columbia
“Language and neurocognition in ASD” (abstract)
|
|
15:10-15:40
|
Nirit Bauminger, Bar Ilan University
“Spontaneous peer conversation in preschoolers with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder versus typical development” (abstract)
|
|
15:40-16:10
|
Cory Shulman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Language abilities and disabilities in autism: Empirical findings and clinical implications” (abstract)
|
|
16:10-16:40
|
Noga Balaban, Tel Aviv University
“Theory of Mind impairment and its linguistic consequences” (abstract)
|
|
16:40-17:10
|
Nira Mashal & Ronit Saban-Bezalel, Bar Ilan University
“The effects of intervention on the comprehension of irony and on hemispheric processing of irony in adults with ASD” (abstract)
|
|
17:10-17:45
|
Break
|
|
17:45-18:30
|
Session IV - Professional Memories
|
|
18:45-19:30
|
Reception
|
Practicalities
The Gonda center is located in building 901 on the north side of the campus; if you enter the campus through gate 5 (sha'ar ha-dkalim), this is the first building to your right (campus map). Information about travel to Bar Ilan is available here.
Printable version of the program
The conference organizers gratefully acknowledge the financial and logistic support of
- The Lechter Institute for Literary Research
- The Lewis Family Foundation for International Conferences in the Humanities
- Faculty of Humanities, Bar-Ilan University
- Vice-President for Research, Bar-Ilan University
- Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Science Research Center
