29.436, Confs: Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics/USA

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Subject: 29.436, Confs: Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics/USA

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:23:00
From: Shari Speer [speer at ling.osu.edu]
Subject: Brain Plasticity Revisited: How Special Is the Young Brain?

 
Brain Plasticity Revisited: How Special Is the Young Brain? 

Date: 17-Feb-2018 - 17-Feb-2018 
Location: Austin, Texas, USA 
Contact: Barbara Landau 
Contact Email: speer at ling.osu.edu 
Meeting URL: https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2018/meetingapp.cgi/Session/17258 

Linguistic Field(s): Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

It is widely accepted that the young brain’s ability to learn is special:
infants develop a well-structured visual system within the first six months;
children easily learn one or more languages during the first few years; and
early brain damage results in less severe outcomes than the same damage later
in life. These periods are also windows of vulnerability to neurodevelopmental
disorders and enduring mental illness. Such effects are thought to be due to
the young brain's special ''plasticity.'' Recent advances in cognitive science
and neurobiology are unraveling the detailed mechanisms through which these
windows of opportunity and vulnerability emerge. This session assembles three
experts who draw on different theoretical frameworks and empirical techniques
to discuss our evolving understanding of neural plasticity. Novel findings
about the malleability of the brain across the lifespan challenge assumptions
about the brain's potential to reorganize in both younger and older brains,
and reveal new insights into how the young brain re-assigns cognitive
functions after extreme changes. Speakers will share evidence with significant
implications for therapeutic approaches designed to optimize brain function.

Reopening Windows of Plasticity: What Triggers and Terminates Critical
Periods?
Takao Hensch, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Developmental Plasticity and Language Reorganization After Pediatric Stroke
Elissa Newport, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

Extreme Functional Repurposing in Visual Cortices of Blind Individuals
Marina Bedny, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
 






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