Behavioral Sciences Conference of the North, April 19
by Michelle Saport |
Saturday, April 19, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Social Sciences Building
The Behavioral Sciences Conference of the North will feature a series of lectures and presentations by UAA students and faculty, as well as community professionals, in the field of behavioral sciences and related disciplines.
This year's keynote address, titled "White Matter Plasticity in Learning, Cognition and Psychiatric Disorders," will be delivered by Dr. R. Douglas Fields, chief of the Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Dr. Fields is the author of The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia; How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science. He is also the editor-in-chief of the journal Neuron Glia Biology and a member of the editorial boards for several other journals in the field of neuroscience.
Pre-registration is not required to attend. For more information, please visit the Behavioral Sciences Conference of the North website.
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