Poster Sessions

Session #	Day	Date	Time	Location
Poster Session A	Friday	March 15	5:30PM – 7:00PM	Pickford Lobby
Poster Session B	Saturday	March 16	5:30PM – 7:00PM	Pickford Lobby

 

See below for a list of accepted posters, listed alphabetically by keyword.

Keywords: Auditory perceptual learning, Autism, Brain plasticity and aging, Clinical trials, Computerized cognitive training in various clinical disorders, Implicit learning, Mechanisms of systems-based neuroplasticity, Motor-skill learning, Multi-sensory perceptual learning, Other, Perceptual learning, Pro-social games, Social cognition training, Stroke, Training of working memory, Video-game training, Virtual reality, Visual perceptual learning.

 

Auditory perceptual learning

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
de Villers-Sidani	Etienne	Adaptive auditory training increases connectivity between A1 and frontal cortical fields in the aged brain	Session A
Zelinski	Elizabeth M.	Computer based speed and working memory training improve memory in older adults	Session A
Lee	Yunjo	Short-term musical training enhances pre-attentive auditory processing in older adults	Session A
Whitton	Jonathon	Training mice and men in a closed-loop audiomotor task improves neural and behavioral discrimination of weak signals in noise	Session B
Jackson	Wesley	Personal Computer-Based Hearing-Sensitivity Estimation	Session A
Herman	Alexander B	Learning novel motor-to-auditory maps in humans	Session B
Lee	Yunjo	Short-term music and language training induced brain plasticity in early childhood	Session B
Maloney	Ann	Cognitive Remediation –A Pilot feasible study in Adolescents and Young Adults with Early Onset Psychotic Disorders	Session B

 

Autism

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Anguera	Joaquin A.	The influence of distraction on discrimination and visuomotor tracking in sensory deficient processing & autistic children	Session A

 

Brain plasticity and aging

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Lee	Yunjo	Cognitive benefits of music and art training in healthy older adults	Session B

 

Clinical trials

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Heller	Monika	Predictive Executive Functioning Models Using Interactive Tangible-Graphical Interface Devices	Session A

 

Computerized cognitive training in various clinical disorders

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Cella	Matteo	Developing a computerised metacognitive rehabilitation program for schizophrenia	Session A
Panizzutti	Rogerio	Increased serum levels of D-serine correlate with cognitive gains induced by neuroplasticity-based cognitive training in schizophrenia.	Session A
Marini	Christina	Attentional State Training Improves Executive Function in Healthy Aging Seniors	Session A
Chang	Linda	Working Memory (WM) Training Improves Cognitive Performance and Normalizes Brain Activation on Functional MRI in HIV Patients	Session A
Levin	Michael	Target Model, practical neurobiology for software developers	Session B
Luk	Chung-Hay	Neuroscience-Informed Cognitive Training for Alcohol Addiction	Session B
Vernon	Alana	Attentional State Training in Traumatic Brain Injury	Session B
Preminger	Son	Training Self-Initiation with Verbal Fluency in Traumatic Brain Injury	Session B

 

Implicit learning; Training of working memory

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Reber	Paul J.	Extending the analogy between cognitive and physical training with implicit learning as the mechanism behind cognitive strengthening	Session A
Reynolds	Erin	Creating an Entertaining Biofeedback-Enhanced Game Experience to Train Users in Stress Management	Session B

 

Mechanisms of systems-based neuroplasticity

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
AlHashimi	Omar	Video Game Play during fMRI to Explore Neural Basis of Speed of Processing Differences across Early Adult Lifespan	Session A
Clement	Nathaniel J.	Move faster to learn better: Exploration speed impacts learning about objects and their locations	Session A
Mayott	Lindsay	SocialVille: A pilot feasibility study of a neuroplasticity-based computerized training program for social cognition deficits in schizophrenia	Session A
Strobach	Tilo	Effects of age and working memory training on cognitive control	Session B
Foecker	Julia	Brain systems mediating top-down and bottom-up attentional control networks in action video game players	Session B
Chen	Anthony J.-W.	Sharpening the mind, healing the brain: Advances in game-assisted cognitive training for patients with brain injury	Session B

 

Motor-skill learning

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Hinkley	Leighton	Cortical dynamics of fast learning in patients with schizophrenia	Session A
Edge	Robert	To Play or Not to Play, Your Locus of Control Decides.	Session A
Stark-Inbar	Alit	Good and bad learners: Isolating factors that account for individual-differences in motor adaptation	Session A
Kim	Kwanguk	Atypical Head Movements in Virtual Public Speaking Task by Children with Autism	Session B

 

Multi-Sensory perceptual learning

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
de Kloet	Arend	Gaming supports youth with acquired brain injury? A pilot study	Session B

 

Other

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Brem	Anna-Katharine	Effects of Working Memory Training on Cognition and TMS-Induced Cortical Plasticity	Session B
Claus	Eric	Neural mechanisms of avoidance learning in alcohol use disorders	Session A
Fukaya	Erin	Computerized Working Memory Training in Children Exposed to Stimulants with 6 Month Follow Up	Session A
de Kloet	Arend	Playful (gaming in neuro psychological rehabilitattion after stroke)	Session B
Bastiaanse	Roelien	The AppVAST: a web-based tool for Verbs And Sentence Testing in people with brain damage	Session B

 

Perceptual learning

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Chisholm	Joseph	Why are action video game players better? A test of the ”Learning to Learn” proposal	Session A
Song	Xinyu D.	Training the Brain with Auditory Games	Session A
Zhang	Yu-Xuan	Bridging perceptual and cognitive learning: mutual transfer between tone discrimination and working memory	Session A
Rogowsky	Beth	”Video Games” Improves College Students’ Writing Skills	Session A
Dubbles	Brock	Video Games Promote Superior Comprehension and Problem Solving— scaffolding event indexing through embodied practice and distributed cognition.	Session A
Deveau	Jenni	Visual Improvements Through the Perceptual Learning Based Training Program UltimEyes	Session B
Ross	Lesley	Neural Changes Associated with Processing Speed Training in Older Adults: Preliminary Results	Session B
Nikolaidis	Aki	Neural correlates of transfer in training with a complex task	Session B
Surti	Toral	Pilot Study of Computerized Training Targeting Visual Processing Deficits in Schizophrenia	Session B
Janowich	Jacqueline	Initial midline-frontal theta predicts efficacy of multi-tasking video game training in older adults	Session B

 

Pro-Social games

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Zelin	Michael	Neuroscience Games	Session A

 

Social cognition training

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
DiGiacomo	Alessandra	Wearing an eye tracker influences moral behavior beyond looking behavior itself	Session B

 

Stroke

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Visch-Brink	Evy	Efficacy of semantic and phonological treatment in aphasia	Session A

 

Training of working memory

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Ng	Nicole	Improving Cognitive Capacities in School-aged Children: A large-scale, multi-site implementation of a web-based cognitive training program in academic settings	Session B
Ziegler	David A.	Meditation-inspired cognitive training promotes self-regulation of internal distractions	Session B
Aranovich	Gabriel	Effect of Working Memory Load on Impulsivity in Smokers and Nonsmokers	Session A

 

Video-game training

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Michaelis	Ilja	Dyscalculia, how to train primary school children effectively?	Session A
Nahum	Mor	Using a Custom-Made Version of the Unreal Tournament Video Game to Improve Vision in Individuals with Amblyopia	Session A
Bohbot	V.D	Healthy Older Adults Trained on a Spatial Memory Improvement Program Showed Increases of Grey Matter in the Hippocampus Associated with Spatial Memory Performance.	Session A
Issa	Amine	Development and testing of a real time cognitive assessment game	Session A
Salmon	Joshua P.	A step towards building better video “games” for rehabilitation: A survey investigating entertainment preferences in adults	Session A
Varberg	Zachary	State Abstraction and Predictive Power: A study in the power of foreknowledge and generalization	Session B
Farajian	Reza	Development and assessment of video games for cultivating attentional and prosocial skills in adolescents	Session B
Burge	Wesley K	Processing speed training increases the efficiency of attentional resource allocation in young adults	Session B
Hashemian	Yasaman	Adventurous Dreaming Highflying Dragon	Session B
Sternberg	Daniel	Cognitive performance peaks at different times of day depending on the task: A study of over 80,000 Americans	Session B

 

Virtual reality

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Harvey	Philip	Development of Remotely Deliverable Functional Capacity Assessments	Session A

 

Visual perceptual learning

Last Name	First Name	Abstract Title	Presenting
Sasaki	Yuka	Global connectivity changes between the visual cortex and higher-level cortical regions in association with perceptual learning revealed by diffusion tensor tractography and functional connectivity	Session B
Boendermaker	Wouter J.	Prevention in addiction: Using a serious game to train working memory in adolescents.	Session B
Daadler	Megan	The Mirrorbox: A Novel Tool for Modulating Self-Perception	Session A
Voytek	Bradley	Examining the efficacy of the iPad and Xbox Kinect for cognitive science research	Session A