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BRAIN & BEHAVIOUR CONFERENCE 2023
14th-16th December, 2023
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The Brain and Behaviour Conference (BBC), 2023 aims to bring together eminent scientists, clinicians and scholars with an interest in Brain and Behaviour Research. BBC, 2023 is a National level Conference organised by the Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University).
The conference will be held at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore Central Campus between 14th-16th December 2023. The conference intends to provide a platform for sharing research that spans cognitive, behaviour and affective neurosciences, neuropsychology and cognitive psychology emphasising both basic and applied research. The focus of the conference is to promote interdisciplinary deliberations in the fields of cognitive and neuro sciences, and its applications.
Multidisciplinary approaches utilise knowledge across different disciplines towards achieving a goal. Interdisciplinary approaches go further by being actively analytical and synthesising knowledge from various disciplines to find solutions to specific problems. The fields of cognitive and neurosciences have aimed at such a synthesis and pursuing this framework. The BBC, therefore, is a forum to facilitate this synthesis among researchers.
Please register for BBC 2023 to attend the three day conference and listen to the talks. Single day registration (Day 2- 15th Dec) is available only for Life Sciences and Neuroscience students. If your abstract has been selected for poster or oral presentation, please register for the full conference [Not eligible for single day registration]
Important Dates
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Abstract Submission Deadline- 5th November, 2023
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Announcement of List of Selected Abstracts- Notified by mail on 10th November, 2023
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Early Registration Deadline- 10th November, 2023
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Registration Deadline- 10th December, 2023
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Conference: 14-16th December, 2023
There will be a quiz following each of the symposium sessions in BBC 2023. Participants can answer at least 12 of these quizzes to earn an E-certificate for 8 hours of continuous learning in current topics in Neuroscience. Learn More
Demonstration of Neuroanatomy using preserved human brains by resource persons from the Human Brain Tissue Repository (HBTR) (Brain Bank), and Brain Museum at NIMHANS. Learn More
Announcement
The abstracts selected for BBC, 2023 have been notified by email.
Keynote Speakers
Dr Sanjeev Jain
Professor
Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
Title:
Genomics and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: An Overview
Dr Jonathan Evans
Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology
School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
Title:
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Current and Future Trends
Dr John P John
M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Faculty-in-charge
Multimodal Brain Image Analysis Laboratory (MBIAL), NIMHANS
Title:
Has Magnetic Resonance Imaging Brought us Closer to Understanding the Brain Pathology of Psychiatric Disorders?
Symposium Speakers
Dr Jamuna Rajeswaran
Professor and HOD
Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS
Title: Creativity and Cognition: A Neuroscience Perspective
Dr Vijaya Raman
Professor of Clinical Psychology
St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences
Title: Cognitive Functions in Children with Autism- A comparison with ADHD and Controls
Dr Manjunath Dammalli
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology
Siddaganga Institute of Technology
Title: Mass Spectrometry Methods for Understanding the Role of Proteins and Metals in Mental Health
Dr Sridharan Devarajan
Associate Professor
Centre for Neuroscience, IISc
Title: Designing Salient, Naturalistic "Super-stimuli' with Deep Generative Models
Dr Keshav Kumar
Professor
Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS
Title: Circuitry Based Approach to Cognitive Training
Dr Bonny Banerjee
Associate Professor, Institute for Intelligent Systems, and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Memphis, USA
Title: Predictive Agents in Artificial Intelligence
Dr Laxmi T Rao
Professor
Department of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS
Title: Why Curiosity-like Behaviour is High in some Adolescents and not All – Evidence from Animal Model of Early Life Stress
Dr Matthew Thomas
Professor and Head of Neurology
St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences
Title: Essential Oils in Neurological Conditions
Dr Kishore Kumar Ramakrishna
Professor of Ayurveda and Head of Department
Department of Integrative Medicine, NIMHANS
Title: Ayurveda and Mental Health
Dr Sandhya Kortagere
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Title: GTS467- A Novel Glutamate Transporter Activator Regulates Impulsive Behaviour in Rodent Model of Parkinson’s Disease
Dr Veeky Baths
Associate Professor
Cognitive Neuroscience, BITS Pilani
Title: The Magic of Technology for Functional Assistance and Cognitive Assessment
Dr Shantala Hegde
Additional Professor
Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS
Title: Neuropsychology of Musical Rhythm: From Basics to Clinical Application
Dr Kowshik Kukkemane
Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences
CHRIST (Deemed to be) University
Title: Circuit-specific Role of Sirtuin1 in the Regulation of Mood-related Behaviors.
Dr Sowmyashree Mayur Kaku
Assistant Professor
St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences
Title: Clinical and Translational Research of EEG in Autism
Dr Bhasi Sukumaran
Professor & HOD of Clinical Psychology
SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre
Title: Language Modularity and Aphasia Management.
Dr Himani Kashyap
Additional Professor
Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS
Title: Cognition in Psychiatric Disorders: The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle.
Dr Akila Sadasivan
Director, Samvidh Centre for Educational & Psychological Services
Title: Neural Networks Based Approach to ADHD
Dr Srikanth Padmala
Assistant Professor
Centre for Neuroscience, IISc
Title: Role of Contingency in Reward-Emotion Interactions
Dr David J Titus
Neurophysiologist
University of Minnesota, USA
Title: Exploring Prefrontal Cortex - Amygdala Interactions in Maladaptive Avoidance Following Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Dr Rajkumari P Reddy
Additional Professor
Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS
Title: Children as Witnesses- Challenges in Establishing Competence
DATE: Day 2 (15th Dec) 10:15am-12:30pm
VENUE: Seminar Hall, 5th floor, R&D Block
Dr Swarna Buddha Nayok
PhD Scholar
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, NIMHANS
Title: Importance of the Vagus Nerve in Psychiatry
Ms Vanika Dhingra
PhD Scholar
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Title: Decoding the Synaptic Molecular Puzzle with Super-resolution Microscopy
Mr Varghese Mathew
PhD Scholar
CHRIST (Deemed to be) University
Title: Self Modulates an Early Attention Process: An ERP Study
Dr Harsh Pathak
PhD Student and CRTP Fellow; Senior Resident
Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
Title: Role of Neuromodulation in Schizophrenia
Ms Sagarika Jaiswal
PhD Scholar
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Title: Additive Effects of Monetary Loss and Positive Emotion in the Human Brain.
Mr Sukalyan Deb
PhD Scholar
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Title: Proactive Control of Emotional Conflict Mediated by Informative Cues and its Interaction with Temporal Unpredictability.
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Ms Priyanjali Paul
PhD Scholar
CHRIST (Deemed to be) University
Title: Neural Correlates of Affective Processing and Psychopathy Traits.
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