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 10 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
Professor
Department of Psychiatry, 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
Siddaganga Institute of Technology
Title: Methods to Understand 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
Professor of Ayurveda and Head of Department
NIMHANS
Title: Ayurveda and Mental Health

Dr Sandhya Kortagere
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Title: [to be announced soon]

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
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 Institute of Science and Technology
Title: Language Modularity and Management of Aphasia

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.