The Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Program (MNTP) and the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University announce the 2016 MNTP Symposium on Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. This Symposium, funded by NIH (DA023420), will cover cutting-edge applications of neuro-imaging in the study of cognition and emotion throughout the lifespan. Registration is free, however, pre-registration is required. Please visit the MNTP website to register on-line and to obtain hotel and parking information. Registration deadline is June 27th.

Web: www.mntp.pitt.edu

If you have questions, please contact us at mntp@pitt.edu. 

Speakers include:

Sandhitsu Das, University of Pennsylvania, “High Resolution Imaging of Medial Temporal Lobe: Challenges and Opportunities”

 Kevin N. Ochsner, Columbia University, “New Perspectives on the Regulation of Emotion”

Rebecca Price, University of Pittsburgh, “Neurocognitive Profiles in Anxiety and Depression: Towards Brain-Based Behavioral Intervention”

Russell Shinohara, University of Pennsylvania, “Statistical Methods for Extracting and Modeling Features from Multisequence MRI”

Minjie Wu, University of Illinois at Chicago, “Brain Structural and Functional Changes in the Affective Circuitry across Development and Diseases”