Implications of Research on the Neuroscience of Affect, Attachment, and Social Cognition

Leading neuroscientists from Europe and the USA will once again host this unique forum exploring the latest neuroscience research with reference to treatments of mental disorders including autism, depression, personality disorders and attachment disorders as well as aspects of parenting and development.

This biannual conference attracted over 300 delegates in 2011 and is organised by the Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL and The Anna Freud Centre, London.

There will be two separate sessions within this conference which will focus on a state of the art research and links to developmental and clinical perspectives on psychopathology:

Session One: Neuroscience of Affect and Attachment.

Session Two: Neuroscience of Social Cognition.

Confirmed Speakers:

Peter Fonagy    Karl Friston    Matthew    Lieberman    Kevin Pelphrey

Read Montague    Patrick Luyten    Ruth Feldman    Alessandra Lemma

Isabel Dziobek    James Coan    Linda Mayes    Marinus van IJzendoorn

Pasco Fearon    Eamon McCrory    Kevin Ochsner    Jeremy Holmes

Full price £150, Student price £50

Call for Poster Presentations

There will be an opportunity to present posters designed to explore issues relating to the conference theme. Please email submissions to Sabina.Hussain@ucl.ac.uk.