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by Jakab Zoltán

Előadás a BME Kognitív Tudományi Központ házi kollokvium sorozata keretében: Előadó: Antal Andrea, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany Cím: Transzkraniális mágneses és egyenáram ingerlés az agykutatásban: régi módszerek - új felhasználási területek Az elmúlt években nagyarányú erőfeszítések történtek az agykutatásban az elsődleges és másodlagos látokérgek illetve a hozzájuk kapcsolódó területek feed-forward és feed-back kapcsolatainak pontos időbeli feltárására. Az alkalmazott módszerek között egyre gyakrabban megtalálható a transzkraniális egyenáram- (TEI) és mágneses ingerlés (TMI). Mindkét módszer olyan újonnan az idegrendszeri kutatás előterébe kerulő eszköz, amelyekkel a neuronális aktivitás szelektíven es reverzibilisen változtatható. Ugyanakkor a két módszer hatásmechanizmusa eltérő: míg a TMI a kérgi aktivitás rövid időre történő megszakításával befolyásolja az ingerelt idegrendszeri struktúra állapotát, a TEI a membránpotenciál tartós (akár egy óráig terjedő) eltolásával fejti ki hatását. Az előadásban az említett technikák kialakulását, fejlődését, hatásmechanizmusát szeretném ismertetni, külön hangsúlyt fektetve a vizuális (és vizuo-motoros) területeket érintő kutatásokra, és a hozzájuk kapcsolódó jelenlegi és jovőbeli klinikai kutatások és alkalmazások lehetőségére. Idő: 2004 február 2, 16 óra Hely: BME, St. 427. Minden érdeklődőt szeretettel várunk. Jakab Zoltán

22 years, 4 months

Fw: The 2007 LMPS Congress

by George Kampis

Tajekoztatasul, udv gk Subject: The 2007 LMPS Congress > To the members of IUHPS/DLMPS: > > The Executive Committee (EC) of IUHPS/DLMPS has reached its decision > concerning the location of the next LMPS Congress in 2007, a decision > delegated to the EC by the General Assembly of DLMPS in Oviedo on > August 9, 2003. > > We have been fortunate, this time, to have two excellent proposals for > hosting the next LMPS Congress, one from Beijing and one from Lyon. > In fact, they are of such quality that it has not been possible for the EC > to base its decision on details of the respective proposals. Given this, > our main consideration has been the fact that all previous congresses > have been held in Europe (including Israel) or in North America. Since > there is now for the first time a solid offer to host a congress outside > of this sphere, it seemed incumbent on us to honor the truly > international character of DLMPS. The EC has therefore decided to let > the next LMPS Congress take place at Hsinghua University in Beijing. > > However, we are also most grateful for the excellent French proposal. > Given the strong position of France in the field of LMPS, it is desirable > that an LMPS Congress should be arranged there. Therefore, the EC has > also decided that, if France puts forward a proposal for the LMPS > Congress after the next one, in 2011, and if that proposal is as solid > as the one made for 2007, the EC will support it. > > Dag Westerstahl > Secretary General of IUHPS/DLMPS > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------- > Dag Westerstahl > Chair, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy > Dept. of Philosophy, Gothenburg University > Box 200 > SE - 405 30 Goteborg > Sweden > phone: ..46 - (0)31 - 773 45 73 > fax: ..46 - (0)31 - 773 49 45 > email: dag.westerstahl(a)phil.gu.se > >

22 years, 4 months

Re: Makog 3. korlevel

by Miklósi Ádám

IME A SZOVEG UJRA Kedves Barátaim, A határid?re kb 30 absztrakt érkezett be. Ahogy a honlapon már látható a konferencia helyszine az idén TIHANY (MTA vendégháza) mivel az ELTE üdül?t télire lezárták. A dátum FEBR. 5-8, azaz csüt, péntek, szombat (szokás szerint). Mivel még néhány absztrakt hiányzik, végleges program csak a hét kozepe felé lesz, viszont, addigra jó lenne tudni, hogy ki lesz ott, és meddig, hogy a szobabeosztást meg tudjuk csinálni. Sajnos, Tihanyban csak 42 fekv?hely áll rendelkezésünkre, így minden ügyességünkre szükség lesz, hogy elférjünk. Egy ágyas szobák nincsenek, így ha valaki ehhez ragaszkodik, akkor nagy segítség lenne, ha maga intézné a szállásfoglalását egy közeli szállódában, vagy panzióban. Szükség esetén természetesen igyekszem segítséget nyújtani. Tehát a következ? információra lenne mihamarabb szükségem: NÉV: Kér-e szállást a MTA vendégházban? Ha igen, hány f?re: Kér-e teljes ellátást: (csütörtök: ebéd, vacsora, péntek: reggeli, ebéd, vacsora, szombat: reggeli, ebéd) A szállás feltöltésében el?nyt élveznek az el?adók és társszerz?k, illetve akik el?bb jelentkeznek. Kérem, hogy mindenki válaszoljon, azok is, akiknek már van visszaigazolt absztraktja. Elnézést ezért a katonás megoldásért, de a kés?i kezdés (hogyúgy mondjam rajtam kivül álló okokból..) miatt nincs más megoldás. Köszönettel Miklósi Ádám Cserges Eniko wrote: > Kedves Miklósi Ádám! > Kérem, küldje el újra a fenti tárgyú emailt a KOGLIST-re, mert > technikai problémák miatt nem érkezett meg. > Köszönettel: > Cserges Enikõ, rendszergazda > > ----------------------------------- > Cserges Eniko, rendszergazda > MTA Pszichologiai Kutatointezet > 1394 Budapest Pf. 398 > Tel: 3542-403 > Fax: 3542-416

22 years, 4 months

philosophy public lecture - reminder

by Krisztina Biber

The CEU Philosophy Department and the Rector`s Office cordially invite you to a lecture by David Wiggins (Oxford University) on "Moral Cognitivism - Two Objections, Two Responses" Chair: Janos Kis (CEU Philosophy Department and Department of Political Science) Comments: Ferenc Huoranszki (CEU Philosophy Department) 5.00 PM , Wednesday, 21. January - Popper room (main building #102) David Wiggins is Emeritus Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University. Fellow of the British Academy and Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His publications include Sameness and Substance (1986), Needs, Values and Truth (a new edition of which was published in 1998), Sameness and Substance Renewed (2001) as well as numerous articles. Professor Wiggins' work is very well known and influential, and ranges across many of the central areas of philosophy, including ethics and metaphysics. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu

22 years, 5 months

MAKOG kurrens hirek

by George Kampis

Kedves Kollegak, - elnezest egy ujabb elirasert (a masodik korlevelben), az idopont termeszetesen (ahogy az elsoben helyesen szerepelt): feb. 5-7. - szepen jonnek az absztraktok Miklosihoz, de par hagyomanyos terulet egyelore meg hianyzik, kerem, aki tud/akar jonni, hamar jelezze, miklosa(a)ludens.elte.hu Hamarosan vegleges hirek kovetkeznek helyszinnel, koltsegekkel! udv kgy

22 years, 5 months

ASSC8: CALL FOR PAPERS

by Geraint Rees

------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS & FINAL CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS 8TH ANNUAL MEETING University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. June 25 – June 28, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ The eighth annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held from June 25th to June 28th, 2004, at the University of Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium. Previously the home of the Flemish master Rubens and the world's leading diamond trading centre with beautiful 16th and 17th century architecture, Antwerp is now one of Europe’s hippest and most fashionable cities (see for tourist details). In addition to this email, information can be found about ASSC8 on the conference website (http://www.ua.ac.be/assc8). There will also be a separately organized satellite symposium on “Coma and altered states of consciousness” held immediately prior to ASSC8 on June 24th in Antwerp conference (more information at http://www.ruca.ua.ac.be/assc8/satellite.html). This is the FIRST call for papers and the FINAL call for tutorial proposals. ASSC8 is intended to promote interdisciplinary dialogue in the scientific study of consciousness. This year, for the first time, ASSC members have been invited to submit proposals for symposia relevant to the overall goal of the conference. Confirmed symposia and plenary speakers include: Jonathan Cole (University of Southampton) Martin Davies (Australian National University) Stanislas Dehaene (INSERM, Paris) Robert Desimone (National Institute of Mental Health, Maryland) Patrick Haggard (University College London) Joy Hirsch (Columbia University, New York) Pierre Jacob (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris) Alicia Juarrero (Prince George Community College, Maryland) Scott Kelso (Florida Atlantic University), Jean-Philippe Lachaux (CNRS, Paris) Steven Laureys (University of Liège, Belgium) Steve Macknik (Barrow Neurological Institute, Arizona) Susana Martinez-Conde (Barrow Neurological Institute, Arizona) Adrian Owen (MRC-CBU, University of Cambridge) Matthew Rushworth (Oxford University) Nicholas Schiff (Cornell University) Evan Thompson (York University, Canada). Takeo Watanabe (Boston University) For latest updates, please check the conference website at http://www.ua.ac.be/assc8 The web site will be continually evolving, so please visit often for updated information. ASSC8 is intended to promote interdisciplinary dialogue in the scientific study of consciousness, and as in previous years a significant portion of the program will be set aside for concurrent sessions of submitted talks and poster sessions. ASSC8 will provide an excellent opportunity for the presentation of new empirical findings or novel theoretical perspectives in an atmosphere that will promote discussion and debate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- CALL FOR PAPER AND POSTER SUBMISSIONS SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 28, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- Speakers in concurrent sessions are invited to talk on any topic relevant to the scientific study of consciousness. Submissions that include anthropological, evolutionary, physiological, psychological, philosophical, or computational perspectives are all welcome. Submissions for both posters and talks will be accepted (please specify preference). Any person may present only one submission, but may be co-author on more than one. Oral presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, to be followed by a ten-minute discussion period. Plenary lectures, symposia, concurrent sessions, and poster sessions will all be held on the Antwerp University city campus. Submit by emailing your abstract and supplementary information to: assc8(a)vub.ac.be Please include with your submission the following information: 1. Title. 2. Name, affiliation, and ASSC membership status of each co-author, with presenting co-author designated. 3. An abstract of up to 200 words. 4. Complete contact information for the author with whom the scientific program committee will interact with about the submission: name, institutional affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers. 5. An indication of whether the proposal is submitted as an oral or poster presentation, and an indication of willingness to present in the alternative format if your first preference cannot be accommodated. If you have any difficulties with submission, please send email to emyin(a)vub.ac.be or g.rees(a)fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- FINAL CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS TUTORIAL PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 31st January 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- This notice is also intended as a final call for tutorial presenters. One of the aims of this meeting is to allow researchers to gain a background in areas that they may know little about. Towards that end a number of tutorials are planned. Some participants in the conference would be very interested in learning about technical matters such as fMRI or other important brain imaging techniques. Others might enjoy a seminar on a philosophical topic, or a tutorial on relevant matters in cognitive psychology or linguistics. Tutorial presenters are expected not to present just only their own material, but to give a broader tutorial overview and encourage discussion and debate. A non-exclusive list of possible topics might include: - Brain imaging techniques (e.g. fMRI, EEG, MEG, ERP) - Blindsight, neglect, or other neuropsychological syndromes - Computational & other theoretical models of conscious processes - Conscious and unconscious processing - Neural basis of attention and consciousness - Current models of the visual system - Consciousness and metacognition - Criteria for the ascription of consciousness - Philosophical issues concerning consciousness and representation - Phenomenological methods for investigating consciousness Tutorials will be held in parallel sessions on the morning and afternoon of June 25th 2004. Each tutorial is intended to last approximately three hours. The sizes of tutorials will vary between a minimum of 10 to a maximum of around 25 attendees. Tutorial presenters will receive an honorarium of 500 Euros and their registration fee for the conference will be waived. The cost of attending tutorials will be 50 Euros. Tutorials that do not achieve the minimum enrollment of 10 people will not be offered. Send the tutorial proposal along with the following to Susana Martinez-Conde (smart(a)neuralcorrelate.com) as soon as possible but no later than 31st January 2004. 1. Tutorial presenters address with affiliation, email and phone number. 2. Draft timetable for the proposed tutorial with title. 3. Summary or abstract of the tutorial, limit 250 words. 4. Audio/Visual requirements. ---------------------- REGISTRATION ---------------------- Details of registration will be sent out shortly, and posted on the website. As in previous years, discounted registration will be available to ASSC members, who will also enjoy a range of book discounts and other member benefits. The registration discount will be greater than the cost of membership, so prospective members are encouraged to join ASSC now! To find out more about the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, and to apply for membership, please consult: The ASSC publishes two scientific journals about which further information is available from the following websites: Consciousness & Cognition: PSYCHE: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- ASSC8 Scientific Program Committee: Tim Bayne, Axel Cleeremans, Susana Martinez-Conde, Steven Laureys, Erik Myin (Chair), Jean Petitot, Geraint Rees, Patrick Wilken ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------

22 years, 5 months

MobiQuitous 2004, Call for Papers (New deadlines!)

by Stefano Basagni

Dear Colleagues, please, find below the Call for Papers for MobiQuitous 04. Notice that the paper submission deadline has been postponed to February 13 (with paper registration due on February 6). We *TRULY* apologize if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers. *********************************************************************** PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS MobiQuitous 2004 http://www.mobiquitous.org The First Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services August 22-25, 2004 Boston, Massachusetts, USA (ACM sponsorship pending) *********************************************************************** The combination of mobile and ubiquitous computing is emerging as a promising new paradigm with the goal to provide computing and communication services all the time, everywhere, transparently and invisibly to the user, using devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment. In this context, the communication devices, the objects with which they interact, or both may be mobile. The implementation of such a paradigm requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, and discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services. The first ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: networking and services (Mobiquitous 04) will cover all these aspects, representing a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from the many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact exchanging the cross-layer experiences needed to build the overall ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include: applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, knowledge management and databases. PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions addressing all the areas associated with mobile and ubiquitous architectures, infrastructure and services. Technical works clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working solution are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following feature topics: * Ubiquitous architectures and systems * Wearable computing and personal area network * Wireless technologies for mobile and ubiquitous communications (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi) * Wireless Internet access in ubiquitous systems * Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless network * Service discovery mechanisms, knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms * Wireless/mobile service management and delivery * Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems * Peer-to-peer knowledge management * Emerging industrial/business scenarios * Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile) * Smart spaces * Ad hoc and sensor networking * Localization and tracking * Context and location aware application * Multimedia encoding and transcoding * Middleware services * Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, and mobile systems * Hardware and software platforms for ubiquitous systems, and testbeds * User interfaces * Toolkits, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing * Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled electronically (see the conference web page for details). Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) or postscript version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 8 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by technical program committee members. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks journal. TUTORIALS: Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of tutorial proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter. Potential instructors are requested to submit a tutorial proposal of at most 5 pages, including a biographical sketch, to the Tutorial Chair by March 1, 2004. DEMOS: Proposals for research and industrial demos are solicited. A maximum of 3 pages should be submitted which include a description of the demo and needed equipment. Proposals should be submitted to the Demo Chair by March 1, 2004 (responses will be given by April 30, 2004). *********************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES *********************************************************************** Paper registration deadline: FEBRUARY 6 2004, 11:59pm PST Paper submission deadline: FEBRUARY 13 2004, 11:59pm PST Notification of acceptance: APRIL 30 2004 Camera-ready version due: MAY 15 2004 ********************************************************************** Papers submitted to MobiQuitous 2004 must be registered with EDAS by 11:59pm, PST, February 6, 2004. The deadline for submitting a registered paper is 11:59pm, PST, February 13, 2004. *** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * General Co-Chairs Imrich Chlamtac University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A. chlamtac(a)utdallas.edu Fausto Giunchiglia Universita` di Trento, Italy fausto(a)dit.unitn.it * General Vice Co-Chairs Michele Zorzi Universita` di Padova, Italy zorzi(a)dei.unipd.it Valentina Tamma University of Liverpool, U.K. valli(a)csc.liv.ac.uk * Program Co-Chairs * NETWORKING Tom La Porta Penn State University, U.S.A. tlp(a)cse.psu.edu Chiara Petrioli Universita` di Roma "La Sapienza," Italy petrioli(a)dsi.uniroma1.it * SERVICES Tim Finin Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, U.S.A. finin(a)cs.umbc.edu Chiara Ghidini ITC-IRST, Trento, Italy ghidini(a)itc.it * Tutorial Chair Mani Srivastava Univ. of California Los Angeles, U.S.A. mbs(a)ucla.edu * Publicity Co-Chairs Stefano Basagni Northeastern University, U.S.A. Ilya Zaihrayeu Universita` di Trento, Italy * Registration Chair Robin Kravets Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. * Demo Chair Yannis Labrou Fujitsu Labs of America, U.S.A. yannis(a)fla.fujitsu.com * Local Arrangements Chair Prithwish Basu BBN Technologies, U.S.A. * Publication Chair Roger Whitaker Cardiff University, U.K.

22 years, 5 months

Sagvolden et al./A dynamic developmental theory of ADHD: BBS Call for Commentators

by Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Below is a link to the forthcoming BBS target article A dynamic developmental theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) predominantly hyperactive/impulsive and combined subtypes by Terje Sagvolden, Espen Borga Johansen, Heidi Aase, and Vivienne Ann Russell http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Sagvolden-05152002/Referees/ This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be BBS Associates or suggested by a BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator for this article, to suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS Associate, please reply by EMAIL within three (3) weeks to: calls(a)bbsonline.org The Calls are sent to 10,000 BBS Associates, so there is no expectation (indeed, it would be calamitous) that each recipient should comment on every occasion! Hence there is no need to reply except if you wish to comment, or to suggest someone to comment. If you are not a BBS Associate, please approach a current BBS Associate (there are currently over 10,000 worldwide) who is familiar with your work to nominate you. All past BBS authors, referees and commentators are eligible to become BBS Associates. An electronic list of current BBS Associates is available at this location to help you select a name: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/assoclist.html (please note that this list is being updated) If no current BBS Associate knows your work, please send us your Curriculum Vitae and BBS will circulate it to appropriate Associates to ask whether they would be prepared to nominate you. (In the meantime, your name, address and email address will be entered into our database as an unaffiliated investigator.) ======================================================================= ** IMPORTANT ** ======================================================================= To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, it would be most helpful if you would send us an indication of the relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the paper, and what aspect of the paper you would anticipate commenting upon. (Please note that we only request expertise information in order to simplify the selection process.) Please DO NOT prepare a commentary until you receive a formal invitation, indicating that it was possible to include your name on the final list, which is constructed so as to balance areas of expertise and frequency of prior commentaries in BBS. To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable at the URL that follows the abstract and keywords below. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= A dynamic developmental theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) predominantly hyperactive/impulsive and combined subtypes Terje Sagvolden Espen Borga Johansen Heidi Aase Vivienne Ann Russell ABSTRACT: ADHD is currently defined as a cognitive/behavioral developmental disorder where all clinical criteria are behavioral. Inattentiveness, overactivity, and impulsiveness are presently regarded as the main clinical symptoms. The dynamic developmental behavioral theory is based on the hypothesis that altered dopaminergic function plays a pivotal role by failing to modulate non-dopaminergic (primarily glutamate and GABA) signal transmission appropriately. A hypofunctioning mesolimbic dopamine branch produces altered reinforcement of behavior and deficient extinction of previously reinforced behavior. This gives rise to delay aversion, development of hyperactivity in novel situations, impulsiveness, deficient sustained attention, increased behavioral variability, and failure to inhibit responses (disinhibition). A hypofunctioning mesocortical dopamine branch will cause attention response deficiencies: deficient orienting responses, impaired saccadic eye movements, and poorer attention responses towards a target) and poor behavioral planning (poor executive functions). A hypofunctioning nigrostriatal dopamine branch will cause impaired modulation of motor functions and deficient nondeclarative habit learning and memory. These impairments will give rise to apparent developmental delay, clumsiness, neurological soft signs, and a failure to inhibit responses when quick reactions are required. Hypofunctioning dopamine branches represent the main individual predispositions in the present theory. The theory predicts that behavior and symptoms in ADHD result from the interplay between individual predispositions and the surroundings. The exact ADHD symptoms at a particular time in life will vary and be influenced by factors having positive or negative effects on symptom development. Altered or deficient learning and motor functions will produce special needs for optimal parenting and societal styles. Medication will to some degree normalize the underlying dopamine dysfunction and reduce the special needs of these children. The theory describes how individual predispositions interact with these conditions and produce behavioral, emotional, and cognitive effects that can turn into relatively stable behavioral patterns. KEYWORDS: catecholamine, dopamine, clumsiness, hyperkinesis, hyperkinetic disorder, impulsivity, monoamine, neuromodulator, overactivity, pollutants, reinforcement, reward, verbally-governed behavior, soft signs, variability. http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Sagvolden-05152002/Referees/ ======================================================================= ======================================================================= *** SUPPLEMENTARY ANNOUNCEMENT *** (1) Call for Book Nominations for BBS Multiple Book Review In the past, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) had only been able to do 1-2 BBS multiple book treatments per year, because of our limited annual page quota. BBS's new expanded page quota will make it possible for us to increase the number of books we treat per year, so this is an excellent time for BBS Associates and biobehavioral/cognitive scientists in general to nominate books you would like to see accorded BBS multiple book review. (Authors may self-nominate, but books can only be selected on the basis of multiple nominations.) It would be very helpful if you indicated in what way a BBS Multiple Book Review of the book(s) you nominate would be useful to the field (and of course a rich list of potential reviewers would be the best evidence of its potential impact!). *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Please note: Your email address has been added to our user database for Calls for Commentators, the reason you received this email. If you do not wish to receive further Calls, please feel free to change your mailshot status through your User Login link on the BBSPrints homepage, using your username and password. 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22 years, 5 months

Sagvolden et al./A dynamic developmental theory of ADHD: BBS Call for Commentators

by Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Dear Dr. Qwerty, Below is a link to the forthcoming BBS target article A dynamic developmental theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) predominantly hyperactive/impulsive and combined subtypes by Terje Sagvolden, Espen Borga Johansen, Heidi Aase, and Vivienne Ann Russell http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Sagvolden-05152002/Referees/ This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences. Commentators must be BBS Associates or suggested by a BBS Associate. To be considered as a commentator for this article, to suggest other appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS Associate, please reply by EMAIL within three (3) weeks to: calls(a)bbsonline.org The Calls are sent to 10,000 BBS Associates, so there is no expectation (indeed, it would be calamitous) that each recipient should comment on every occasion! Hence there is no need to reply except if you wish to comment, or to suggest someone to comment. If you are not a BBS Associate, please approach a current BBS Associate (there are currently over 10,000 worldwide) who is familiar with your work to nominate you. All past BBS authors, referees and commentators are eligible to become BBS Associates. An electronic list of current BBS Associates is available at this location to help you select a name: http://www.bbsonline.org/Instructions/assoclist.html (please note that this list is being updated) If no current BBS Associate knows your work, please send us your Curriculum Vitae and BBS will circulate it to appropriate Associates to ask whether they would be prepared to nominate you. (In the meantime, your name, address and email address will be entered into our database as an unaffiliated investigator.) ======================================================================= ** IMPORTANT ** ======================================================================= To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, it would be most helpful if you would send us an indication of the relevant expertise you would bring to bear on the paper, and what aspect of the paper you would anticipate commenting upon. (Please note that we only request expertise information in order to simplify the selection process.) Please DO NOT prepare a commentary until you receive a formal invitation, indicating that it was possible to include your name on the final list, which is constructed so as to balance areas of expertise and frequency of prior commentaries in BBS. To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for this article, an electronic draft is retrievable at the URL that follows the abstract and keywords below. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= A dynamic developmental theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) predominantly hyperactive/impulsive and combined subtypes Terje Sagvolden Espen Borga Johansen Heidi Aase Vivienne Ann Russell ABSTRACT: ADHD is currently defined as a cognitive/behavioral developmental disorder where all clinical criteria are behavioral. Inattentiveness, overactivity, and impulsiveness are presently regarded as the main clinical symptoms. The dynamic developmental behavioral theory is based on the hypothesis that altered dopaminergic function plays a pivotal role by failing to modulate non-dopaminergic (primarily glutamate and GABA) signal transmission appropriately. A hypofunctioning mesolimbic dopamine branch produces altered reinforcement of behavior and deficient extinction of previously reinforced behavior. This gives rise to delay aversion, development of hyperactivity in novel situations, impulsiveness, deficient sustained attention, increased behavioral variability, and failure to inhibit responses (disinhibition). A hypofunctioning mesocortical dopamine branch will cause attention response deficiencies: deficient orienting responses, impaired saccadic eye movements, and poorer attention responses towards a target) and poor behavioral planning (poor executive functions). A hypofunctioning nigrostriatal dopamine branch will cause impaired modulation of motor functions and deficient nondeclarative habit learning and memory. These impairments will give rise to apparent developmental delay, clumsiness, neurological soft signs, and a failure to inhibit responses when quick reactions are required. Hypofunctioning dopamine branches represent the main individual predispositions in the present theory. The theory predicts that behavior and symptoms in ADHD result from the interplay between individual predispositions and the surroundings. The exact ADHD symptoms at a particular time in life will vary and be influenced by factors having positive or negative effects on symptom development. Altered or deficient learning and motor functions will produce special needs for optimal parenting and societal styles. Medication will to some degree normalize the underlying dopamine dysfunction and reduce the special needs of these children. The theory describes how individual predispositions interact with these conditions and produce behavioral, emotional, and cognitive effects that can turn into relatively stable behavioral patterns. 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by George Kampis

Kedves Kollegak, az uj konferencia hirdetmenyevel es az aktualis informaciokkal megujult a MAKOG honlapja. Minden uj informaciot, ahogy rendelkezesre all (helyszin, arak, program etc) oda is felrakunk. Cime: http://hps.elte.hu/~kampis/MAKOG udv kgy

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