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JOINT
BRITISH ACADEMY/BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL LECTURE
The Resilient Brain: Cognition and
Ageing
Professor Lorraine K Tyler FBA
University of
Cambridge
Thursday,
22 September 2011
6.00pm -
7.15pm, followed by a drinks reception
British Academy,
10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London
SW1
Normal
healthy ageing involves widespread changes in the brain, which
are thought to lead to
problems with a variety of everyday
cognitive functions, such as memory, attention and problem
solving. However, this view is starting to change and a more
positive view is emerging in which ageing is no longer seen as
an inexorable progressive decline in neural and cognitive
fitness. This research focuses on what is preserved as we age,
trying to understand the brain mechanisms by which cognitive
functions can be preserved in spite of extensive changes in
brain tissue. In this talk Professor Tyler will discuss some
of the research that takes a positive view of changes across
the lifespan, and in doing so is starting to over-turn
existing stereotypes of ageing.
About the
Speaker:
Lorraine K Tyler is Professor of
Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. She
heads a University-wide consortium, funded by the BBSRC, to
study the relationship between brain function and cognition
across the adult lifespan. She was elected a Fellow of the
British Academy in 1995. Her most recent articles include
‘Conceptual structure: Towards an integrated
neurocognitive
account’, Cognitive Neuroscience of Language
(co-author) and ‘Fronto-temporal brain systems supporting
spoken language comprehension’ Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, Theme
Issue ‘The perception of speech: from sound to meaning’ with
WD
Marslen-Wilson.
Attendance is
free, but registration is required for this event. To register
please click here:
A poster for your notice board
can be downloaded here.
Joint British
Academy / British Psychological Society
Lecture
This lecture series
began in 2001 when the Academy held a lecture to mark the
centenary of the British Psychological
Society.
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