From: Luria Neuroscience Institute < To:Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacationggmail.com> Subject: Neurocognitive video courses now available Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:09:21 +0000 Dear Jeffrey Epstein, The Luria Neuroscience Institute is pleased to present video courses about the brain and the mind. They are intended primarily for professionals concerned with mental health and with the brain and brain disorders. Each online video course takes 3 hours and 3 CE Credits will be awarded for each. The video courses are recordings of the live webinars which took place in November - December 2014. Download the brochure here (PDF file, 465 Kb). For more information please visit Ininstitute.org. Video Course 1: Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes • Executive functions and frontal-lobe functions: are they the same? • Components of executive functions (planning, impulse control, working memory, and others). • Novel approaches to understanding the frontal-lobe functions. • Executive functions, laterality, and sex differences. • Regulation of emotions: frontal lobes and amygdala. • Executive functions in development and aging. Read the full description and register here. Video Course 2: Executive Dysfunction in Brain Disorders • Executive dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders (ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome). • Executive dysfunction in dementias (Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, Fronto-temporal dementia). • Executive dysfunction in cerebrovascular disorders (CVA, aneurisms). • Executive dysfunction in traumatic brain injury (reticulo-frontal disconnection syndrome). • Executive dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, affective disorders). • Executive dysfunction in movement disorders (Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease). EFTA00685964