Conferenties

Day One: Wednesday 26^th November 2025

09:15

REGISTRATION OPENS

[Zoom meeting (ID: will follow) activated for remote attendees; password provided to registrants in advance]

09:55

WELCOME

Edward de Haan, BNS President

10:00

FREE PAPERS

Understanding the relationship between post-stroke cognition and depression: the role of social isolation

Margot Juliëtte Overman¹, Reena Vohora¹, & Nele Demeyere²

¹Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Research and Training, University of Oxford, UK, ²Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK

On the Multiverse of Story Recall and Blood Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease

Davide Bruno*^1,2, Ainara Jauregi-Zinkunegi*¹, Rachel Studer², Rachael Wilson², Henrik Zetterberg^2,3,4,5, Sterling C. Johnson² & Kimberly D. Mueller² 

¹Liverpool John Moores University, UK, ²University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA, ³University of Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁴University College London, UK, ⁵Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, China 

Individual differences in brain functional organization: Revisiting the textbook brain

Guy Vingerhoets¹, Emma M. Karlsson¹, & Robin Gerrits²

¹Ghent University, Belgium, ²Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany

11:00

UNDERGRADUATE PRIZE WINNER

The Diagonal Sulcus and Language: A Study of Preterm and Term-Born Adolescents

Ellie Carre¹

¹Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

11:15

MORNING BREAK & POSTER SESSION

Tea & Coffee provided

12:00

HUMPHREYS & RIDDOCH PRIZE, SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES

Exploring the Impact of Lesion Location and Functional Connectivity Gradient Changes on Aphasia Recovery Following Stroke

Ramya Balakrishnan¹, Tirso Rene del Jesus Gonzalez Alam², Cathy J. Price³, & Elizabeth Jefferies¹

¹Department of Psychology, York Neuroimaging Centre, University of York, UK, ²School of Psychology and Sports Science, Bangor University, UK, ³Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, UK 

The role of social experience and motivated cognition in the representation of concepts: a behavioral and functional neuroimaging study

Doina-Irina Giurgea¹, Veronica Diveica², Penny M. Pexman³, & Richard J. Binney¹

¹School of Psychology, Bangor University, UK, ²Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada, ³Department of Psychology, Western University, Canada

High-level and low-level routes to activity in olfactory cortex 

Tabitha L. James¹, Louis Renoult¹, Carl M. Philpott¹, & Fraser W. Smith¹

¹The University of East Anglia, UK

12:45

LUNCH BREAK & POSTER SESSION

Catering not provided, presenters due at their poster from 13:15

13:40

FREE PAPERS

Characterizing Abstract Reasoning via Large-Sample Lesion Data, AI, and Graph Mapping

Lisa Cipolotti¹, Mohamad Zeina², Henry Watkins², James Ruffle², Amy Nelson², Joe Mole¹, Patrick Murphy¹, & Parashkev Nachev² 

¹Department of Neuropsychology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS TRUST and UCL Institute of Neurology, ²High-Dimensional Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology

Exploring changes in cognitive network structures across the genetic FTD disease spectrum: a GENFI study

Jackie M. Poos¹, Harro Seelaar¹, John C. van Swieten¹, James B. Rowe², Barbara Borroni^3,4, Daniela Galimberti^5,6, Pietro Tiraboschi⁷, Mario Masellis⁸, Elizabeth Finger⁹, Robert Laforce¹⁰, Caroline Graff¹¹, Alexander Gerhard¹², Raquel Sanchez-Valle¹³, Alexandre Medonca¹⁴, Fermin Moreno¹⁵, Matthis Synofzik¹⁶, Rik Vandenberghe¹⁷, Simon Ducharme¹⁸, Isabelle Le Ber¹⁹, Johannes Levin^20,21,22, Thibaud Lebouvier²³, Benedetta Nacmias²⁴, Markus Otto²⁵, Chris Butler^26,27, Carmela Tartaglia28, Jonathon D. Rohrer²⁹, & Lize C. Jiskoot^1,24

¹Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

(see full programme for full list of affiliations)

How to dissociate true disruption from normal variability during cognitive monitoring in awake craniotomy

Teuni ten Brink¹, Fleur van Ierschot^2,3, Joost Agelink van Rentergem⁴, Pierre Robe², & Martine van Zandvoort^2,3

¹Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, the Netherlands, ²Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht/UMC Utrecht Brain Center, the Netherlands, ³Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, ⁴Department of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Cross-Linguistic Evaluation of the Mini-Linguistic State Examination (MLSE) in Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Comparative Study in Dutch, Spanish, and English

Lize C. Jiskoot^1,2, Rose Bruffaerts³, Esther van den Berg¹, Nikil Patel⁴, Jordi Matias-Guiu Antem⁵, Peter Garrard⁴, & Harro Seelaar¹

¹Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Centre, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, ²Dementia Research Centre, University College London, UK, ³Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium, ⁴Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute St George’s, University of London, UK, ⁵Department of Neurology of the Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Spain

15:00

AFTERNOON BREAK

Tea & Coffee provided

15:30

INVITED SYMPOSIUM

SOCIAL COGNITION: DEVELOPMENT & DIAGNOSIS

Aging Autistic Adults: Social Cognition and Beyond

Hilde Geurts¹, Leo Kannerhuis² 

¹University of Amsterdam, ²Youz/Parnassiagroup

Is it time to change the autism diagnostic criteria?

Catherine Crompton

University of Edinburgh

Mapping cognitive heterogeneity in childhood and adolescence

Duncan Astle

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

17:00

8^th HUMPHREYS AND RIDDOCH PRIZE WINNER

To be announced live

17:10

19^th FREDA NEWCOMBE PRIZE LECTURE

Francesca Happé

Kings College London

18:10

DRINKS RECEPTION

In the foyer

19:00

CONFERENCE DINNER

Namaste Holborn * Booking essential

https://bns.wildapricot.org/event-6265877

Day Two: Thursday 27^th November 2025

SPECIAL JOINT MEETING BETWEEN BNS & NVN                

08:30

REGISTRATION OPENS

[Zoom meeting (ID: will be provided) activated for remote attendees; password provided to registrants in advance]

08:50

WELCOME

Edward de Haan, BNS President

Sanne Schagen, NVN President

09:00

INVITED SYMPOSIUM

FROM NEUROPSYCHOLOGY TO MECHANISMS OF NEURODEGENERATION

Longitudinal cognitive change and its associations with biomarkers of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease between ages 70-78 in members of the British 1946 Birth Cohort

Kirsty Lu¹, Sarah E. Keuss¹, Jennifer M. Nicholas², Rebecca Street¹, Ashvini Keshavan¹, Sarah-Naomi James³, David Cash¹, William Coath¹, Heidi Murray-Smith¹, Andrew Wong³, Marcus Richards³, Sebastian J. Crutch¹, Jonathan M. Schott¹

¹Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK, ²Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, ³MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, University College London, UK

Towards an earlier diagnosis for (atypical forms of) Alzheimer’s disease

Ilse Bader

Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands

What is the relevance of APOE for cognitive changes in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease?

Michael Hornberger

Clinical Neurosciences, Department for Clinical and Experimental Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

Diagnostic challenges in frontotemporal dementia

Esther van den Berg

Dept. of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

11:00

MORNING BREAK & POSTER SESSION

Tea & Coffee provided

11:30

KEYNOTE LECTURE

The earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease: specific cognitive deficits or generalised impairments?

Chris Bird

University of Sussex

12:30

LUNCH BREAK & POSTER SESSION

Catering not provided, presenters due at their poster from 13:00

13:15

INVITED SYMPOSIUM

BRAIN STIMULATION: BASIC SCIENCE TO CLINICAL APPLICATION

The Role of Neurochemistry in Semantic Memory and Its Neuroplasticity: Combining Multimodal Imaging and NIBS (TMS and TUS)

JeYoung Jung

University of Nottingham, UK

Brain stimulation and cognition: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Esmee Verwijk

Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands

Tuning the Brakes: Non-invasive Brain Stimulation and Inhibitory Control

Alekhya Mandalli

University of Sheffield, UK

Ethical issues of using neurostimulation in implantable brain-computer interfaces for people with motor impairments

Bouke van Balen

Utrecht UMC, the Netherlands

15:15

AFTERNOON BREAK & POSTER SESSION

Tea & Coffee provided

15:45

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Non-invasive brain stimulation: from basic neuroscience research to mental health policy changes

Alexander Sack

Maastricht University

16:45

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