News and Events – November 2008
PUBLICATIONS
Robb MP, Chen Y (in press). Is /h/ phonetically neutral? Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics.
Wermke K, Robb MP (in press). Fundamental frequency of neonatal crying: Does body size matter? Journal of Voice.
CONFERENCES
Tim Anderson was co-chairperson of the Neurology Association of New Zealand conference in Christchurch, on 20-21st November.
Tim Anderson was the CMRF Invited Speaker to members of the University of the Third Age (U3A) on 3rd October at Knox Church, Christchurch.
Tim Anderson was an invited lecturer at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians ‘Brain School’ via videolink on 12th November.
Tim Anderson was an invited lecturer at a Royal Australasian College of Physicians teaching course in Dunedin, lecturing on ‘Extrapyramidal disorders’ and ‘Video illustration of movement disorders’ on 18th November.
Phil Bones, Marcus Heitger, Carrie Innes, Richard Jones, Tracy Melzer, Daniel Myall, and Govinda Poudel attended the Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering (EPSM ABEC) Conference on 16-20th November in Christchurch. The following papers were presented:
Bones P, Wu B, Millane R P, Watts R. Towards better temporal resolution in magnetic resonance angiography.
Heitger MH, Jones RD, Macleod AD, Snell D, Wilson I, Anderson TJ. A novel biomarker of postconcussion syndrome.
Innes CRH, Jones RD, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Severinsen J, Gray J. Prediction of driving ability in people with dementia- and non-dementia-related brain disorders is more accurate when based upon different models of sensory-motor and cognitive performance.
Melzer TR, Butler AP, Cook NJ, Watts R, Anderson N, Tipples R, Butler PH. Feasibility of spectroscopic biomedical imaging with Medipix2.
Myall D, MacAskill M, Davidson P, Anderson T, Jones RD. A modular low-latency virtual-environment platform for applications in motor adaptation research, neurological disorders, and neurorehabilitation.
Myall D, MacAskill M, Anderson T, Jones RD. Submovements in reaching tasks: the effect of Parkinson’s disease.
Poudel GR, Jones RD, Innes CRH, Davidson PR, Watts R, Signal TL, Bones P. Increased multisensory activity during cued slow-eye-closure while performing a visuomotor tracking task: an fMRI study.
Poudel GR, Jones RD, Innes CRH. A 2-D pursuit tracking task for behavioural detection of lapses.
Daniel Myall attended the symposia ‘New developments in Neural Networks 2008 (NNN’08)’ on 24-25th November in Auckland.
Daniel Myall attended the ‘15th International Conference on Neuro-Information Processing of the Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly (ICONIP 2008)’ on 25-28th November in Auckland.
Mike Robb attended the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on November 20–22. The following paper was presented:
Schaefer M, Robb M. Stuttering characteristics of German-English bilingual speakers.
EVENTS
A guest seminar was presented at the Van der Veer Institute on the 12th November by Kathleen Thomas, Associate Professor of Child Psychology at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota. Associate Professor Thomas presented ‘A neurobehavioral approach to the study of cognitive and emotional development’ in which she presented examples from her work examining links between brain structure and function and the development of cognitive and emotional skills in childhood.
