Movement conference Harvard University

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Dear colleagues,

We have the distinct pleasure to invite you to the 2018 world conference on Movement and Cognition to beheld at Harvard University’s School of Medicine 27-29 July 2018 in Boston, USA.

Among the other institutions involved in this event include the Harvard University School of Medicine’s affiliated hospitals Spaulding Rehabilitation, McLean, and Beth Israel-Deaconess, as well as the M.I.N.D. Institute at M.I.T., the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Haifa, the Wingate Institute for Sports and Exercise Science, the National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences, Nazareth, Israel, the Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana, the University of the Medical Sciences Facultad ‘Manuel Fajardo’ Havana, the School of Public Health of the University of Havana, and Bielefeld University in Germany.

The purpose of the conference is to share knowledge of all those whose interests lie in the nature of human movement and its relation to cognitive function.

The abstracts of the conference as well as selected principal papers will be proceedings will be published in volume 8 of the journal Functional Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics.

 

Among the broad topic areas in this call for abstracts include Cognitive-Movement applications in: rehabilitation, sports, human development, gerontology, genetics/genomics, technologies and measurement, science of aesthetics, behavioral and communication sciences, occupational and physical therapy, and biomedical engineering.

We welcome your participation in this event that addresses the relationship between movement and cognition and I personally welcome your enquiries and suggestions. In the meantime, please check out our website for more details: www.movementis.com

Should you have any questions about the nature and form of the abstracts or pertaining to the larger papers, please feel free to connect with me at: g.leisman@welfare.haifa.ac.il

We hope to meet each of you at Harvard University in July 2018.

Wish very best wishes,

 

 Gerry Leisman                                                                 Leon Morales-Quezada

Chair, Scientific Committee, MOVEMEMNT-201        Co- Chair, Scientific Committee, MOVEMEMNT-2018    

Professor Neuro and Rehabilitation Sciences                 Assoc. Director Neuromodulation Center               

School of Health Science University of Haifa                Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Director, The National Institute for Brain                       Integrative Medicine Fellow, Beth Israel        

and Rehabilitation Sciences, Nazareth, Israel                    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Profesor de Neurología Restaurativa                               Harvard University School of Medicine

Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana

Facultad Manuel Fajardo, Havana, Cuba

g.leisman@welfare.haifa.ac.il

Movement 2017 -invitation

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Dear colleagues,

I am honored to  invite you to attend the world conference on Movement sponsored, in part, by the Harvard University School of Medicine’s Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, the M.I.N.D. Institute at M.I.T., the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Wingate Institute for Sports and Exercise Science, the National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences, Nazareth, Israel, the Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Havana, the University of the Medical Sciences Facultad ‘Manuel Fajardo’ Havana, the School of Public Health of the University of Havana, and Bielefeld University in Germany.

The purpose of the conference is to share knowledge of all those whose interests lie in the nature of human movement. The conference will address issues related to gait, motion, kinesiology, disorders of movement, movement rehabilitation, motion and balance, movement and cognition, human factors and ergonomics, as well as optimized movement in elite athletes, developmental issues of movement and coordination. Workshops on physiotherapy of movement impairment will also be provided.

You are hereby invited to join us  and participate in this unique conference, with or without presenting your own work or research. You can register now and/or you can submit your abstract for an oral -or a poster - presentation.

The abstracts of the conference as well as selected principal papers will be proceedings and will be published in the journal Functional Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics published by Nova Scientific publishers.

We welcome your participation in this event that addresses the relationship between movement and cognition and I personally welcome your enquiries and suggestions. In the meantime, please check out our website at: www.movementis.net 

(Our mail: office@movementis.com)

Should you have any questions about the nature and form of the abstracts or pertaining to the larger papers, please connect with me at: g.leisman@alumni.manchester.ac.uk

I hope to meet each of you at Oxford University in July 2017

Wish very best wishes,

Gerry Leisman

Chair Scientific Committee, MOVEMENT 2017

Director, The National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences, Nazareth, Israel

Professor, Human Factors and Rehabilitation Sciences

O.R.T.-Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel, Israel

Profesor de Neurología restaurativa

Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana

Facultad Manuel Fajardo, Havana, Cuba