‫ בפסיכולוגיה קלינית‬M.A. ‫סמינר תכנית התואר השני‬
‫בבית ספר ברוך איבצ'ר לפסיכולוגיה‬
:‫מתכבד להזמינכם להרצאתו של‬
Tomer Shechner, Ph.D
Psychology Department, University of Haifa
:‫בנושא‬
Applications from clinical developmental neuroscience: A mechanistic approach to
improve diagnosis and to enhance treatment in pediatric anxiety
:‫קוגניטיביים בהפרעות חרדה אצל ילדים ומתבגרים‬-‫מנגנונים נוירו‬
‫יישומים קליניים ממחקר במדעי המוח‬
04:31 ‫ בשעה‬,7102 ‫ בינואר‬30 ,‫יום שני‬
‫לאודר‬-‫ בניין אריסון‬,(L201( ‫פינס‬-‫אודיטוריום אהובה אורן‬
Psychopathology typically emerges during childhood, and may reflect perturbed
neurodevelopment. Yet, developmental differences in risk, onset, and maintenance of
anxiety disorders are poorly understood. In some contexts, typically-developing, at-risk and
anxious children might manifest similar-appearing anxiety behaviors. However, these
behaviors merely index the end-stage output of a complex neural cascade of various
cognitive processes, thus obscuring their underlying mechanisms. Methods from
neuroscience permit the study of specific cognitive systems, and thus may be used to reveal
the underling mechanisms of anxiety. This is particularly pertinent for charting
developmental trajectories of anxiety, as some cognitive processes may be early markers of
later
anxiety,
even
in
the
absence
of
behavioral
symptoms.
My talk will review few examples that underscore how subtle perturbations in
neurocognitive mechanisms associated with attention and fear learning can differentiate
between normative and pathological developmental of anxiety that could potentially be
targeted in treatment.
The lecture will be held in Hebrew | ‫ההרצאה תתקיים בשפה העברית‬
!‫נשמח לראותכם‬