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Cross-cultural and inclusive assessments for dementia
26/09/2024 @ 9:45 am - 12:45 pm
This symposium will focus on recent work carried out as part of a collaboration between the group led by Professor Huali Wang from Peking University and Professor Mario A Parra’s collaboration network from the University of Strathclyde. The groups have advanced a research agenda that focuses on the investigation of the validity of new neurocognitive assessments in the early detection of cognitive impairments among older adults at risk of or with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD).
Aim
We aim to bring together researchers from the medical, psychological, and engineering sciences at different career stages to explore the project’s status and find further collaboration opportunities. We are interested in interdisciplinary collaborations that can yield new culturally valid and inclusive assessments (e.g., neurocognitive biomarkers based on EEG, Eye-Tracking, and functional assessments) to identify the continuum of neuropathological events underpinning the transition from normal ageing to dementia.
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Agenda (in BST)
Introductions
09:45 – 10:00 Professor Huali Wang and Professor Mario A Parra
Professor Huali Wang Group
10:00-10:10 Prof. Huali Wang: Culturally appropriate cognitive screening instrument: validation and nationwide norms (Peking University)
10:10-10:20 Dr. Ming Zhang: Visuospatial impairment in dementia with Lewy Body (Sun Yat Sen University)
10:20-10:30 Dr. Luchun Wang: EEG-based cerebral hemispheric dominance in mild cognitive impairment (Capital Medical University)
10:30-10:40 Mr. Mang Zhang: The neural activity during decision making in mild cognitive impairment (Peking University)
10:40-10:50 Dr. Haifeng Zhang: The effect of cognitive training on the brain functional connectivity in mild cognitive impairment (Peking University)
10:50-11:00 Prof. Fengquan Zhang: The VR-based eye-tracking apparatus: development and its applicability in early detection (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications)
11:00-11:10 Q&A
Professor Mario A Parra Group
11:10-11:20 Prof. Mario A Parra: Cross-cultural strategies to fight dementia: from new assessments to global networks (University of Strathclyde)
11:20-11:30 Dr Clara Calia: Visual Short-Term Memory Binding in Ethnic Minorities in Scotland (University of Edinburgh)
11:30-11:40 Dr Tamlyn Watermeyer: Expanding applicability of the binding construct: evidence from COVID and Down syndrome (The BIND project) (University of Northumbria)
11:40-11:50 Ms Lynsey Stewart: Dementia in Autism: How to detect it? (University of Strathclyde)
11:50-12:00 Dr Keith Smith: Reliable methods for transient EEG Functional Connectivity in VSTMB reveals differences in Alzheimer’s disease (University of Strathclyde)
12:00-12:10 Dr Javier Escudero: Temporally and spatially precise changes in EEG recorded during a VSTMB Task in early Alzheimer’s disease (University of Edinburgh)
12:10-12:20 Q&A
Discussion and Future Plans
12:20-12:30 Professor Huali Wang and Professor Mario A Parra
