Saturday March 16, 2024
Conference – 10:00 – 10:45
If music is good, then it’s good… for the brain
Mediterranean University Center (CUM) – Amphitheater
Researchers are increasingly confirming and explaining his superpowers. Music stimulates memory (it even revives the memory of people with Alzheimer’s), elevates mood, and regulates emotions. It facilitates coordination of movements (it would help Parkinson’s patients move better) and learning language, even mathematics. As for singing, it allows us to preserve and develop all our skills cognitive functions. Overview of the benefits of this “neural symphony”.
With :
Benjamin MorillonViewfinder Insert in Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Systems Neuroscience (Aix-Marseille University)
Hieronymus Palazzololiberal psychiatrist and psychotherapist in Nice and associated researcher at LAPCOS (Laboratory of Anthropology and Clinical, Cognitive and Social Psychology) of the University of the Côte d’Azur
Indiana Wollman, Researcher in neuroscience, research director at the Philharmonie de Paris
moderation : Gwendoline dos Santos, Health Editor in Chief at Point
Conference – 10:50 – 11:05
Neurologists by day, rockers by night
Mediterranean University Center (CUM) – Amphitheater
Final of The Ripplers Cindy Pretty GirlToursky Theater (concert on March 11, 2023) (5′ video)
What goes on in the minds of these brain specialists:
Fabrice BartolomeiProfessor of Neurology, Head of the Department of Epileptology and Cerebral Rhythmology at the Timone Hospital (Marseille)
Benjamin MorillonInserm researcher in cognitive neuroscience, Institute for Systems Neuroscience (Aix-Marseille University)
Moderation: Gwendoline dos Santos, Editor-in-Chief of Health to the point
Conference – 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m
Technology for learning and relearning how to see
Mediterranean University Center (CUM) – Amphitheater
Thanks to new therapeutic approaches, the hope of regaining (at least some) vision for people who are blind or visually impaired due to an eye disease is becoming a reality. For them, retinal implants, optogenetics and sonogenetics will soon no longer be obscure terms. In addition, there is unconscious, subthreshold vision that can be worked on to partially restore visual field after a brain injury (e.g. a stroke).
With :
Sylvie ChokronNeuropsychologist, research director at CNRS, founder and president of the association eyes in the head
Maxim Lokietekblind physiotherapist, international champion in fencing and surfing, founding president of the Bibliosphere (Lyon)
Serge PicaudDoctor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, INSERM Research Director and Director of the Vision Institute (Paris)
moderation : Olivier Hertel, health journalist at Point
Conference – 3:25 p.m. – 4:10 p.m
Correcting deafness to delay Alzheimer’s disease
Mediterranean University Center (CUM) – Amphitheater
Improving hearing not only has a positive effect on the quality of life of people with hearing impairment, but in particular prevents progressive isolation and the associated consequences for morale. Wearing hearing aids has direct positive effects on overall brain function. Studies have actually shown a connection between good correction of disorders and cognition. Recent work even shows a connection with the age at onset of Alzheimer’s disease. A message that should not be repeated!
With :
Helene Amieva, Director of the ACTIVE team (Age, Chronic Diseases, Technology, Disability and Environment), Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health Development and Faculty of Psychology, Center INSERM U1219 Bordeaux
Olivier Guerin, Professor of Geriatrics, Head of the Rehabilitation Autonomy Aging Department (Nice University Hospital)
Nicolas Guevara, Professor of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery (University Institute of Face and Neck, Nice University Hospital)
moderation : Nicolas Bastuck, Editor-in-Chief Society at Point
