Aging Brain Conference in honour of Professor Lars Bäckman

29 August, 2022 in subject Psychology

Erika Jonsson Laukka (ARC), Martin Lövdén (University of Gothenburg), and Lars Nyberg (Umeå University) took the initiative of organising a conference with the title Aging Brain: Memory, Plasticity and Dopamine, in honour of Professor Lars Bäckman, who holds a professorship in Cognitive Neuroscience at ARC.

The event took place on 26 August 2022 and was held at Karolinska Institutet, in Eva & Georg lecture hall in Biomedicum. The programme included three sessions on Memory and Aging, Plasticity and aging, and Dopamine and aging, during which a number of presentations were made by both national and international researchers specialising in these particular fields.

Lars Bäckman surrounded by organisers and guest speakers. From left to right: Alireza Salami (Umeå University and Karolinska Institutet), Nina Karalija (Umeå University), Susanne Jaeggi (University of California, Irvine, USA), Martin Lövdén (University of Gothenburg), Lars Nyberg (Umeå University), Lars Bäckman (Karolinska Institutet), Emrah Düzel (University of Magdeburg, Germany), Ulman Lindenberger (Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany), Brent Small (University of South Florida, USA), Naftali Raz (Stony Brook University, USA), Erika Jonsson Laukka (Karolinska Instiutet). Photo: Maria Yohuang.
The organisers Martin Lövdén, Lars Nyberg and Erika Jonsson Laukka. : Photo: Maria Yohuang.
Erika Jonsson Laukka, standing to the left, Lars Bäckman, at the microphone, among the audience. Photo: Maria Yohuang.

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