COLOMBIA: DOPO 50 ANNI DI CONFLITTO ECCO COME GLI SCIENZIATI STUDIANO GLI EX COMBATTENTI
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Colombia after the Violence
en Written pressPeace efforts in Colombia have ended 50 years of intense conflict. Now, scientists are studying former fighters and victims as they attempt to heal “At the beginning I was pretty disappointed,” she says. If something were wrong with their brains, it would provide an easy explanation for the evil they had done. But after […]
Argentine scientists collaborate with the peace process in Colombia
en Written pressThey assist the ex-members of the Farc and also investigate how the activity they carried out impacted them. To access the full note please click here
Lecture on simultaneous interpreting by Dr. Adolfo García
en NewsOn May 2, Dr. Adolfo García offered a conference titled “Simultaneous interpreting and its impact on brain function.” The talk, hosted by the Argentine Association of Conference Interpreters (ADICA), took place at the Main Hall of Universidad del Salvador. The knowledge exchanged that evening opens new avenues to examine the impact of one of the […]
Special article of Nature and documentary of the magazine about the Colombian conflict
en NewsWith great pride, we are very pleased to tell you that a special article of Nature and documentary of the magazine about the Colombian conflict came out that highlights the research of our regional team and the difficult efforts to achieve a reintegration and rehabilitation of the ex- combatants Here are the details: Documentary Disarming […]
Bilingual memory, to the extreme: Lexical processing in simultaneous interpreters.
en PapersSantilli M, Vilas M, Mikulan E, Martorell Caro M, Muñoz E, Sedeño L, Ibáñez A, García AM (2018). Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. First view. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728918000378 Esta investigación examina cómo la experiencia en interpretación simultánea impacta sobre diversas dimensiones del procesamiento léxico. En comparación con bilingües sin experiencia en interpretación, los profesionales de este rubro […]
El Dr Ibáñez brinda conferencia magistral de cierre en el Congreso Nacional de Neurociencias de Colombia
en NewsEl Dr Ibáñez brindo el 28 de abril la conferencia magistral de cierre del Congreso Nacional de Neurociencias de Colombia (“XI Congreso Nacional y XII Seminario Internacional de Neurociencias”), en Bogotá, denominada “The mind in the wild: Intercognition as the next frontier for social neuroscience”. En el congreso participaron más de 19 expertos internacionales y 30 regionales. En […]
Gabriela, the cheerful and intelligent Colombian girl who lives without a third of the brain
en Written pressGabriela Garcia Gutiérrez is a girl born in Cali with a unique feature that reveals science: was born without the frontal lobes of the brain. Her family wants to treat her in Argentina, where the doctors explained to Infobae her miraculous case To access the full note please click here
Science: eight years old, part of the brain is missing and her case challenges doctors
en Written press«This child understands language and speech, is capable of symbolic play and imagination, distinguishes fantasy from reality, recognizes emotions, but is tremendously uninhibited,» says Ibáñez, «what Mesulam called ‘the mystery of the frontal lobe’: if one makes an evaluation in controlled contexts, in which contributes the external executive function and order, she responds perfectly, but […]
Astounds scientists: it lacks 90% of the frontal cortex of the brain, but can walk and talk
en Written pressIt is that reorganization that can explain that GC can «speak without Broca’s area (section of the human brain involved with the production of language) or how she can walk without the motor cortex (it is in the back of the frontal lobe)», said Ibáñez. To access the full note please click here