Host Institution: St-Petersburg State University, Faculty of Psychology

Dear Colleagues,

We’re glad to announce the upcoming September Scholl of the Nordic Baltic Doctoral Network in Psychology (http://nbnp.utu.fi/), which will take place in St-Petersburg, Russia.. Dates: Sept 18 (2 pm) – Sept 21, 2012 Host institution: St-Petersburg State University, Faculty of Psychology Title: “Organization of Cognition, Emotions and Functional Brain Systems across the Lifespan”

Program Tuesday, Sept. 18 2:00 pm Opening of the September School Olga Bogolyubova, St-Petersburg State University & Kimmo Alho, University of Helsinki 2:30 pm Keynote Lecture, Kenneth Hugdahl, University of Bergen: Cognitive control, brain systems and clinical applications 3:30 pm Small-group (supervisors & students) Workshops on Scientific Writing and on Oral Presentation. All participating doctoral students will be required to state to present their research results in the workshops. This can be a PowerPoint presentation or an article manuscript, that has to be sent beforehand (deadline August 31) to the workshop supervisors. 7:00 pm Welcome reception

Wednesday, Sept 19 9:00am Keynote Lecture, Jaanus Harro, University of Tartu: Gene variants affecting cortico-amygdalar activity, and real life: Insights from the Estonian Children Personality Behaviour and Health Study 10:00 am Workshops on Scientific Writing and on Oral Presentation continue. Noon Lunch (on your own) 2:00 Workshops on Scientific Writing and on Oral Presentation continue. 5:00-6:00pm Keynote Lecture, Helmer Bøving Larsen, University of Copenhagen: Child sexual abuse and parental violence in the Nordic countries 7:00pm Joint meeting of the Faculty/Supervisors of the September School and the Board of the Nordic-Baltic Doctoral Network in Psychology Parallel program for students organized by the local students

Thursday, Sept 20 9:00am Keynote Lecture, Rifkat Muhamedrahimov, St-Petersburg State University: Attachment patterns 10:00am Oral Student Presentations (max. 15 min each) Polished in the Workshops Noon Lunch (on your own) 2:00pm Oral Student Presentations continue 5:00-6:00pm Keynote Lecture, Árni Kristjánsson, University of Iceland: How past perception determines perception in the present: Evidence from neuropsychology, neurophysiology and psychophysics

Friday, Sept 21 9:00am Keynote Lecture, Lars-Göran Nilsson, University of Stockholm: Successful aging 10:00am Oral Student Presentations continue 11:30am Closing of the September School, Heikki Hämäläinen, University of Turku

Optional Visit to the Pavlov’s Museum