Higher cortical functions
The EAN Scientific Panel on Higher Cortical Function has the mission to disseminate advances in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology among the neurological community in Europe. The study of the neural foundations of cognition and behaviour was born within clinical neurology, and remains one of the cornerstones of the intellectual endowment of neurology. The panel organizes symposia and teaching courses, and plans to develop evidence-based guidelines and to conduct European surveys:
This Scientific Panel comprises members from all EAN member countries.
The following tasks have been completed:
Workshops and teaching activities
- 2nd EAN congress in Copenhagen 2016: “New concepts about language processing in the brain”. The speakers were: Cornelius Weiller, Freiburg, Germany, Convenor, The dual loop model and aphasia¸Thomas Bak, Edinburgh, UK, The impact of bilingualism on cognitive functions across the lifespan and in brain diseases; Jean-François Démonet, Lausanne, Switzerland, The writing brain.
- 3rd EAN congress in Amsterdam 2017: Focused workshop: Memory consolidation; Teaching course: Higher Cortical Function in neurology: an update.
Planned Projects
- Proposal of a Task Force on a Cognitive Neurology curriculum for Europe
- Proposal of survey about training in Cognitive Neurology in Europe
- Proposal of Guidelines for Neurobehavioral assessment
- 4th EAN congress in Lisbon, 2018: workshop "Lost in space - clinical and neurobiological aspects of topographagnosia"
Individual panel members

Bergman, Noa
(MD)
Tel Aviv,
Israel

Boban, Marina
(Professor)
Zagreb,
Croatia

Brandt, Thomas
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Munich,
Germany

Deecke, Lüder
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Vienna,
Austria

Demarin, Vida
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Zagreb,
Croatia

Dieterich, Marianne
(MD, Prof, FEAN, FANA)
Munich,
Germany

Faiss, Jürgen Hartmut
(MD, Prof)
Teupitz,
Germany

Filipovic, Sasa
(Prof, MD, PhD)
Belgrade,
Serbia

Fink, Gereon R.
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Jülich,
Germany

Frederiksen, Kristian Steen
(MD, PhD, FEBN)
Copenhagen,
Denmark

Heide, Wolfgang
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Celle,
Germany

Husain, Masud
Oxford,
United Kingdom

KEFALOS, JOHN
(MD)
New York,
United States

Laczó, Jan
(MD, PhD)
Praha 5 - Motol,
Czech Republic

Martins, Isabel Pavão
(MD, Prof)
Lisbon,
Portugal

Massano, João
(MD)
Porto,
Portugal

Perju-Dumbrava, Lacramioara
(MD, Prof)
Cluj-Napoca,
Romania

Plant, Gordon
(FRCP, FRCOphth, MD, FEAN)
London,
United Kingdom

Shpilyukova, Yuliya
Moscow,
Russian Federation

Stefanova, Elka
(Professor)
Belgrade,
Serbia

Verdelho, Ana
(MD, PhD, Prof)
Lisbon,
Portugal
RRFS Representative

Cabreira, Verónica
(Dr)
EDINBURGH,
United Kingdom

Carneiro, Diogo
(MD)
Coimbra,
Portugal

Durães, João
Coimbra,
Portugal
Guedes Vaz, Catarina
Porto,
Portugal

Maranzano, Alessio
lanciano,
Italy

Passaretti, Massimiliano
Roma,
Italy
Russo, Mirella
Chieti,
Italy

Tábuas Pereira, Miguel
(Dr)
Coimbra,
Portugal
Institutional panel members

Alves, Pedro Nascimento
Lisbon,
Portugal
Benedek, Irina
Cluj Napoca,
Romania

Bergman, Noa
(MD)
Tel Aviv,
Israel

Bogolepova, Anna
(MD)
Moscow,
Russian Federation

Bonelli, Silvia B.
(MD)
Vienna,
Austria

Dulamea, Adriana Octaviana
(MD)
Bucharest,
Romania

Eisenberg, Hanna
Goettingen,
Germany

Gossye, Helena
Antwerp,
Belgium

Grosu, Oxana
(MD)
Chisinau,
Moldova

Gyimesi, Csilla
(MD)
Pécs,
Hungary

Koivisto, Anne
(Professor)
Kuopio,
Finland

Laczó, Martina
Praha 5 - Motol,
Czech Republic

Lazdovska, Krista
(MD)
Riga,
Latvia

Miglane, Evija
(MD, PhD)
Riga,
Latvia

Moldovanu, Ion
(MD, Prof)
Chisinau,
Moldova

Muller, Richard
(MD neurologist)
Esch sur Alzette,
Luxembourg

Münte, Thomas Frank
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Magdeburg,
Germany

Naumouskaya, Natalia
(MD)
Minsk,
Belarus

Nyffeler, Thomas
(MD, Prof)
Luzerne,
Switzerland

Paraskevas, Georgios
N. Iraklio,
Greece

Petrović, Igor
Belgrade,
Serbia
Plutino, Andrea
(MD)
Fano,
Italy

Rektorova, Irena
(MD, Prof, FEAN)
Brno,
Czech Republic
Rossini, Fabio
Salzburg,
Austria
Samanci, Bedia
Istanbul,
Turkey

Schnider, Armin
(Prof)
Geneva,
Switzerland

Shestopalova, Lyudmyla
(MD, Prof)
Kharkiv,
Ukraine

Stankovic, Iva
(Dr.)
Belgrade,
Serbia

Sutnikiene, Vaiva
Vilnius,
Lithuania

Svaerke, Katrine

Szlufik, Stanislaw
Marki,
Poland

Traykov, Latchesar
(MD, Prof)
Sofia,
Bulgaria

Trojano, Luigi
Caserta,
Italy

Tsantzali, Ioanna
ATHENS,
Greece

Tuncer Elmaci, Nese
(MD)
Istanbul,
Turkey

Vaitkevicius, Arunas
(MD)
Vilnius,
Lithuania

Viñuela Fernández, Félix