* All times are based on Canada/Eastern EST.
8:30
Canada/Eastern
9:00
Canada/Eastern
Training interventions to enhance perception and cognition in older age
Session Chair: Eugenie Roudaia How to keep the older brain and mind healthy: Interventions that could help Soledad Ballesteros Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) Rapid sensory stimulation (40 Hz) supports perceptual training. Bernhard Ross Rotman Research Institute Non-invasive neurostimulation during short training interventions enhance cognitive control across the adult lifespan Theodore Zanto University of California San Francisco Processing of complex dynamic visual scenes in healthy aging: Perceptual-cognitive functions and potential training benefits of using the 3D-MOT paradigm Jocelyn Faubert Université de Montréal Piano training on cognitive and psychosocial outcomes in aging Jennifer Bugos University of South Florida Panel discussion with Jed Meltzer
11:15
Canada/Eastern
13:15
Canada/Eastern
14:45
Canada/Eastern
Innovations to enhance sensory function for improved quality of life
Session Chair: Björn Herrmann Keynote AddressSensory capacity and functioning in integrated care for older people Kathleen Pichora-Fuller University of Toronto, Simon Fraser University Hearing loss and dementia - from epidemiological insights to the ACHIEVE trial Frank Lin Johns Hopkins University Implementing hearing screening in memory care Marilyn Reed Baycrest Strategies and Technologies: Supporting functioning for older adults with combined vision, hearing and cognitive difficulties Walter Wittich Université de Montréal Panel discussion with Morris Freedman
17:05
Canada/Eastern
18:00
Canada/Eastern
Public Panel Discussion
Seeing Through the Noise: Taking Control of our Aging by Taking Care of our Senses Following this year’s Rotman Research Institute (RRI) Conference, the RRI and the Baycrest-led Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) will host a public panel focusing on the importance of sensory and cognitive health. For further details about this event, please click here.