INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS “PROMOTING BRAIN HEALTH THROUGH EXERCISE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN"

Granada 9-10 December 2021

The organizing committee invites authors to submit abstracts for on-site presentation within any of the topic listed below. Submissions are sought for oral and poster presentations. The scientific committee will select the high relevance abstracts to present as Oral Communication. Additional details are outlined below:

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• All abstract must be written in English

• All accepted abstracts will be published in the Proceedings Book

• An author may submit a maximum of ONE abstract as first author.

• The presenting author must be registered in the Congress.

• Abstracts should be up to 300 words, written in English and upload in the platform

 

Topics

 

The International Congress will highlight concentrated effort at a national and international level in several key areas related to brain health. The term “Brain Health” can be broadly conceptualized as the optimal or maximal functioning of behavioral and biological measures of the brain and the subjective experiences arising from brain function (e.g., mood). This includes measurements of biological markers of the brain (e.g., structural brain morphology) or the subjective manifestations of brain function, including mood and anxiety, perceptions of quality of life, academic performance, cognitive function (e.g., attention and memory), and sleep.

 

1. Lifestyle behaviors, health-related indicators and brain health during infancy, childhood and adolescence.

2. Lifestyle behaviors, health-related indicators and brain health during adulthood and old age.

3. Lifestyle behaviors, health-related indicators and brain health in disease conditions.

4. Mechanisms linking the effects of exercise on brain.

5. Other topics related with brain health.

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Oral Communications

 

• Oral Communications will be 7 mins of on-site presentation and 3 mins of questions. 

• The presentation must be done in English. 

• Abstracts will be grouped by topics and each session will have approx. 3 oral communications, a Chair who will provide comments on the field of research covered in the session highlight particular findings and stimulate Q&A.

 

​Posters

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• Posters must be written in English and printed in vertical format using following measures: 55cm wide x 90cm heigh.

• Posters should be placed in their correspondent panels at registration time and should remain there until the closing ceremony of the Congress. The correspondent panels will be informed by email to all corresponding authors some days before the Congress.

• During the poster walk session the presenting author must be stand up close to the poster to inform about the poster and answer the questions from other researchers.

 

Key dates

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• Abstracts submission opening: October, 13rd, 2021

• Abstract submission deadline: November 18th, 2021 (EXTENDED DEADLINE)

• Communication to authors: November 19th, 2021

• Early bird registration deadline: November 22nd, 2021

 

Awards

 

There will be 2 awards for the best oral and poster presentations:  

• Oral award: 150 € and AGUEDA bag and t-shirt.

• Poster Award: 75 € and AGUEDA bag and t-shirt.

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Abstract Submission

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Abstract submission is closed