Human life and death from an interdisciplinary perspective: Report from the 3th International Congress of the Polish Neuropsychological Society
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2010, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
The 13th Congress of the Polish Neuropsychological Association took place on 22-23 February 2010 in Cracow, on a real spring weekend, so the atmosphere in the conference center was like the weather outside. The sessions were held in Lecture Hall B at the Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski Cracow University (AFMCU). Thanks to the cooperation of the Faculty of Psychology and Family Sciences at the AFMCU, and of the Special Education Department at the Ignatianum College of Philosophy and Education in Cracow, and to the hard work of the organizing committee (chaired by Professor Bozena Grochmal-Bach with the able assistance of Maria Maslowska as secretary), as well as Agata Krawiec, head of the Academic Conference Organizational and Promotional Department at the AFMCU, the meeting went off very smoothly. The theme of the Congress was chosen because it is highly tempting for a scientist to try to deepen our understanding of life and death relying on sensory information. Dealing with the subject we stress the different causes of personality disintegration, e.g. under severe stress conditions, as a result of deprivation and anxiety, or after a brain injury. Multi-aspectual and multidimensional views of life and death can create a background for further consideration of different disorders occurring in the process of development, as well as the treatment of disorders. The interdisciplinary character of life and death problems, philosophical, psychological and neuropsychological, theological, legal, medical and most of all the spiritual aspects of the problem, brought together specialists and subjects from different disciplines, who seldom or never meet at one congress.
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Bożena Grochmal-Bach
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