1st Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Berlin 2015

The 1st Congress of the European Academy of Neurology took place with great success in Berlin, on 20-23 June 2015. More than 6.000 participants from more than 100 countries attended with an overwhelmingly positive feedback 8 Symposia, 25 Teaching courses, 23 Focused workshops, 5 Hands-on courses, 3 Interactive sessions, 5 Special Sessions and showed 1.546 posters, including 2 Scientific and 17 Industry Satellite Symposia. Few sessions concerned cognitive impairment and driving.

NTUA presentations concerned:

Accident risk of drivers with cognitive impairments
Assessment of driving performance of drivers with cognitive impairments: which are the critical measures?
Cerebral diseases and distractibility while driving
Self-awareness of performance in cognitive testing: differences between healthy elderly and patients with Parkinson's disease (PD)
Self-assessment of change in driving in relation to current driving performance on a driving simulator in patients with various neurological conditions
Assessing incidental memory in cognitively intact individuals versus patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
The role of sleeping abnormalities on the driving performance of individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Exploring indexes of driving performance in cognitively intact drivers and drivers with Parkinson’s Disease (PD)

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