Learning and Plasticity Meeting 2025

THE NINTH LEARNING AND PLASTICITY MEETING 

Äkäslompolo, Finland

April 6–9, 2025

• A cross-disciplinary meeting that connects psychological and neuroscience research on the mechanisms of learning and brain plasticity
• The special theme of the LaP 2025 meeting is “Interventions to promote cognition and well-being”. However, most of the program will consist of free papers reflecting the broad spectrum of learning and plasticity research
• The LaP 2025 keynote speakers are:

            Martin Lövdén, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

            Webpage: https://lovdenlab.org/

            Daphne Bavalier, University of Geneva, Switzerland

            Webpage: https://www.unige.ch/fapse/brainlearning/

            Tiia Ngandu, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare; Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

            Webpage: https://thl.fi/en/research-and-development/research-and-projects/finger-research-project

• Informal atmosphere and small size (maximum 60 participants) help to connect participants and promote discussion
• Symposium proposals can be submitted until November 1, 2024
• Abstract submission deadline December 2, 2024
• Excellent possibilities for winter sports and other outdoor activities
• Despite of its location way above the Polar Circle, the congress site is easy to reach by train or by flight

For further information, see the congress website at https://lapmeeting.fi/

Hope to see you at the Heart of Finnish Lapland in Spring 2025!

The LaP Scientific Committee,

Juha Salmi, University of Oulu, Finland (Program Chair)

Minna Lehtonen, University of Turku, Finland (Chair)

Susanne Jaeggi, Northeastern University, USA

Matti Laine, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Marcus Meinzer, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany

Teppo Särkämö, University of Helsinki, Finland

Sari Ylinen, University of Tampere, Finland