Presented by:
2025 Edith Kaplan Award Winner Brian Levine, Ph.D, C. Psych, ABPP-CN, FRSC
Event Schedule:
6:30PM-7:00PM: snacks and socializing in-person at Brighton Marine!
7:00PM-9:00PM: presentation by Dr. Levine, offered both in-person and online via Zoom! (2 CEs are available whether you attend in-person or virtually live)
About the Webinar:
Among friends and family, it is generally accepted that there are inter-individual differences in autobiographical memory capacities. Some people remember events in vivid detail, while others remember only the gist of events. In this talk, I will review how research in neuropsychological patients with remote memory impairment have informed research in healthy individuals involving brain imaging, sleep, eye tracking, and occupation selection. While vivid autobiographical memory is generally regarded as advantageous, there is also evidence that gist-like autobiographical memory confers advantages for conceptual reasoning and protection against psychopathology following trauma.
Edith Kaplan taught that diverse processes could give rise to the same behavioral outcome. The contemporary network-based approach echoes this principle by identifying brain-based profiles of memory and cognition that inform research and clinical practice.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Describe the functional neuroanatomy and neuropathology of remote memory
• Identify paradoxical advantages of congenitally low autobiographical memory to mental health and daily function
• Apply neurocognitive profiles to personalized assessment and treatment recommendations
About the Speaker:
Brian Levine, Ph.D., C.Psych., ABPP-cn, FRSC
Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Health Sciences
Professor of Psychology and Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto
Dr. Brian Levine obtained his Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of South Florida and completed fellowships in clinical neuropsychology at McLean Hospital in Boston and cognitive neuroscience at the Rotman Research Institute. He has published over 200 peer reviewed scientific articles and chapters on memory, frontal lobe function, traumatic brain injury, aging, dementia, and rehabilitation as well as Mind and the Frontal Lobes: Cognition, Behavior, and Brain Imaging (2012, Oxford University Press) and Goal Management Training™ intervention for executive deficits (with Ian Robertson and Tom Manly). He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science and recipient of the 2015 International Neuropsychological Society's Benton award for mid-career research achievement. In 2025, Dr. Levine was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has obtained over $10 million in grant funding as a principal investigator. Dr. Levine's trainees have achieved outstanding success in obtaining external funding and positions in academia, clinical, government, and industrial settings.
Dr. Levine is frequently called upon to communicate research findings to health professionals and the general public. He has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, CBC radio, USA Today, Psychology Today, Scientific American Mind, Wired, New York Magazine, and Discovery Health.
Intended Audience:
Licensed psychologists and neuropsychologists
The Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society maintains responsibility for this program and its content.