April 2019
Technological developments in neuropsychological assessment and rehabiltiation:
computerized and virtual reality based tools. Guest Lecturer in the St. Joan de Deu Hospital
Seminar Series entitled ‘Neuropsychology in Mental Health’. Barcelona, Spain, 12th April 2019.
Neuropsychological Assessment in Dementia. Online Guest Lecture in Gerontology Masters
Degree, University of Salamanca, Spain, 5th April 2019.
March 2019
Ageing and Cognitive Decline: Future challenge, current challenge (Online course). Invited
Lecturer at the University of the Basque Country 2018 Summer Course series. March 2019.
Papers presented:
· Early Diagnosis of Cognitive Decline: Advancing in Assessment Methods.
· New Ecological Instruments for the Measurement of Significant Indexes.
https://www.uik.eus/es/envejecimiento-y-deterioro-cognitivo-reto-futuro-reto-presente-0
December 2018
Cognitive disorders in the older population: evaluation and intervention (online module). Invited
Speaker at the University of Almeria, Spain. Neurorrehabilitation Masters’ Degree. 14th December
2018
July 2018
Process-based Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment: from screening tools to
comprehensive evaluation. Symposium Co-Chair with Dr. David J. Libon at the Mid-Year
International Neuropsychological Society Meeting in Prague (Czech Republic), 19th July 2018.
Papers presented:
· MoCA-Process Approach Version (MoCA-PA): Latest developments of an ‘organic’ test
adding qualitative analysis to cognitive performance. Alberto Blanco-Campal, Teresa Burke,
Unai Diaz-Orueta, & Ana Belen Navarro-Prados.
· MoCA-Process Approach Version (MoCA-PA): Preliminary findings in a non-clinical
simple. Unai Diaz-Orueta, Ana Belen Navarro-Prados, Alberto Blanco-Campal & Teresa Burke.
· Spanish adaptation of the PrVLT: a process-based approach to brief memory evaluation.
Ana Belen Navarro-Prados, Unai Diaz-Orueta, Alberto Blanco-Campal, & David J. Libon
· The What-Which-Where test: a process-based approach to visuospatial memory
assessment. Teresa Burke, Collin Gallagher, Unai Diaz-Orueta, & Alberto Blanco-Campal.
Neuropsychological Assessment of Older People: the relevance of a process-based approach.
Invited Workshop presentation at the Basque Navarrese Neuropsychological Society. University of
Deusto-Bilbao, 11th July.
Ageing and Cognitive Decline: Future challenge, current challenge. Invited Lecturer at the
University of the Basque Country 2018 Summer Course series. Bilbao, Spain, 9th and 10th July.
Papers presented:
· Early Diagnosis of Cognitive Decline: Advancing in Assessment Methods.
· New Ecological Instruments for the Measurement of Significant Indexes.
May 2018
Poster presentation at the 2nd Iberoamerican Conference of Neuropsychology, Almeria, Spain.
Poster: " Process-based approach cognitive screening for early detection of MCI: A pilot study with healthy cognitive ageing individuals. "
More info at: https://www.neuroalmeria2018.com/
April 2018
Dr. Unai Diaz-Orueta will act as an Invited Speaker at the 1st International R+D+i Congress of Psychology, Technological Innvotation, and Entrepeneurship (Almeria, Spain, 19th and 20th April).
More information at: http://cipi2018.copao.com/
November 2017
Perspectives and outcomes of a process-based approach to neuropsychological evaluation: Decreasing the uncertainty in clinical diagnosis. Symposium Chair at the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Annual Conference, Limerick city (Ireland), 10th November.
Papers presented:
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment - Process-Approach (MoCA-PA) and Digits Backwards Task: Advantages and preliminary results from a Spanish-speaking older adult sample. Unai Diaz-Orueta, Ana Belen Navarro-Prados, Alberto Blanco-Campal & Teresa Burke
- E-SPACE battery for early detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and dementia: Preliminary results with an older adult clinical sample. Teresa Burke, Alberto Blanco-Campal, Unai Diaz-Orueta & Ana Belen Navarro-Prados
- Alzheimer’s Disease and drawing through a model of retrogenesis: What drawing processes tell us about the progress of Dementia. Ana Belen Navarro-Prados, Unai Diaz-Orueta, Teresa Burke & Alberto Blanco-Campal
- Deconstructing Apraxia: The inevitability of a process approach to its clinical assessment in Dementia. Alberto Blanco-Campal, Teresa Burke, Ana Belen Navarro-Prados & Unai Diaz-Orueta
Diaz-Orueta, U. (2017).
Cognitive
disorders in the older population: evaluation and intervention (online module). Invited Speaker at the University of
Almeria, Spain. Neurorrehabilitation
Masters’ Degree. 3th and 17th November.
September 2017
Diaz-Orueta, U. (2017). Process Based Approach to Cognitive Evaluation: Beyond the Test Scores. Invited Speaker at a Symposium at the 6th Scientific Meeting of the Federation of the European Societies of Neuropsychology. Maastricht, the Netherlands, 13th-15th September 2017 (www.fesn2017.nl)
Diaz-Orueta, U. (2017).
The life cycle
of neuropsychological evaluation: From Luria to Virtual Reality. Invited Speaker for an online Openclass at UNIR university. Madrid, Spain,
5th September 2017.
June 2017
Diaz-Orueta, U. (2017). From Luria to Virtual Reality, and back again. Invited Speaker at the Catalan Society of Neuropsychology Meeting, Barcelona, 30th June.
Diaz-Orueta, U. (2017). The transition from paper to technology in neuropsychological assessment and intervention: a necessary journey. Invited Workshop presentation at the Catalan Society of Neuropsychology Meeting, Barcelona, 29thJune.
February 2017Diaz-Orueta, U., Blanco-Campal, A., & Burke, T. (2017). The E-SPACE Project: An international
expansion of the Boston Process Approach to incorporate error analysis of behaviour. Symposium
presentation at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, New Orleans,
1st-4th February. Invited Presentation held within the symposium: “An integrative look at the Boston Process Approach to Neuropsychology: A review of the history, current research and future directions
of error analysis”. Chair: Melissa Lamar. Presenters: David Libon, Rhoda Au, Melissa Lamar,
Aimee Karstens, Unai Diaz-Orueta.
November 2016
Diaz-Orueta, U., Blanco-Campal, A., & Burke, T. (2016). Can test computerisation provide added
value to a process-based approach neuropsychological assessment? Symposium presentation at the
46th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Athlone, Ireland, 11th November.
Published Abstract: The Irish Psychologist, 46(1), s05-s06.
Blanco-Campal, A., Diaz-Orueta, U., & Burke, T. (2016). Latest adaptations of screening tests to a
process-based approach: initial findings and advantages. Symposium presentation at the 46th Annual
Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Athlone, Ireland, 11th November.
Published Abstract: The Irish Psychologist, 46(1), s01.
Burke, T., Blanco-Campal, A., & Diaz-Orueta, U. (2016). Revisiting the process-approach to cognitive
assessment: advantages of complementing traditional scoring with a focus on processes and
strategies. Symposium presentation at the 46th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of
Ireland, Athlone, Ireland, 11th November. Published Abstract: The Irish Psychologist, 46(1), s01.
2017
Diaz-Orueta, U. (2017). Improvement of Cognitive Screening Tests for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Dementia using a Process-Based Approach to Neuropsychological Evaluation: The E-SPACE project". Poster presented at the Maria Curie Alumni Association Meeting, Salamanca (Spain), 24th-25th March.
2016
Diaz-Orueta, U., Blanco-Campal, A., Irving, K., & Burke, T. (2016). Rescuing the Process-Based
Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment: Focus on Strategies and Performance Mechanisms
rather than Total Scores when assessing Older Adults. Poster presented at the 64th Scientific Meeting
of the Irish Gerontological Society, Killarney, Ireland, 29th Sept – 1st Oct.
Published abstract: Age and Ageing, 45: ii13–ii56. DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw159.102
Diaz-Orueta, U., Blanco-Campal, A., Irving, K., & Burke, T. (2016). European Standardised Process
Approach to Cognitive Evaluation in Older People: Project Overview and preliminary results. Mid-Year
Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, London, United Kingdom, 6th-8th July.
Published abstract: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22 (Supp 2), 73.
Blanco-Campal A., Coen, R., Diaz-Orueta, U., Irving, K., & Burke, T. (2016). The Montreal Cognitive
Assessment: A Qualitative Process Approach Version (MoCA-QPA). Poster presented at the 2016
Mid-Year Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, London, United Kingdom, 6th-8th
July. Published abstract: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22 (Supp 2), 72.
Díaz-Orueta, U., Burke, T., Irving, K., Smeaton, A., & Blanco-Campal. A. (2016). European
Standardised Process Approach to Cognitive Evaluation in Older People: An Overview. Poster
presented at the 8th National Dementia Conference: New developments, innovative practice. Dublin,
Ireland, 16th-17th May.