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SAN2011 |5-8 May | Thessaloniki| Greece SOCIETY OF APPLIED NEUROSCIENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND BOOK OF ABSTRACTS SAN2011 MEETING Editors Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Manousos A. Klados Ana B. Vivas, Costas Pappas and John H. Gruzelier  Editors: Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Manousos A. Klados Ana B. Vivas, Costas Pappas and John H. Gruzelier Technical Assistance: Chrysa Lithari ISBN: 978-960-243-679-9 Publisher: Laboratory of Medical Informatics, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki  Welcome Note T he Society of Applied Neuroscience (SAN) has pleasure in welcoming you to its 3rd biennial meeting, 5-8th May, 2011, held in Greece’s second, and ancient coastal city Thessaloniki. The meeting is hosted by Professor Panagiotis Bamidis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Dr Ana Vivas of the South-East European Research Centre, Greece. The meeting has the support of the Northern Greece Psychological Society, the Hellenic Society of Biomedical Engineering, and the Hellenic Society of Neurophysiology. SAN is a nonprofit membership organization devoted to advancing neuroscientific knowledge and its innovative applications by empowering both scientists and practitioners in serving the public by optimising self-regulatory brain function. It promotes an integrated approach involving neural, cognitive and behavioural levels of analysis. In advancing integrative neuroscience, novel applications include neurofeedback (EEG, fMRI, NIRS), autonomic nervous system biofeedback, brain-computer interface (BCI), neuro-rehabilitation, transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), virtual reality feedback, vagus nerve stimulation, electro-cranial stimulation, audio-visual stimulation, etc. Thus its foremost scientific aim is to foster and educate an integrative approach across the range of methodologies in applied neuroscience, rather than focussing on a single methodology. For the practitioner ,applicat