Mind, Brain, and Education science, which
links cognitive neuroscience, education, and psychology, has implications for personalizing learning.
Not exact matches
A new study in Biological Psychiatry:
Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reports a
link between reduced functional activation and reduced cortical thickness in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder.
Establishing
links between genes, the brain and human behavior is a central issue in
cognitive neuroscience research, but studying how genes influence
cognitive abilities and behavior as the brain develops from childhood to adulthood has proven difficult.
This variety of themes, models and techniques makes this laboratory a kind of unique environment that, also thanks to its
link with the International PhD Program in
Cognitive, Social and affective
Neuroscience, is populated by scholars with different historical and geographical background.
This effort includes new basic
neuroscience models for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, as well as
cognitive models for aging research and neuropsychiatrically
linked diseases.
LA JOLLA, CA — A multi-institutional team headed by Ursula Bellugi, professor and director of the Laboratory for
Cognitive Neuroscience at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has been awarded a $ 5.5 million Program Project Grant by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to
link social behavior to its underlying neurobiological and molecular genetic basis using Williams syndrome as a model.
Within the fields of microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral,
cognitive and developmental
neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders, the center's research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases; understand the basic neurobiology and genetics of social behavior and develop new treatment strategies for improving social functioning in social disorders such as autism; interpret brain activity through imaging; increase understanding of progressive illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; unlock the secrets of memory; treat drug addiction; determine how the interaction between genetics and society shape who we are; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary
links between biology and behavior.
Research utilizes imaging technologies and studies metabolites,
cognitive neuroscience, and the
links between genetics and a patient's response to pharmaceutical therapies.