Psychology & Neuroscience

COBRE – Raising the Bar in Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation

Despite the high number of stroke survivors worldwide, research to help those with chronic disabilities after stroke has long been underemphasised. The Medical University of South Carolina’s Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Stroke Recovery aims to...

Dr Anju Vasudevan – Linking Blood Vessel Development to Psychiatric Disorders

The research of Dr Anju Vasudevan, from the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, focusses on the early development of blood vessels in the brain and how defects in this process may be associated with a diagnosis of neuropsychiatric...

Professor Notger Müller – Denying Dementia with Earlier Diagnosis

The development of dementia in older age has a potentially devasting impact on quality of life. Tackling dementia earlier rather than later is vital because of its nature as a progressive disease. Professor Notger Müller and his team at the German Center for...

Professor Angela Friederici – The Neurobiology of the Human Language System

For centuries, scientists have been investigating the origins and development of the human language system, yet many questions remain unanswered. Professor Angela Friederici, Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, in...

Professor Roland Bender – Sex on the Brain – the Neurobiology of Sex Hormones

The prevalence of anxiety and mood disorders is on the rise worldwide. Men and women experience different types of anxiety disorders at different rates – this may be partially due to sex specific differences in the brain. To understand this difference Professor...

Professor Sylvain Baillet – Brain Training

Gaining insight into the brain and its inner workings improves our understanding of behaviour and our knowledge of the diseases and treatments of our most complex organ. Professor Sylvain Baillet and his research team at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre of the...

Professor Stephen Maren – Learning to Forget – Extinguishing Fearful Memories

We often hear how impairments in learning can have a negative impact on peoples’ lives but what about problems with forgetting? The inability to forget the association between everyday cues and previous traumatic events underlies anxiety-related disorders, such as...

Lois Jean Brady | Matthew Guggemos – Multi-Sensory Tools for Autism

For children with autism, communication can be a challenge. Drawing from a wealth of clinical experience, speech pathologists Lois Brady and Matthew Guggemos at iTherapy, LLC are developing innovative, engaging multi-sensory communication tools with the aim of...

Professor Terry Powley – The Brain and the Gut – a Meeting of Two Minds

Until now, the brain and the neural network of the gastrointestinal tract have been considered largely independent organs. Recent experiments conducted by Professor Terry Powley of Purdue University and his colleagues have fundamentally challenged this belief. Their...

The Stroke Foundation, Australia

The Stroke Foundation, Australia has for the last two decades worked to support stroke survivors and their families. As ‘the voice of stroke’ in Australia, the national charity is working to increase community awareness and understanding of how stroke can be...

Dr Beate Priewasser | Dr Josef Perner – Revealing Human Nature Through Early Competition

Developmental psychologists Dr Beate Priewasser and Dr Josef Perner at the Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Department of Psychology of the University of Salzburg play games with young children to reveal nuances of social development and illuminate how we...

Professor Matilde Inglese – Imaging Multiple Sclerosis: Searching for Patterns in the Brain

Professor Matilde Inglese, Director of the Neurology Imaging Laboratory in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is at the forefront of using sodium MRI as a means to better monitor and understand the pathophysiological changes caused during multiple...

Dr Detlef Wegener – Investigating How the Brain Shapes Perception

Neuroscientist Dr Detlef Wegener and his colleagues at the University of Bremen’s Brain Research Institute in Germany study how cognitive processes influence the way we perceive the world in which we live and act. How Does the Brain React to Keep Us Alive Minute by...

Dr Tamàs Fülöp – A New Perspective For Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment

Nearly all of the clinical trials for Alzheimer’s treatments have failed, leading many to wonder whether pharmaceutical companies have been chasing the wrong targets. Dr Tamàs Fülöp and his colleagues at the University of Sherbrooke are leading the charge to...

Professor Elizabeth Jonas – The Mitochondrion: The Powerhouse Behind Neurotransmission

Professor Elizabeth Jonas and her colleagues at Yale University study the function of cell components called mitochondria and their role in neurotransmission. In particular, Professor Jonas is interested in characterising how channels in the mitochondrial membrane...

Professor Philip Hazell – Learning To Help Children Who Hurt Themselves

A desire to improve the treatment of adolescents who engage in deliberate self-harm motivated Professor Philip Hazell to carry out a research study testing the effectiveness of developmental group psychotherapy in preventing self-injury. Why are kids hurting...

Professor Chiye Aoki – The Neurobiological Roots Of Individuality And Anxiety

Professor Chiye Aoki and her team are exploring the neurobiological bases of individuality and anxiety disorders such as anorexia nervosa, by looking into how environmental factors influence and shape the development of juvenile and adolescent brains. Portrait of a...

The American Academy Of Neurology

Founded in 1948, and now representing more than 30,000 individuals worldwide, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is the world’s largest association of neurologists and neuroscientists. From funding and disseminating the latest research, all the way through to...

Professor Jing-Fei Dong – Understanding Bleeding In Patients With Brain Trauma

Professor Jing-fei Dong of Bloodworks Research Institute and the University of Washington and Tianjin Medical University, studies the effect that traumatic brain injuries can have on the ability of the blood to form blood clots to control for trauma-induced bleeding....

Professor Irva Hertz-Picciotto – The Conception Of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Professor Irva Hertz-Picciotto has been fascinated by early development since childhood. Her interest brought on a life long journey, studying the dangers lurking around the corner for the not yet born – now focusing on risks for autism spectrum disorders. Among your...

Professor William W. Lytton – Uniting Biology And Maths To Understand The Human Brain

Neurologist and computational neuroscientist Professor Bill Lytton and his colleagues at the Neurosimulation Laboratory of the State University of New York in Brooklyn are using computer simulation to investigate brain function and disease. Their research has...