Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk Department of Physiology & Biophysics Department of Ophthalmology University of California, Irvine Role of aging in shaping cell structure and function Biological age is one of the most relevant clinical traits in predicting disease risk, as well as mental and physical performance decline, including the loss of vision. The molecular link […]
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Adam Broitman Kahana Lab Capturing Multiple Effects of Cognitive Aging and Attention in EEG Spectral Features Variability in attention can influence episodic encoding over time. However, the neurocognitive mechanisms of this relationship, and how it changes with cognitive aging, remain poorly characterized. In a series of scalp EEG studies, I investigate how attentional […]
We will also stream this seminar via Zoom. For the link, please contact us: pennmindcore@sas.upenn.edu Robert Reinhart Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences Boston University Noninvasive neuromodulation for impaired cognition In the past century, age-related cognitive deficits and dementia have surged, and this trend is expected to intensify with the rapidly aging […]
Nicolò Cesana-Arlotti Department of Psychology Yale University Foundations of logical thought in human infants and children Humans’ disposition for rational learning, planning, and decision-making is unparalleled in the natural world. Foundational views in the cognitive sciences hold that to learn, think, and talk as we do, we rely upon a “language of thought” […]