Lab News
Impromptu hyper-scanning jam session!
Jonathan Drucker from ANT Neuro was in town & hung out with us in the lab - we had a blast & it was so cool to see fNIRS changes to playing music in real time! Thanks Jonathan for bringing the EEG setup (which Tyler is wearing) and helping us set up a hyper-scanning experiment with our fNIRS!
Leah and Jonathan help prep Tyler's EEG cap
The two maestros getting prepped
The jam session begins!
Brain activity!
Carleton Cognitive Science Annual Conference
Imola telling people about how hearing loss impacts the hippocampus
... and more of her poster
Tyler discussing how bilingualism contributes to brain-system segregation and cognitive reserve
Mitch discussing brain network changes in synaesthesia
Kareen describing her drift-diffusion model of anxiety and working memory
Emma describing how bilingualism modifies brain and behaviour
Josh discussing the relationship of breathing metrics to working memory and emotion
Veronica giving her talk on using propensity score matching to help deal with noise in MRI analysis
John and colleagues on the panel about what makes Cognitive Science well poised to answer the big questions
CNS 2024 in Toronto
PhD Student Imola MacPhee presents her work on language experience alters gray matter microstructure
Arthur Hamilton presents his method-rotation work on white matter hyperintensities and cognitive reserve
Lab affiliate & collaborator Kristina Munelith-Souksanh presents her work on how breast cancer affects memory and brain activation
Media:
Healthy Cities: Aging in the Cities Talk
(January 18th 2022)
If you missed the Aging in the City panel organized by Dean Carol Payne, please feel free to watch it here. I talked about cognitive reserve and bilingualism, Dr. Kathleen Van Benthem talked about expertise in pilots and drivers, and Dr. Bruce Wallace talked about using smart home technology to support patients and caregivers with dementia. The event was moderated by Dr. Chris Herdman who provided a wonderful overall introduction and helped the entire event run smoothly.
Dr. Anderson's radio interview with Ottawa Morning (January 18th 2022) on bilingualism and aging https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-100-ottawa-morning/clip/15889667-bilingualism-ageing
Dr. Anderson's radio interview with Wei Chen for Ontario Morning (January 21st 2022) also on bilingualism and aging Ontario Morning from CBC Radio with Wei Chen | Live Radio | CBC Listen
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Bilingualism contributes to reserve and working memory efficiency: Evidence from structural and functional neuroimaging
Published in Neuropsycholgia. 7, and here for access to the full paper.
