BRAIN and BEHAVIOR INITIATIVE WEEKLY DIGEST
February 25, 2019
Today! BBI-ISR Joint Seminar
News
Scientists from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed a cell phone imaging algorithm that makes a smartphone camera as powerful as spectroscopy.
Scientists in collaboration across a number of French universities have managed to restore hearing in deaf adult mice, a breakthrough that addresses one of the most frequent cases of congenital genetic deafness.
A new map of newborn babies’ brains reveals structural details that will offer a reference for researchers. Noninvasive MRI scans show the complexity that emerges late in pregnancy.
People with damaged frontal lobes often need help with daily life. The problem is, they think they're fine. This paradox is probably found in a much higher number of people than you might first imagine.
One way to tell what a person is thinking is to observe their reactions and responses. Researchers have investigated how anticipatory movements, such as eye movement, can predict whether the brain has learnt a pattern prior to other responses like verbal answers.
Biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University have identified a previously unidentified form of neural communication in the brain.
Calendar of Events
Recent Papers from BBI Faculty
Sleep and the UMD ROTC
ROTC tactical athletes habitually sleep less than the recommended 7 hours per day with roughly one-fourth reporting excessive daytime sleepiness and one-fifth reporting poor sleep quality, which may increase their risk for future adverse health outcomes. Longer sleep durations were associated with higher motivation levels and better cognitive processing speed performance; however, they were not associated with executive function, psychomotor vigilance, or broad jump performance.
Title: "Sleep health and its association with performance and motivation in tactical athletes enrolled in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps"
Authors: Bradley M. Ritland, Guido Simonelli, Rodolphe J. Gentili, J. Carson Smith, Thomas J. Balkin, Bradley D. Hatfield
Available online now
The Limits of Language Acquisition
The processes that allow us to learn phonetic categories are still under debate. The current study investigates constraints on the structure of categories that can be learned--instance-based categories and rule-based categories--and whether these constraints are speech-specific.
Title: "Constraints on learning disjunctive, unidimensional auditory and phonetic categories"
Authors: Christopher C. Heffner, William J. Idsardi, Rochelle S. Newman
Available online now
ROTC tactical athletes habitually sleep less than the recommended 7 hours per day with roughly one-fourth reporting excessive daytime sleepiness and one-fifth reporting poor sleep quality, which may increase their risk for future adverse health outcomes. Longer sleep durations were associated with higher motivation levels and better cognitive processing speed performance; however, they were not associated with executive function, psychomotor vigilance, or broad jump performance.
Title: "Sleep health and its association with performance and motivation in tactical athletes enrolled in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps"
Authors: Bradley M. Ritland, Guido Simonelli, Rodolphe J. Gentili, J. Carson Smith, Thomas J. Balkin, Bradley D. Hatfield
Available online now
The Limits of Language Acquisition
The processes that allow us to learn phonetic categories are still under debate. The current study investigates constraints on the structure of categories that can be learned--instance-based categories and rule-based categories--and whether these constraints are speech-specific.
Title: "Constraints on learning disjunctive, unidimensional auditory and phonetic categories"
Authors: Christopher C. Heffner, William J. Idsardi, Rochelle S. Newman
Available online now
Notable Conferences, Workshops, & Webinars
Imaging the Brain at High Spatiotemporal Resolution
February 26, 2019, 12 noon
Webinar feat. Na Ji (UC Berkeley)
Registration
From Mind-Wandering to Mindfulness: The Role of Attention and Awareness
March 5-6, 2019
Bethesda, MD
Registration
NER '19 (International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering)
March 20-23, 2019
San Francisco, CA
Registration
Maryland Neuroimaging Retreat
April 9, 2019
Baltimore, MD
Registration
5th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting
April 11-13, 2019
Washington, DC
Registration
Behaviour 2019
July 23-27, 2019
Chicago, IL
Registration
February 26, 2019, 12 noon
Webinar feat. Na Ji (UC Berkeley)
Registration
From Mind-Wandering to Mindfulness: The Role of Attention and Awareness
March 5-6, 2019
Bethesda, MD
Registration
NER '19 (International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering)
March 20-23, 2019
San Francisco, CA
Registration
Maryland Neuroimaging Retreat
April 9, 2019
Baltimore, MD
Registration
5th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting
April 11-13, 2019
Washington, DC
Registration
Behaviour 2019
July 23-27, 2019
Chicago, IL
Registration
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