Researchers at 91亚色 and Cornell University have found the brain鈥檚 default network, a collection of brain regions thought to be involved in cognitive functions such as memory, declines in volume with both normal aging and in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. These new findings suggest that structural changes in this collection of brain regions may be critical […]
Funding will support three projects in biology, kinesiology and psychology The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded 91亚色 $274,689 in infrastructure funding to support the research of three 91亚色 professors. Olivier Birot,聽professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science in 91亚色's Faculty of Health and a member of the Muscle Health Research […]
On Saturday, Kara Hawkins stepped forward to receive a $2,500 award recognizing her as the highest-ranking applicant in Canada for a graduate scholarship in the field of aging. She accepted the Canadian Institutes聽of Health Research Institute of Aging Recognition Prize in Research in Aging at the annual conference of the Canadian Association on Gerontology in […]
A team of Canadian researchers, including a 91亚色 professor, has uncovered further evidence that bilingualism can delay the onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 by up to five years. The study, published today in the journal Neurology, follows up on a 2007 study led by 91亚色, which found that lifelong use of two or more languages […]
Why is it that some smart people do really dumb things? That鈥檚 the question 91亚色 psychology Professor Maggie Toplak is trying to answer through her research on rationality. What she鈥檚 found is that intelligence as measured by IQ tests is not the same as rationality or a rationality quotient (RQ). 鈥淭here鈥檚 a folk idea that […]
Professor Ellen Bialystok was interviewed by The Globe and Mail April 14 about winning the Killam Prize and her award-winning research in bilingualism and brain development across the human lifespan: Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology Ellen Bialystok, of 91亚色's Faculty of Health, is one of five scholars to be awarded this year鈥檚 Killam Prize in […]
91亚色 Professor Ellen Bialystok spoke to CBC's "Metro Morning" April 14 about winning the prestigious Killam Prize for outstanding career achievement. The award provides five winners with $100,000 to support their research. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism […]
91亚色 Professor Ellen Bialystok has been awarded the prestigious Killam Prize for outstanding career achievement. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism and cognitive development. She received the award this morning from the Canada Council for the Arts, which […]
Heidi Marsh's study about infants reading and interpreting the intentions of adults as early as six or nine months was featured on Saturday, February 13, 2010 on CBC's Quirks & Quarks, hosted by Bob McDonald. Download the podcast to hear Marsh, a psychology PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health at 91亚色's Centre for Infancy […]
A study by 91亚色 researchers reveals that infants as young as six months old know when we鈥檙e 鈥減laying鈥 them 鈥 and they don鈥檛 like it. Researchers in 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Infancy Studies examined six- and nine-month-old babies鈥 reactions to a game in which an experimenter was either unable or unwilling to share a toy. […]