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Cognitive and Neural Bases of Working Memory and Aging

Understanding the Brain

How much brain power do you use when you perform a task? That’s what the NPR Lab is trying to understand in research at UTD Center for Brain Health, and the answer has important implications for healthy aging.We are a cognitive neuroscience lab studying the mental processes involved in using working memory and how those processes change during aging. We study the relationship between brain and behavior in healthy individuals with functional brain-imaging (fMRI) and neuropsychometric experiments. We also study brain function in individuals with neurological impairments in an effort to better determine how the impairments affect mental functions. To find out more about our research studies, click the research tab above.

The NPR lab consists of three state-of-the-art laboratories in the Dallas area: The Center for BrainHealth ®, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX The University of Texas at Dallas,Richardson, TX.

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Award Winning Research

We are proud to announce NPR Lab's second winner of the
Friends of Brainhealth Distinguished New Scientist Award
Congratulations Dr. Ilana J. Bennett!

This grants funds an investigation of the neural bases of working memory decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) by using functional neuroimaging (fMRI) and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) to understand the contribution of both brain function and brain structure to memory declines in MCI.

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