Research Areas

Cognition

  • Attention
  • Consciousness
  • Executive Functions
  • Learning and Memory
  • Music Cognition
  • Perception
  • Speech and Language
  • Social Interactions

Development and Lifespan

  • Aging
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Brain and Cognitive Development & Developmental Disorders
  • Developmental Variants and Plasticity
  • Development Neurobiology

Imaging, Electrophysiology, and Computational/Analytic Methods

  • Brain Stimulation Methods
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Modelling and Machine Learning
  • EEG and Intra-cranial Recordings
  • Magnetic Resonance Methods
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Optical Imaging Methods
  • Single Cell Recordings
  • Quantitative Imaging and Visualization

Motivation, Emotion, and Arousal

  • Disorders of Consciousness
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Motivation
  • Sleep
  • Reward Systems

Motor Systems

  • Eye Movements
  • Gait or Other Movements
  • Motor Learning
  • Movement or Muscle Disorders
  • Plasticity and Rehabilitation
  • Reaching and Grasping Movements

Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia

  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Cell Trafficking
  • Intracellular Electrophysiology
  • Neuromodulation
  • Neurotransmitters and Cell Signaling

Neuroendocrine Function and Homeostasis

  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Hypothalamic Function
  • Sex Differences

Neurological Disorders and Injury

  • Dementias
  • Epilepsy
  • Movement Disorders
  • Rehabilitation
  • Secondary Neurodegeneration and Plasticity
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Stroke
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion
  • Oncology

Psychiatric Disorders

  • Addictions
  • Mood Disorders and Anxiety
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Schizophrenia and Psychoses

Sensory Systems

  • Auditory System and Hearing
  • Multisensory Integration
  • Other Sensory Systems: Gustatory, Olfactory, Vestibular
  • Proprioception
  • Somatosensory System
  • Touch and Pain
  • Visual System and Vision