Researchers at 快播视频 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 […]
Bullying is bad for the brain. It has the potential to change and damage the brain, causing lifelong consequences. Professor Jean Clinton of McMaster University will discuss how toxic stress, such as that caused by bullying, can have long-lasting effects for children, at PREVNet鈥檚 sixth annual bullying prevention conference next week. Debra Pepler Creating Healthy […]
Biology Professor Georg Zoidl, York鈥檚 Canada Research Chair in Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience,聽has received a framed letter of congratulations from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The letter was delivered to Zoidl by York Vice-President Research & Innovation, Robert Hach茅, Faculty of Health Dean Harvey Skinner and Faculty of Science & Engineering Dean Janusz Kozinski. Above: from […]
University Professor Emeritus Ronald Pearlman of York鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering has been named president of the prestigious Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science. Pearlman, currently first-vice-president of the RCI, is the director of York鈥檚 Core Molecular Biology/DNA Sequencing Facility and former dean and associate dean of York鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate […]
York Professors Natasha Myers and Thilo Womelsdorf have been awarded $100,000 each in funding under the Ontario government鈥檚 Early Researcher Awards program. 聽 Ontario鈥檚 Ministry of Economic Development聽& Innovation announced the awards Monday. 聽快播视频鈥檚 research investment of $50,000 will match the funds for the award. The Early Researcher Awards program helps promising, recently appointed […]
The saying, 鈥渓ooking at things with fresh eyes鈥, may be more than just a metaphor, according to new studies led by Professor Kari Hoffman of York鈥檚 Centre for Vision Research, which have been published in scholarly journals. Left: Kari Hoffman While searching for experiments to use in a research methods course, Hoffman took a fresh […]
When you look at someone鈥檚 office, what do you see 鈥 the desk, some pens, a computer? Do you know it鈥檚 an office because of the objects in it, or by taking in the entire scene? What York psychology Professor Jennifer Steeves and PhD candidate Caitlin Mullin (MA 鈥08) have found is that it鈥檚 not […]
Why do male honey bees receive the royal treatment, while female bees do the work? It鈥檚 all in the brain, according to a new study by bee researchers at 快播视频 in Toronto and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Researchers at the two institutions set out to study differences in how genes are turned […]
Why is it so hard to suppress a glance at an attractive person? Why do we find ourselves rubbernecking at traffic accidents? According to a 快播视频 study, the brain鈥檚 primitive 鈥渋nner eye鈥 is to blame. The study, published yesterday in the Journal of Neuroscience, focuses on the superior colliculus, a structure buried deep within […]
Former astronaut Dave Williams, president and CEO of Southlake Regional Health Centre, will talk about how his brain聽handled the weightlessness of聽outer聽space at the upcoming joint York Neuroscience - Centre for Vision Research seminar. The talk, 鈥淢y Brain in Space鈥, will take place, Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 4pm at 519 York Research Tower , Keele campus. […]
York Professor Georg Zoidl has been appointed聽Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.聽 Zoidl, a professor at York since July 1 in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, and the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Engineering, and a member of York鈥檚 Centre for Vision Research, is examining the functions of […]
A new study out of 快播视频 finds that music-based cognitive training offers dramatic benefits for young children, including improved verbal intelligence.聽 The study, conducted at York and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, appeared online yesterday in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. It looked at children between the […]
Five York professors have been appointed directors at聽York research centres.聽 The new directors are Professor Colin Coates, director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies (RCCS); Professor Laurence Harris, director of the Centre for Vision Research (CVR); Professor Christina Kraenzle, director of the Canadian Centre for German聽& European Studies (CCGES); Professor David Mutimer, director of […]
Chemistry Professor Derek Wilson has been awarded $100,000 in funding under the Ontario government鈥檚 Early Researcher Awards program.聽聽 York West MPP Mario Sergio made the announcement Tuesday. 快播视频鈥檚 research investment of $50,000 will match the funds for the award.聽 The Early Researcher Awards program helps promising, recently appointed Ontario researchers build research teams of […]
A newly identified protein may hold the key to keeping appetite and blood sugar in check, according to a study by York researchers.聽 Suraj Unniappan, a聽biology professor specializing in neuroendocrinology, is delving into the metabolic effects of a protein called nesfatin-1, abundantly present in the brain.聽His studies found that rats administered with nesfatin-1 ate less, […]