Research
Brain scientists at the Center for BrainHealth use diverse, state-of-the-art technologies to elucidate how brain networks can be strengthened and reconnected, including:
- Electroencephalography (EEG) to record the brain’s electrical rhythms during cognitive task performance;
- Functional MRI (fMRI) data to measure brain blood flow during cognitive tasks, an indicator of brain activity;
- Brain morphometrics to measure size and shape differences of brain regions to millimeter accuracy.
Pivotal questions being investigated by BrainHealth team:
- Can brain function be strengthened for the Boomer generation?
- What impact do medications have on brain function during learning in ADHD?
- Does cognitive stimulation boost the effects of drugs in dementia?
- What brain biomarkers track brain recovery as a result of treatment?
- Can virtual social computer-based learning programs repair the dysfunctional brain networks in autism and schizophrenia?
- What are the brain networks underlying reasoning abilities?
- Are educational practices compatible with how the brain best learns?
- How can we identify learning style differences to guide education?
- Can children and adults be trained to use strategies to help their brain function more efficiently?
- Can mental functioning rebound from cognitive loss after insults from anesthesia, chemotherapy or stress?
- What is the role of mental and physical exercise in brain health?
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What is incredibly unique about the Center for BrainHealth is that researchers work side-by-side with clinicians. I do not know of another Center like this in the United States.
Dr. Mark D'Esposito,
University of California at Berkeley
This is a visionary center, at a pivotal stage of growth. The Center should have no trouble in attracting outstanding scientific talent.
Dr. Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Laureate from The Rockefeller University
I wish we could annex the Center for BrainHealth to Florida.
Dr. Paul Sanberg, University of Florida
