Press Releases
December 19, 2017
Amygdala’s Lead Role in Facial Recognition Shows Social Link to Survival
New research from the Center for BrainHealth reveals that the amygdala may play a larger role in the brain’s ability to recognize faces than previously thought. Findings published in Neuropsychologia revealed that the amygdala was more face-specific than the fusiform face area (FAA), the area of the brain traditionally recognized…
December 13, 2017
Center for BrainHealth Deputy Director Writes The Book on Reasoning
Dr. Dan Krawczyk, associate research professor and deputy director of the Center for BrainHealth, recently published a textbook Reasoning: The Neuroscience of How We Think, which serves as a comprehensive guide to the core topics related to a thorough understanding of reasoning.
November 27, 2017
NIH Awards Center for BrainHealth's Dr. Francesca Filbey $2.5M to Investigate Cannabis Use Disorders
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas $2.5 million to examine cannabis use disorders.
November 8, 2017
Cognitive Training Enhanced Innovative Thinking and Brain Networks in Older Adults
Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas have demonstrated in a pilot study that cognitive training improves innovative thinking, along with corresponding positive brain changes, in healthy adults over the age of 55. The study, published recently in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, reveals that a specific strategic…
August 23, 2017
First-Ever SMART Think Tank for Adolescents
Center for BrainHealth™ experts banded together with several Dallas public middle schools to bring together kids who are all trying to accomplish the same thing – think SMARTer.
July 24, 2017
New Brain Study Suggests Link Between Autism, Pain Sensitivity
New research by a UT Dallas neuroscientist at the Center for BrainHealth has established a link between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and pain sensitivity.
June 13, 2017
Study Finds Way to Predict Treatment Effectiveness for Adults with Autism
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas and the George Washington University identified certain brain regions that significantly correlate with an increase in social abilities following a virtual environment based training program. Adults on the autism spectrum who showed greater activity in the social brain network prior to the training improved more in emotion recognition than those who showed less activity.
June 7, 2017
Jonathan’s Story: Outrunning TBI
In December 2002, Jonathan Swiatocha and his family were hit by a drunk driver. The then 10-year-old Jonathan suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Over the last 14 years, Jonathan has focused on training his body and his brain to make physical and cognitive victories.
May 23, 2017
Strategic brain training positively affects neural connectivity for individuals with Traumatic Brain
A recent study from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas is the first to show that a certain type of instructor-led brain training protocol can stimulate structural changes in the brain and neural connections even years after a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
May 1, 2017
Neuroscientists Seek Brain Basis of Craving in Addiction and Binge Eating
A new article in JAMA Psychiatry details the first step in revealing how craving works in the brain. Scientists at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas are the first to propose a systematic and quantitative model for drug addiction research.