Press Releases
October 10, 2018
The Brain Performance Institute Marks Its First Anniversary With an Open House
Experts from the Center for BrainHealth and the Brain Performance Institute, in partnership with Cooper Aerobics and The Cooper Institute, will offer talks and demos on October 11. The Center for BrainHealth® will mark the first anniversary of its Brain Performance Institute™ on Thursday, October 11, 2018, with a free…
September 28, 2018
Center for BrainHealth Secures $225,000 NIH Grant to Study the Impact of Cannabis Use on Motor Learning
The research lab at the Center for BrainHealth® led by Dr. Francesca M. Filbey, the Bert Moore Chair in BrainHealth, Professor in Cognition and Neuroscience and Associate Provost at UT Dallas, has recently secured $225,000 in funding to study motor learning deficits in cannabis users. The R21 exploratory/developmental research…
September 4, 2018
Research Suggests Increased Cortical Activation in Cannabis Users’ Brains During Resting State
Recent research from the Center for BrainHealth® at The University of Texas at Dallas shows that cannabis users experience increased cortical activation during the brain’s resting state when compared with nonusers. The resulting “noisy brain” might impair brain activity and disrupt cognitive processes, said Dr. Shikha Prashad, the study’s lead…
August 28, 2018
Research Shows Differences Between Combined and Isolated Use of Cannabis and Nicotine on Brain Networks
Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth® at the University of Texas at Dallas investigated the effects on the brain of concurrent cannabis and nicotine use, versus the use of solely cannabis and solely nicotine. The results, recently published in the journal Brain Structure and Function, show that not…
August 23, 2018
Center for BrainHealth® Enhances Capabilities with Two New 3T MRI Machines
The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas this week installed two 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines. Housed on the ground floor of the Brain Performance Institute™, these are the first set of scanners for UT-Dallas and are some of the few MRI machines in…
July 11, 2018
Moozie Foundation Champions Veterans and Military Service Members
The whimsically named Moozie Foundation is having a serious impact on the advancement of brain health. As one of several foundations associated with the Caroline Rose Hunt family, this foundation is Mrs. Hunt’s way of inspiring the next generation with a vehicle for their charitable passions. “We are honored that…
June 26, 2018
Center for BrainHealth Joins Neuroscape Alliance
Strategic alliance fosters collaboration and shared resources for greater global impact DALLAS (June 26, 2018) – The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas has recently joined the Neuroscape Alliance, an international affiliation of academic institutions, clinical centers, and research facilities that share the…
June 21, 2018
Celebrating Donors: The Folsom Family
The legacy of businessman and former Dallas Mayor Robert Folsom continues today through his family’s generous commitment to the community, and to a very personal cause. “Soon after my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I heard Dr. Chapman speak and decided to take my dad to the Center,” said…
June 20, 2018
BrainHealth® Research Reveals Financial Decision-Making Capacity Need Not Decline in Healthy Advanced Aging
New research from The Center for BrainHealth® at The University of Texas at Dallas shows that advancing age alone is not the defining factor in impaired financial decision-making. The study, published in Frontiers, assessed how – and whether – age influences cognitive processes that may be involved in financial decision-making. The…
June 12, 2018
Who are you? Exploring where "self" lives in the brain.
Scientists recently conducted a review of literature positing a new way to quantify the “self.” Published in Trends in Neuroscience, the article is a departure from the self-introspection and personal narration typical of Freud. Their focus was on quantifying the self through neural activity in the brain. The review –…