Expect the Unexpected It’s back. After one year of being canceled and another year of being online, Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is back in-person. This year, I took two of my Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) students, Wyland Nicholson and Kaylee Alford, to the 51st SfN Conference in beautiful San Diego. My students got to…Read More
26th Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference
This year’s annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference was in beautiful San Francisco. This year marked the 26th annual meeting. In his keynote address, Dr. Matthew Walker, from the University of California, Berkeley, talked about the cognitive and health effects of not getting enough sleep. He spoke about his research findings which link a lack of sleep…Read More
Five Qualities of a Good Research Mentor
We are so appreciative of the way in which our faculty members pour into the lives of students. Mentoring is such an essential part of becoming an effective researcher. This infographic from The Office of Research Integrity describes the following characteristics of good research mentors. Good Research Mentors are: Respectful Supportive Available Prepared Honest
Erasing the Past
A significant problem for those struggling with drug addiction is the high propensity of users to relapse following long periods of abstinence from drug use. It has been found that environmental stimuli that have been previously associated with the rewarding effects of drugs can often contribute to relapse among addicts. Exposure to drug cues often…Read More
Brain, Memory, and Drugs
PRESIDENT BRAIN (Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference Meeting) I, along with four other students, Rhys Carpenter, Megan Jeske, Carla Keith, and Liana Rizkalla, traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the 47th annual Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference. SfN is the world’s largest organization of scientists devoted to understanding the brain and the nervous system. This…Read More
Developing the mind and brain
THINGS TO REMEMBER I along with two other students, Brittanie Clarke (Biological Sciences Major) and Paige Braden (Psychology Major), attended the 24th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) meeting. This society is committed to the development of mind and brain research aimed at investigating the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of cognition. Cognitive neuroscience, a relatively…Read More