Shraddha has been awarded the Ehud and Janie Yairi International Graduate Student Award, which is granted to exemplary international doctoral students in SHS. Lizzy has been award the Phyllis Ariens Burkhead Memorial Fellowship, which is granted to students who have already attained a master’s degree and are now pursuing a PhD in SHS. Congratulations to […]
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Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America
Dr. Raksha Mudar (PI of AANCL), Dr. Wendy Rogers, and OneClick.chat co-founder and CEO Dillon Myers presented a poster entitled “Social Engagement Through Video Chat for Older Individuals With and Without Cognitive Impairment” at the Gerontological Society of America in Boston, MA. This poster is a result of the collaboration with Dr. Wendy Rogers and […]
Paper published on neural outcomes of cognitive training in aMCI
Dr. Raksha Mudar, Lydia Nguyen, and collaborators published a paper in Brain Research entitled “Event-related neural oscillation changes following reasoning training in individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment”. Click here for the paper. Congratulations to everyone for all of their hard work!
AANCL & Friends participate in Walk to End Alzheimer’s
The Aging and Neurocognition Lab and other members from the Department of Speech and Hearing Science participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Champaign-Urbana! It was a huge success as always!
Lydia & Shraddha attend AAIC
Lydia and Shraddha attended the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago, IL. Lydia presented a poster entitled “Strategy-Based Cognitive Training Effects on Event-Related Neural Oscillations in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment”. Shraddha presented a poster entitled “Relationship Between Use of Inherent Memory Strategies and Memory Performance in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment”. Great job to both of […]
Collaboration with Dr. Wendy Rogers and OneClick.chat
The Aging and Neurocognition Lab is happy to announce a collaboration between Dr. Raksha Mudar, Dr. Wendy Rogers, and OneClick.chat! The team was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health. This grant will support a pilot study on the facilitators and barriers of […]
Congratulations to AANCL graduates!
Happy graduation to both FanTing and Stephany!! We are all so proud of you both and cannot thank you enough for the work you have contributed to AANCL. We are so excited to see what else you both achieve, as we know this is just an early step in your promising path! Good luck with […]
Shraddha awarded Dean C. and Kathleen R. Garstecki Audiology Scholarship
Shraddha was awarded the Dean C. and Kathleen R. Garstecki Audiology Scholarship which recognizes outstanding graduate students in Audiology. Congratulations Shraddha!
Two posters at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
Congratulations to undergrads in the lab who presented at this year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium! Stephany and Lauren presented a poster entitled “Impact of Age-Related Hearing Loss on Strategic Attention”. Julia and Andrea presented a poster entitled “Strategic Attention in Individuals with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment”.
AANCL presented a booth at Brain Awareness Day
The Aging and Neurocognition Lab presented a booth at this year’s Brain Awareness Day hosted by the UIUC Neuroscience Program. The booth consisted of an EEG-based game in which people try to move a ball “with their mind” and a Go/NoGo computerized task developed by the lab. The booth was a big hit with children […]