Shraddha and Lizzy receive Speech and Hearing Science awards

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 […]

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!

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 […]

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 […]