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How does your brain pay attention? What makes it so hard to “switch gears” from doing one task to doing another? How does attention interact with memory? We address questions such as these using both behavioral and brain-imaging methods. We are especially interested in how mental abilities change with age. How do age-related changes in the brain influence older adults’ attention and memory? Can we improve cognitive training programs so that they better benefit older adults? Funding for our research is provided by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute on Aging, and the University of Michigan Office of the Vice President of Research. |
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*March 2012 - Anne Berry and Kim Craig receive the Barbara Perry Roberson Award. -Sasha Tereshchenko is awarded an NIA Summer Internship to support his work at the Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience at NIA. -Lynn Ossher is awarded the Susan Lipschutz, Margaret Ayers Host and Anna Olcott Smith Awards for female Rackham Graduate Students. Psychology is allowed to nominate only one student for the award, which recognizes students who have demonstrated exceptional scholarly achievement, a sense of social responsibility and an interest in the success of women in the academic community. *November 2011 - Anne Berry receives the APA Early Graduate Student Researcher Award. This is a prestigious national award which only a few students in all domains of psychology receive each year. * June 2011 - Dr. Lustig is elected a fellow in the American Psychological Society, and also receives a Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology. * April 2011 - Our very own Lynn Ossher is awarded with the Pillsbury Research Award. * March 2011 - Sasha, a Lustig lab research assistant, authors a poster which is accepted to the Human Brain Mapping conference. * October 2008 - NPR has a great series about attention research. Read or listen to the Lustig research article here. |
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