Dear all,
We are happy to announce the first invited CRAM (Cognitive Research at McGill) speaker this term. On Friday, February 15th, Dr. Karen Li from Concordia Psychology will be speaking about cognitive-motor interactions in aging (title and abstract below). The talk will span from 12pm-1pm in room 735 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. All are welcome!
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Dr. Karen Li Sensory-motor and cognitive interactions in aging: Multidisciplinary approaches
Abstract: Healthy aging is associated with gradual changes to sensory, motor, and cognitive functioning. Each domain is more commonly studied in isolation, however everyday functional capacity often involves interactions among multiple domains. We have adapted the dual-task paradigm (simultaneous performance of two tasks) to study cognitive-motor interactions in aging and examine how older adults utilize cognitive capacity differently from young adults to maintain posture and gait. The additional cognitive demands associated with auditory aging are further considered within this paradigm and suggest that cognitive capacity is particularly taxed in those with age- related hearing loss. Training intervention studies to increase cognitive capacity will be presented that further suggest that cognitive capacity is a mediator between hearing and mobility in old age.
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Warm regards, The CRAM Team (Mehrgol Tiv, Kevin da Silva Castanheira, Anna Mini Jos, & Azara Lalla) See our website for more information: https://www.mcgill.ca/psychology/events- colloquia-0/brownbag-series
Please consider joining the coggroup list serve to receive day-off updates about CRAM and information about other cognition-related talks at McGill: http://mx0.psych.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/coggroup (you can unsubscribe using the same link)
Dear all,
A friendly reminder that our first CRAM speaker, Karen Li, will be coming in today at 12pm-1pm in room 735 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. See her title and abstract below.
We looking forward to seeing you there!
Warm regards, The CRAM Team (Mehrgol Tiv, Kevin da Silva Castanheira, Anna Mini Jos, & Azara Lalla)
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Dear all,
We are happy to announce the first invited CRAM (Cognitive Research at McGill) speaker this term. On Friday, February 15th, Dr. Karen Li from Concordia Psychology will be speaking about cognitive-motor interactions in aging (title and abstract below). The talk will span from 12pm-1pm in room 735 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. All are welcome!
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Dr. Karen Li Sensory-motor and cognitive interactions in aging: Multidisciplinary approaches
Abstract: Healthy aging is associated with gradual changes to sensory, motor, and cognitive functioning. Each domain is more commonly studied in isolation, however everyday functional capacity often involves interactions among multiple domains. We have adapted the dual-task paradigm (simultaneous performance of two tasks) to study cognitive-motor interactions in aging and examine how older adults utilize cognitive capacity differently from young adults to maintain posture and gait. The additional cognitive demands associated with auditory aging are further considered within this paradigm and suggest that cognitive capacity is particularly taxed in those with age- related hearing loss. Training intervention studies to increase cognitive capacity will be presented that further suggest that cognitive capacity is a mediator between hearing and mobility in old age.
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Warm regards, The CRAM Team (Mehrgol Tiv, Kevin da Silva Castanheira, Anna Mini Jos, & Azara Lalla) See our website for more information: https://www.mcgill.ca/psychology/events- colloquia-0/brownbag-series
Please consider joining the coggroup list serve to receive day-off updates about CRAM and information about other cognition-related talks at McGill: http://mx0.psych.mcgill.ca/mailman/listinfo/coggroup (you can unsubscribe using the same link) ------- End of Forwarded Message -------