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New study makes sense of sensory processing in autistic children

New study makes sense of sensory processing in autistic children

Results of a recent study on sensory abilities may have positive impact on the way supports are provided to autistic children and help increase their quality of life. Western University psychology professor, Ryan Stevenson and Western BrainsCAN postdoct …

Research offers hand to understanding motor control

Research offers hand to understanding motor control

We can do many things with our hands – carry loads, manipulate fine objects, grasp items, even communicate with each other. Our hands, Jörn Diedrichsen says, are “the Swiss Army knife of our body parts.” As the Western Research Chair for Motor Control and...

Rethinking traffic flow in the brain

Rethinking traffic flow in the brain

Think of a city road map. All the places you could possibly want to go – your home, your office, maybe the local coffee shop – are connected by roads. If you take the same road every time from, say, your home to the office, your actions would be in line with how...

Bartha awarded Alzheimer Foundation grant

Bartha awarded Alzheimer Foundation grant

Medical Biophysics professor Dr. Robert Bartha of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has been awarded the Alzheimer Foundation London and Middlesex Premier Research Grant, a $100,000 grant (over two years) to support research, personnel and supportive...

Neuroscientist not napping on idea of explaining sleep

Don’t nod off on this one. A Western neuroscientist is exploring the possibility sleep isn’t so much about rest from a busy day as it is about memory consolidation – or, more simply, the process needed to form lasting memories.

Western team named Global Call for Ideas finalist

Western team named Global Call for Ideas finalist

A project spearheaded by Western researchers Adrian Owen and Melvyn Goodale has been named among seven shortlisted teams to proceed to Stage 2 of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Global Call for Ideas.

Western team wins brain mapping hackathon

Western team wins brain mapping hackathon

A team of researchers, fuelled predominantly by Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, won top prize in the Hackathon at the annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping last week in Washington.

Research offers hand to understanding motor control

Research offers hand to understanding motor control

We can do many things with our hands – carry loads, manipulate fine objects, grasp items, even communicate with each other. Our hands, Jörn Diedrichsen says, are “the Swiss Army knife of our body parts.” As the Western Research Chair for Motor Control and...

Rethinking traffic flow in the brain

Rethinking traffic flow in the brain

Think of a city road map. All the places you could possibly want to go – your home, your office, maybe the local coffee shop – are connected by roads. If you take the same road every time from, say, your home to the office, your actions would be in line with how...

Bartha awarded Alzheimer Foundation grant

Bartha awarded Alzheimer Foundation grant

Medical Biophysics professor Dr. Robert Bartha of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has been awarded the Alzheimer Foundation London and Middlesex Premier Research Grant, a $100,000 grant (over two years) to support research, personnel and supportive...

Neuroscientist not napping on idea of explaining sleep

Don’t nod off on this one. A Western neuroscientist is exploring the possibility sleep isn’t so much about rest from a busy day as it is about memory consolidation – or, more simply, the process needed to form lasting memories.

Western team named Global Call for Ideas finalist

Western team named Global Call for Ideas finalist

A project spearheaded by Western researchers Adrian Owen and Melvyn Goodale has been named among seven shortlisted teams to proceed to Stage 2 of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Global Call for Ideas.

Western team wins brain mapping hackathon

Western team wins brain mapping hackathon

A team of researchers, fuelled predominantly by Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, won top prize in the Hackathon at the annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping last week in Washington.