Three Western alumni – Sarah Landstreet, Shadi McIsaac and Denis Nagasaki – have been named to the 2022 Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Changemakers list. The annual award recognizes emerging innovative leaders who are changing the face of …
Psychology
Klatt: Occupy movement may be most vapid of all
In 2010, the 93-year-old former member of the French Resistance Stéphane Hessel published a little booklet in France, Indignez-vous!, that quickly became a bestseller and has sold more than a million copies. Apart from eulogizing the Palestinians of Gaza for their patriotism and their many other virtues, as is part of the daily diet in many leftist corners nowadays, its message is we should all become indignant about something, anything:
Opening the mind: Western research expands access, lowers cost to revolutionary treatment
By using more portable and affordable means, Damian Cruse, a postdoctoral fellow at Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, plans to bring his research to the bedside. And for those locked in a vegetative state, it could mean an opportunity to once again communicate with family and friends.
Left or right? Weight of object not an issue
More than 90 per cent of the world’s population exhibits a strong preference for using their right hand, as opposed to their left, for grasping and lifting everything from car keys to coffee mugs. The cause of this near-global singularity is poorly understood scientifically but new research from The University of Western Ontario proves the perceived weight of an object is not a deciding factor.
Goodale to address renowned conference
Melvyn Goodale, director of the Centre for Brain and Mind at The University of Western Ontario, will address the 65th annual meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM).
Buckingham named Banting fellow
University of Western Ontario postdoctoral scholar Gavin Buckingham has been awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for his project, “Visual substitution for lost haptics during skilled object lifting.”
Top neuroscientist to meet with Dalai Lama
Adrian Owen, a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging at The University of Western Ontario, will share his research findings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama later this week in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Centre for Brain and Mind opens, announces U.K. partnerships
Recognized as a world leader in cognitive neuroscience research, the Centre for Brain and Mind at The University of Western Ontario will begin training postdoctoral fellows from three of the top institutions in the United Kingdom next year.
Humour lends insight into vegetative state
How the human brain processes jokes may help researchers determine if a person in a vegetative state can experience positive emotions – a breakthrough that could help friends, relatives and doctors better understand a patient’s mental state of mind.
Seeing through sound: How a tongue click gave one man independence
Watching Daniel Kish climb aboard a bicycle and pedal along a path may not seem like a spectacular feat. Unless you know he has been fully blind since 13 months of age.
Klatt: Occupy movement may be most vapid of all
In 2010, the 93-year-old former member of the French Resistance Stéphane Hessel published a little booklet in France, Indignez-vous!, that quickly became a bestseller and has sold more than a million copies. Apart from eulogizing the Palestinians of Gaza for their patriotism and their many other virtues, as is part of the daily diet in many leftist corners nowadays, its message is we should all become indignant about something, anything:
Opening the mind: Western research expands access, lowers cost to revolutionary treatment
By using more portable and affordable means, Damian Cruse, a postdoctoral fellow at Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, plans to bring his research to the bedside. And for those locked in a vegetative state, it could mean an opportunity to once again communicate with family and friends.
Left or right? Weight of object not an issue
More than 90 per cent of the world’s population exhibits a strong preference for using their right hand, as opposed to their left, for grasping and lifting everything from car keys to coffee mugs. The cause of this near-global singularity is poorly understood scientifically but new research from The University of Western Ontario proves the perceived weight of an object is not a deciding factor.
Goodale to address renowned conference
Melvyn Goodale, director of the Centre for Brain and Mind at The University of Western Ontario, will address the 65th annual meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM).
Buckingham named Banting fellow
University of Western Ontario postdoctoral scholar Gavin Buckingham has been awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for his project, “Visual substitution for lost haptics during skilled object lifting.”
Top neuroscientist to meet with Dalai Lama
Adrian Owen, a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging at The University of Western Ontario, will share his research findings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama later this week in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Centre for Brain and Mind opens, announces U.K. partnerships
Recognized as a world leader in cognitive neuroscience research, the Centre for Brain and Mind at The University of Western Ontario will begin training postdoctoral fellows from three of the top institutions in the United Kingdom next year.
Humour lends insight into vegetative state
How the human brain processes jokes may help researchers determine if a person in a vegetative state can experience positive emotions – a breakthrough that could help friends, relatives and doctors better understand a patient’s mental state of mind.
Seeing through sound: How a tongue click gave one man independence
Watching Daniel Kish climb aboard a bicycle and pedal along a path may not seem like a spectacular feat. Unless you know he has been fully blind since 13 months of age.