Overview

Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Alberta

Cognitive neuroscience researchers at the University of Alberta share an interest in exploring the neural bases and correlates of human cognitive and motor behaviour. Cognitive phenomena are explored in their various forms and levels of complexity.  A wide variety of methods and theories are applied to understanding brain-behaviour relationships in a broad range of human populations.  The spectrum of approaches include (a) cognitive and neuropsychological, (b) electrophysiological (EEG, ERP), (c) structural and functional brain imaging (fMRI), and (d) genetic-cognition analyses. 
Among the populations studied across the Alberta cognitive neuroscience labs are
(a) neurologically intact young adults, (b) typically aging adults, (c) cognitively impaired
or pre-clinical adults, (d) individuals with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, and (e) individuals with amnesia.

Research and study in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Alberta occurs in multiple units on campus. These include the following three academic departments and one centre:
Department of Psychology (Faculty of Science)
Division of Neurology (Department of Medicine)
Department of Psychiatry (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
Centre for Neuroscience

Other initiatives that may be involved in cognitive neuroscience training and research are:
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
Alberta In Vivo NMR Centre

On this web page, we present information about training, research, opportunities, and the membership of the Alberta Cognitive Neuroscience community.