In this recent blog interview, Dr. Carol Barnes, Regents Professor and Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona, and Dr. Matt Huentelman, TGen’s Professor of Neurogenomics, discuss the powerful MindCrowd project and share their insights on how brain aging research benefits from diversity in science. MindCrowd is the largest online scientific research of the aging … Read More
Neuroscientists Weigh in on Spatial Cognition and the Hippocampus
University of Florida neuroscientist Andrew Maurer, Ph.D., and University of Arizona psychologist Lynn Nadel, Ph.D., highlight the role of the hippocampus in spatial cognition and episodic memory in a new perspective piece published by the journal, Trends in Cognitive Sciences. “Spatial cognition” is the study of how humans take in and use knowledge of their environment to assess location, get … Read More
Allison Brashear, M.D., M.B.A., is Elected Trustee of the McKnight Brain Research Foundation
The eleventh inter-institutional meeting held from April 10-12, 2019 and hosted by the Evelyn F. and
William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida (MBI) was attended by approximately 120
research scientists from each of the four McKnight Brain Institutes.
Patricia A. Boyle, PhD is Elected to the McKnight Brain Research Foundation Board of Trustees
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation (MBRF) recently elected Patricia Boyle, PhD, Professor of Behavioral Sciences andPsychiatry and a neuropsychologist with the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago, to its Board of Trustees.
Cognitive Health
Changes with your brain health happen slowly over time and aren’t always easy to detect. Changes in your ability to process, learn, or remember can be caused by stress, depression, loneliness, hearing and vision loss, and financial problems, among other difficulties.
Memory and Aging
Changes with your brain health happen slowly over time and aren’t always easy to detect. Changes in your ability to process, learn, or remember can be caused by stress, depression, loneliness, hearing and vision loss, and financial problems, among other difficulties.
New Awards to Advance Research in Cognitive Aging and Age-related Memory Loss
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation and the American Brain Foundation have announced a new scholarship award that will advance research in cognitive aging to benefit people with age-related memory loss.
McKnight Brain Research Foundation Sponsors Third Cognitive Aging Summit
The Cognitive Aging Summit III was convened on April 6-7, 2017, by the National Institute on Aging and made possible by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation through a generous grant to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.