Aging and Neurocognition Lab

Lydia has been awarded a UIUC Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship. This fellowship is given based on the significance of the dissertation research and academic productivity and progress. It will provide Lydia with a one-year stipend allowing her to focus on her dissertation work. Congratulations on your hard work Lydia! For more information on the fellowship see here .

Andrea and Adam, undergraduates in the lab, graduated with degrees in Speech and Hearing Science. Both of them will continue onto graduate school for Master's degrees! Congratulations Andrea and Adam! You will truly be missed in the lab.

Shraddha has been awarded the Ehud and Janie Yairi International Graduate Student Award, which is granted to exemplary international doctoral students in SHS. Lizzy has been award the Phyllis Ariens Burkhead Memorial Fellowship, which is granted to students who have already attained a master's degree and are now pursuing a PhD in SHS. Congratulations to Shraddha and Lizzy! 

Dr. Raksha Mudar (PI of AANCL), Dr. Wendy Rogers, and OneClick.chat co-founder and CEO Dillon Myers presented a poster entitled "Social Engagement Through Video Chat for Older Individuals With and Without Cognitive Impairment" at the Gerontological Society of America in Boston, MA. This poster is a result of the collaboration with Dr. Wendy Rogers and OneClick.chat. AANCL is looking forward to continuing this work with such brilliant and wonderful collaborators! Dr. Raksha Mudar, Dr. Wendy Rogers, and Dillon Myers

Dr. Raksha Mudar, Lydia Nguyen, and collaborators published a paper in Brain Research  entitled "Event-related neural oscillation changes following reasoning training in individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment". Click here for the paper. Congratulations to everyone for all of their hard work!

The Aging and Neurocognition Lab and other members from the Department of Speech and Hearing Science participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer's in Champaign-Urbana! It was a huge success as always!

Lydia and Shraddha attended the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Chicago, IL. Lydia presented a poster entitled "Strategy-Based Cognitive Training Effects on Event-Related Neural Oscillations in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment". Shraddha presented a poster entitled "Relationship Between Use of Inherent Memory Strategies and Memory Performance in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment". Great job to both of them on their presentations!