Aging and Neurocognition Lab

A huge congratulations to Jessie for winning the Outstanding Poster Presentation in Health & Wellness award! Jessie earned this award for her poster titled "Its Like Face to Face Talking: Thematic Analysis of the Feasibility of a Video Chat Social Engagement Intervention for Older Adults With and Without MCI", which she virtually presented during the 2020 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium. We are all so proud of you!

Congratulations to Jessie and Claire on their graduation! Both completed degrees in Speech and Hearing Science and will both continue onto graduate school for Master's degrees. We are so proud of you and will miss you immensely!

Four of the lab's undergraduates participated in the first virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium! They were required to make a poster and record a voiceover describing their work. The posters were posted online and judges reviewed them. All of the undergraduates did an excellent job! Jessie: "Its Like Face to Face Talking: Thematic Analysis of the Feasibility of a Video Chat Social Engagement Intervention for Older Adults With and Without MCI" Claire: "Video technology-based social engagement intervention for older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment: A feasibility study" Grace: "Behavioral and Neural Measures of Inhibition in Age-Related Hearing Loss" Sarah: "The Effects of Age-Related Hearing Loss on Executive Function"

Drs. Rogers & Mudar were featured in the News Gazette for their new ENHANCE (Enhancing Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, and Community Engagement) project. The project is aimed at understanding challenges that older adults with cognitive disabilities face (e.g., due to mild cognitive impairment, stroke, or traumatic brain injury) and how existing and emerging technologies may help. To read the full story,  click here for the link (then navigate to the front page of "B: LOCAL").

A huge congratulations to Lydia for receiving the Paul D. Doolen Graduate Scholarship for the Study of Aging. Lydia was selected as one of the two recipients of this scholarship. She was selected based on her prior experience and research, publications, current research program, and her commitment to the field of aging. This scholarship is funded by an endowment from the Retirement Research Foundation. Congratulations Lydia!

Lydia & Shraddha attended the Society for Neuroscience 49th annual meeting in Chicago and each presented posters. Great job representing the lab! Lydia presented a poster titled "Theta, alpha, and beta band oscillations related to value-directed strategic processing in cognitively normal younger and older adults". Shraddha presented a poster titled "Voxel-based morphometry in age-associated hearing loss: A preliminary study".

The Aging and Neurocognition Lab and friends participated in the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's in Champaign-Urbana. As always, it was an uplifting experience to see everyone supporting one another and to see how many people are committed to fighting Alzheimer's disease.