Aging and Neurocognition Lab

Congratulations to Sharbel for being selected in the  summer 2021 cohort of Community-Academic Scholars, an initiative organized by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI)! Over the summer, Sharbel will work with Dr. Mudar and Margaret Danilovich, Senior Director, CJE Senior Life, on the project titled, "Benefits of social engagement using video-technology for older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment". Congratulations again Sharbel!

 Congratulations to Shraddha for her first first-author publication titled, "Cognitive Flexibility and Inhibition in Age-Related Hearing Loss" in Geriatrics .  Abstract:  Growing evidence suggests alterations in cognitive control processes in individuals with varying degrees of age-related hearing loss (ARHL); however, alterations in those with unaided mild ARHL are understudied. The current study examined two cognitive control processes, cognitive flexibility, and inhibition, in 21 older adults with unaided mild ARHL and 18 age- and education-matched normal hearing (NH) controls. All participants underwent comprehensive audiological and cognitive evaluations including Trail Making Test-B, Verbal Fluency, Stroop, and two Go/NoGo tasks. Group differences in cognitive flexibility and inhibition as well as associations between peripheral and central hearing ability and measures of cognitive flexibility and inhibition were investigated. Findings revealed that the ARHL group took...

Congratulations to Lizzy on receiving the Phyllis Ariens Burkhead Memorial Fellowship, which is granted to students who have received a master's degree and are pursuing a PhD in Speech and Hearing Science. We are so proud of you Lizzy!

In collaboration with CJE SeniorLife, Dr. Mudar's project titled, "Benefits of social engagement using video technology for older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment" got selected for the Community Academic Scholars Initiative! This initiative provides opportunity for a chosen scholar to participate in research activities and build their research skills. You can read more about the project and initiative here: https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/8821/262169894

Congratulations to Shraddha on receiving the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (Teaching Assistant) award from the College of Applied Health Sciences! We are so proud of you!

Dr. Raksha Mudar was recently featured in the ASHA Leader Article for collaborative research with Kinesiology and Community Health Professor, Dr. Wendy Rogers. The team has worked on making OneClick.chat, a web-based video-chat platform user friendly and easily accessible to older adults. Currently, their research focuses on examining whether OneClick.chat can be used to improve social engagement and quality of life in older adults, including those with mild cognitive impairment.  You can read the ASHA Leader Article here: https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/leader.LML.25112020.34/full/ Congratulations to Dr. Mudar!

Congratulations to Sara for being selected in the  summer 2020 cohort of Community-Academic Scholars, an initiative organized by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI)! Over the summer, Sara worked with Dr. Mudar and Margaret Danilovich, Senior Director, CJE Senior Life, to introduce a video technology platform to economically disadvantaged older adults and to assess its effectiveness in delivering web-based social engagement.  Congratulation again , Sara!