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Memory and Cognition
What can we learn about how memory and other intellectual processes work by studying the brain's activity? When a person develops a clinically-significant impairment, such as dementia, how is brain function changed? Can measures of brain function with QEEG be helpful in determining the correct diagnosis or whether a person is responding to treatment for a brain disorder? We are examining subjects with dementia (Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia, for example), with "age associated memory impairment" to expand what we know about how the disordered brain works different from a brain not exhibiting memory or cognitive disturbances. We also undertaking pilot studies in using QEEG techniques to examine how the brain processes information outside of conscious awareness, for example, in the course of listening to music or watching advertisements.
current NIH grants R01 MH40705 (Dr. Leuchter, PI), K02 MH01165 (Dr. Leuchter, PI), P50 AG16570 (Dr. Cummings, PI) R01 MH58156 (Dr. Small, PI), and support from the ICRL (Dr. Cook, PI)
