“The folds of the human cerebral cortex are deep and meandering—not unlike the path through ceiling-high stacks of unopened boxes one must currently navigate to see Martin Sereno, SDSU’s newly hired director of the under-construction brain imaging facility. He hasn’t finished unpacking, but he’s already making big plans for the university’s first ever MRI machine.” … [Read more…]
CCN presents its Student Seminar Series! Inaugural presentation by Christopher Fong, “Resting state network differentiation in children and adolescents with ASD” on Monday, November 7th. See flyer for more information (pdf)
“Early-childhood clinicians such as pediatricians and child psychologists are often the first to raise the alarm for families with children who exhibit developmental disorders, such as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). But pediatricians usually aren’t specialists, and the hallmarks of FASD can be subtle. A new tool developed by neuropsychologists at San Diego State University … [Read more…]
The Center for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience is pleased to sponsor an AFNI Bootcamp in MRI data processing and analysis. AFNI is a free and widely used software package for processing, analyzing, and displaying MRI data to map the structure and function of the human brain. The goal of the four-day workshop is to offer … [Read more…]
The goal of this NIH-funded brain imaging study project is to identify brain markers of risk for autism. We will ask you to visit an MRI research center, where we can obtain images of your child’s brain, while she or he is naturally asleep. The scans will take place late in the evenings when your … [Read more…]
The Center for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience has been allocated funds from VP Welter’s office to start a small “pilot grant” program within our Center. The purpose of the pilot grants is to foster new between‐lab collaborations by members of our area of excellence. One important goal of this program is to provide critical seed funding that will … [Read more…]
CCN welcomes Alexander Sack, Ph.D. August 16th, 10-11am as he gives an informal talk “Simultaneous fMRI, EEG and TMS to study spatial attention control.” See flyer for more information (pdf).
CCN affiliate Dr. Dan Goble and his colleagues develop technology to better test concussions in athletes. See the full article on SDSU NewsCenter!
CCN Distinguished Lecture welcomes Dr. George Koob, Director of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, on Friday, April 22nd. See the Distinguished Speaker Series page for details.
“The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded Inna Fishman, a San Diego State University psychologist, a major grant to look for the early “brain signature” of ASD in children around two years of age. To understand the causes of this lifelong disorder and eventually come up with effective treatments, researchers must identify the developmental markers of … [Read more…]
