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Categorisation in Infancy
In our studies on infant categorisation we address the perception of similarity and dissimilarity in the developing mind. One focus of our research in this area is the impact of labelling on category learning in preverbal infants: does hearing similar words for similar objects facilitate category formation?
Sleep and Language Development
Does sleep help infants integrate language experience, such as the meaning of a new word or how a word sounds in different local accents?
Would you like to help stroke research? Are you above 50 years and healthy?
We always require volunteers to participate in our research studies. What is involved? Healthy volunteers will be asked to participate in short memory, attention, and language tests, which are fun to do and may keep you mentally fit!
Advances in Understanding Mechanisms of Cortico-Thalamic Interactions in Cognition and Behavior
Although it is customary to think of the thalamus as a relay that enables corticocortical communication, converging methods of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and optogenetics have highlighted the important contribution of the thalamus as a structure whose activities regulate cognitive behavior. This minisymposium presents an exciting array of findings that are making seminal contributions to our understanding of systems-level mechanisms affording new insight and perspectives into the so-called cognitive thalamus.