Does the brain, as a biological entity, have a place in public health practise? HLTH458 explores the role of the brain in facilitating healthy lifestyle patterns and the prevention of phyiscal illnesses.
Dr. Hall had an opportunity to co-host a symposium at the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering with Dr. Hasan Ayaz in Washington, DC. Depicted here are Dr. Ayaz and his dancing robot.
Masters student Adrian Safati finds that contextual cues are important determinants of inhibitory brain stimulation effects on decision-making about food. You can read more about his findings as published this month in Brain Stimulation.
A new undergraduate course explores the latest research linking the brain and the experience of indulgent eating. ... And yes, you get to eat pancakes!
PN Lab director Dr. Peter Hall has received a 5-year NSERC Discovery Grant to support studies of indulgent eating using theta-burst brain stimulation paradigms. In part, this work will explore stimulation targets and timelines to quantify thier impact on eating outcomes.
A new article published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences explores the bi-directional relationship between the prefrontal cortex and obesity.
PN Lab alumnus Dr. Dimitar Kolev (BSc '15, SPHHS) is completing his first year medical residency at the McMaster University Centre for Family Medicine in downtown Kitchener. We had a chance to catch up this week; Dimitar feels that one of the highlights of his residency is the opportunity to work in many different settings, with a wide variety of patients.
A new special issue of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences is out this week, featuring a review paper on the neuroscience of disease prevention by Peter Hall, Warren Bickel, Kirk Erickson and Dylan Wager. You can view the issue and associated articles on the journal website.
A new article published by PN member Dr. Cassandra Lowe in NeuroImage examines the mechanisms behind cTBS effects on food consumption.
We are very happy to report that PN Lab alumnus (MSc, 2014), Dr. Corrie Vincent, has been been accepted to the prestigious internal medicine residency program at the University of Toronto. We wish her the best of luck as she transitions to this next step of her medical training.