The Cognitive & Translational Neuroscience lab (PI Méadhbh B. Brosnan) is based at UCD School of Psychology in Dublin, Ireland. We use cognitive neuroscience techniques to understand cognition and the brain. In particular, our work focuses on identifying mechanisms of resilience in the ageing brain. The overarching goal of this research is to inform interventions to prevent cognitive decline in healthy ageing and mitigate neurocognitive deficits neuropathological conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Disease, and stroke. It can be categorised into two broad questions
Using a combination of MRI, EEG, and MEG we explore the mechanisms underpinning optimal cognitive function.
We explore how environmental factors (e.g., access to cognitive stimulation through educational, professional and leisure engagements), and a variety of interventions (including brain stimulation, neurofeedback, and pharmacology) can alter the brain to facilitate resilience.
These two mutually informative questions aim to understand mechanisms to cause translation and impact, and infer causality to further address mechanisms.
We are grateful to receive support and funding from several international bodies including the European Commission Horizon 2020, Alzheimer’s Research UK, the John Fell Fund Oxford University Press, and Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford.
Read about results from our AGEING PLASTICITY project funded by Horizon 2020 European Commission here
