Project

The secrets of cognitive aging: Investigating neural information flows underlying cognitive performance in elderly

Code

01D28216

Duration

01 October 2016 → 30 September 2020

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Daniele Marinazzo

Fellow

Hannes Almgren

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Applied mathematics in specific fields
- Statistics
- Numerical methods
Social sciences
- Biological and physiological psychology
- Cognitive science and intelligent systems
- Developmental psychology and ageing
- General psychology
- Other psychology and cognitive sciences
Medical and health sciences
- Gerontology and geriatrics
- Neurosciences
- Gerontology and geriatrics
- Neurosciences
- Nursing
- Gerontology and geriatrics
- Neurosciences

Keywords

neurodegenerative disorders a Psychogerontology cognition complex brain interactions

Project description

The aim of the project is to study the causal influences among brain regions that underlie cognitive changes and stability in healthy elderly and elderly suffering from dementia. We aim to apply highly-advanced data-analytical methods that have a high biologically plausibility.