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
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.