In collaboration with UNC DSN lab, members from the Cohen Lab (Kelly Eom, Sarah Furlong, and Mac Woodburn) welcomed middle school boys around the community to learn more about UNC-CH and about the brain! We all had fun participating in many activities, like brain games and a tour around Howell hall, where we demonstrated many of our facilities for research.
Cohen Lab members taught kids (and adults) about the brain at the UNC Science Expo this past Saturday.
Our new paper, a collaboration between Dr. Cohen and Dr. Mark D’Esposito at UC Berkeley, was published today in Journal of Neuroscience. You can find a summary here. We found that brain network organization can dynamically reconfigure when cognitive demands change, and that the balance between segregation into distinct brain networks and integration across multiple brain networks is dependent on the specific cognitive requirements of a task. The more participants were able to achieve the optimal balance between segregation and integration, the better they did on the tasks!
Cohen Lab members gather with other members of the Human Neuroimaging Group at UNC to spend a warm fall evening together at Tru Deli & Wine Bar.
Howell Hall has been newly renovated to house the Human Neuroimaging Group labs, equipment and testing rooms. Stop by to visit us in room 123!
The Carolina Scientific Magazine, a semesterly publication that focuses on exciting innovations in science and current research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has featured Dr. Cohen’s research. Please find the full article here, by undergraduate student Carrington Merritt, starting on page 38.
