2023
Canada’s most powerful MRI system arrives on campus
November 28, 2023
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry's Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping is now home to Canada’s first 15.2 tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The $6-million pre-clinical scanner – only the second of its kind in North America and sixth in the world – enables researchers to study the brain with unprecedented resolution.Seinfeld provides insight into how our brains understand and appreciate humour: Study
November 16, 2023
Neuroscientists studied participants watching classic TV series in fMRI scannerMachines will read our minds
November 06, 2023
Computer Science professor Yalda Mohsenzadeh discusses the potential of AI to translate our thoughts into speech or text in this commentary published in Maclean’s.COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in physical activity, screen time for teenagers, research shows
October 27, 2023
A new Statistics Canada report shows a sharp decline in physical activity and rise in screen time among teenagers during the pandemic. Education professor Emma Duerden says children who start using screens at an earlier age are more likely to use more screens when they’re adolescents.Researchers reveal link between Alzheimer's disease and sex hormones
October 20, 2023
Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects women, who represent about two-thirds of those diagnosed with the late-onset type of the disease. Researchers have shown female sex hormones play a significant role in how Alzheimer’s disease manifests in the brain.Researchers use AI to predict recovery after serious brain injury
September 12, 2023
Graduate students working with neuroscientist Adrian Owen, PhD, have developed a ground-breaking method for predicting which patients will survive a severe brain injury.MD/PhD candidate named Vanier scholar
September 11, 2023
Congratulations to Shahnaza Hamidullah, MD/PhD candidate in Neuroscience, who has been awarded a 2023-2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.Four new Canada Research Chairs named at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry
August 31, 2023
From substance use to AI, new CRCs are addressing questions that will shape the future of humanity. Congratulations to Jibran Khokhar, PhD, Jennifer Guthrie, PhD, Pingzhao Hu, PhD, and Maria Mathews, PhD.Prenatal cannabis use linked to lifelong impacts
August 14, 2023
Research led by Addictions Research Group member Mohammed H. Sarikahya and Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Steven Laviolette shows that prenatal exposure to THC – the primary psychoactive component in cannabis – can lead to potentially lifelong cognitive and memory deficits.Vision allows brain to make predictions well before it knows what’s coming, new study shows
June 28, 2023
Blending math and AI, Western researchers developed neural network model able to predict individual moments in the futureWestern secures two Canada Brain Research Fund grants
May 29, 2023
Western researchers have received two of four Canada-wide grants through the Canada Brain Research Fund. One project is working to fast-track drug development for neurodegenerative diseases and the other is exploring technology to study the brain at the patient’s bedside.Western to revolutionize drug development for brain diseases with $24M federal funding boost
April 26, 2023
First-of-its-kind platform will fast track drug development and help identify effective new therapies within six years.From acute to chronic, David Seminowicz is researching the problem of pain
April 20, 2023
David Seminowicz's research looks at how the brain responds to acute and chronic pain to better understand ways to manage pain, including novel methods outside of traditional pharmaceutical solutions.Olivia Ghosh-Swaby, PhD candidate, earns national award for outstanding leadership
April 11, 2023
PhD candidate Olivia Ghosh-Swaby (Neuroscience) have been announced as a recipient of a prestigious SWAAC Student Award in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.What is frontotemporal dementia? Bruce Willis' condition explained
April 03, 2023
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Elizabeth Finger studies potential treatments for frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the disorder afflicting actor Bruce Willis, and explains the first changes seen in FTD are often in behaviour, personality, judgment and decision-making.Why AI fails to reproduce human vision
March 27, 2023
Psychology and computer science professor Marieke Mur explains why despite the power and promise of deep learning, computers have yet to master human calculations when it comes to visual recognition.Western project finds VR gives viewers front-row seat experience
March 23, 2023
Paul Frewen, PhD, says you may soon be able to grab a VR headset and cheer on your team from wherever you are, experiencing the excitement as if you were courtsideWestern researchers develop new open-source app for precise brain mapping
January 25, 2023
HippUnfold, a web-based tool, uses artificial intelligence to iron out the complex hippocampus for imaging
