REU Sites: Summer Research Experience in Brain and Cognitive Sciences

夏季研究经验在大脑和认知科学（SREBCS）REU在南卡罗来纳州的大学提供了来自全国各地的十名本科生九个星期的沉浸到研究是如何在该领域进行。学生参加1）每周一次的小组实验室，提供大脑和认知科学方法的实践学习，2）半周一次的研讨会，将大脑和认知科学中的主题整合在一起，3）每天与行为神经科学，认知科学以及认知和发展神经科学子领域的国际公认的科学学者进行个人研究。SREBCS培养少数民族和非少数民族学生对大脑和认知科学基础研究的兴趣。每周一次的小组实验室让学生参与各种方法的实践经验，包括MRI，fMRI，EEG，ERP，眼动追踪，动物观察，神经组织测定和基本认知实验。半周一次的研究研讨会激发学生对教师提出的研究进行讨论，因为它涉及到更广泛的大脑和认知科学领域。教师实验室的日常研究为学生提供了深入了解研究过程的各个阶段，包括制定和进行研究项目的机会，并得到充满活力和支持的研究教师导师的个人指导。小组研讨会，小组实验室和个人实验室经验的结合为学生提供了从创新和实践学习经验中收集的研究的多个视角。小组实验室和研讨会促进对该领域相关问题和方法的理论和实践理解。来自导师正在进行的研究计划的研究项目调查学科内的关键主题，通常使用高度复杂的方法和设备。因此，学生可以在特定的实验室中接受单独的培训，并在大脑和认知科学的不同领域中获得主题和方法的综合采样。SREBCS提供了一个创新和综合的论坛，教育本科生关于大脑和认知科学，并鼓励他们追求在该领域的职业生涯。虽然美国被认为是大脑和认知科学的领导者，但我们的大学必须能够激励和培养最优秀的学生，以便在这些重要的研究领域从事未来的职业。SREBCS通过提供激发和激励学生申请大脑和认知科学基础研究研究生培训课程的经验来填补这一角色，从而在这些重要领域建立研究和教育基础设施。学生体验不同的方法和理论方向，变得更加开放的多学科方法来理解该领域。该计划提供了增强和令人兴奋的研究经验，谁可能有机会在自己的机构研究有限的学生。SREBCS特别努力增加少数民族在这些领域的机会，增加该领域的多样性。该计划还影响了与研究所相关的研究生的培训，旨在扩大他们作为研究人员和教育工作者的学术经验。该项目由NSF EPSCoR办公室共同资助。

The Summer Research Experience in Brain and Cognitive Sciences (SREBCS) REU at the University of South Carolina provides ten undergraduate students from across the country a nine week immersion into how research is conducted in the field. Students participate in 1) weekly group laboratories that provide hands-on learning of brain and cognitive science methods, 2) semi-weekly seminars that integrate topics within brain and cognitive sciences, and 3) daily individual research with internationally recognized scientific scholars in the subfields of behavioral neuroscience, cognitive science, and cognitive and developmental neuroscience.Intellectual Merit. The SREBCS fosters minority and non-minority student interest in basic research within brain and cognitive sciences. A weekly group laboratory engages students in hands-on experiences with diverse methodologies that include MRI, fMRI, EEG, ERP, eye-tracking, animal observation, neural tissue assays and basic cognitive experimentation. Semi-weekly research seminars stimulate student discussion of research presented by faculty as it relates to the broader field of brain and cognitive sciences. Daily research in faculty laboratories provides students with insights into all phases of the research process, including an opportunity to formulate and conduct research projects with individual guidance from energetic and supportive research faculty mentors. The combination of group seminars, group laboratories and individual laboratory experiences provides students with multiple perspectives on research gleaned from innovative and hands-on learning experiences. The group laboratory and seminar foster theoretical and practical understanding of relevant issues and methods in the field. Research projects derived from the mentors' ongoing research programs investigate critical topics within the discipline, often using highly sophisticated methodology and equipment. Thus, students receive the benefits of individual training within specific laboratories as well as integrative sampling of topics and methods across the diverse areas of brain and cognitive sciences.Broader Impacts. The SREBCS provides an innovative and integrative forum for educating undergraduate students about the brain and cognitive sciences and encouraging them to pursue a career in the field. Although the U.S. is perceived as a leader in the brain and cognitive sciences, our universities must be able to motivate and train the best students for future careers in these vital areas of research. The SREBCS helps fill this role by providing experiences that excite and motivate students to apply to basic research graduate training programs in the brain and cognitive sciences and hence build the research and educational infrastructure in these vital areas. Students experience diverse methods and theoretical orientations, becoming more open to multidisciplinary approaches to understanding the field. The program provides enhanced and exciting research experiences to students who may have limited opportunities for research at their own institutions. The SREBCS makes a special effort to increase minority opportunities in these areas, adding to the diversity of the field. The program also impacts the training of graduate students associated with the institute, with the aim of broadening their academic experiences as researchers and educators.This project is co-funded by the NSF EPSCoR Office.