Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项建议是在西北大学建立一个人类认知神经科学的培训计划。一个由多学科科学家组成的小组已被召集参加。他们的研究探索了人类的各种认知功能，包括语言、记忆、解决问题、感知、注意力、执行功能、动机、计划、运动控制、社会认知、衰老和发展。该项目将由Ken Paller担任主任和Marsel Mesulam担任副主任，并在内部指导委员会和外部咨询委员会(Ron Mangun、Marcia Johnson和Larry Squire)的协助下进行。经过竞争遴选过程，4名博士后研究生和4名博士后实习生将获得资助。受训者将在25名导师中的一人或多人的指导下进行研究，这些导师隶属于西北大学芝加哥和埃文斯顿校区3所学校的7个系。该计划将提供广泛的认知神经科学研究和培训机会。受训者将根据其拟议的研究活动以及其先前课程工作和科学培训的出色表现来挑选。我们将优先为学员提供研究计划，这些计划将通过新颖的跨学科方法扩大西北大学认知神经科学研究的广度，并在可能的情况下通过双重指导。将作出协调一致的努力，培训妇女和少数群体，支持需要新的合作安排的培训，并促进不同观点。因此，这种资助机制将鼓励教职员工和学生探索人类认知神经科学领域的创新策略和新的方法组合。在这个过程中，我们将通过在西北大学聚集的认知科学家的临界群体上建立新的联系来增强我们的社区感。授课教师将通过正式的建议和评估来监督学员的进步。受训者还将接受书面和口头科学交流、补助金撰写、网络和职业发展方面的指导。培训将灌输对负责任的科学行为和伦理问题的坚实理解，认知神经科学家将在未来几十年面临这些问题。我们的目标是为年轻科学家提供一流的综合培训，他们将成为认知神经科学的下一代领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is to form a Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition at Northwestern University. A multidisciplinary group of scientists has been assembled to participate. Their research explores a variety of human cognitive functions, including language, memory, problem solving, perception, attention, executive functions, motivation, planning, motor control, social cognition, aging, and development. The program will be led by Ken Paller as Director and Marsel Mesulam as Associate Director, with the assistance of an internal Steering Committee and an External Advisory Committee (Ron Mangun, Marcia Johnson, and Larry Squire). Following a competitive selection process, 4 predoctoral students who have advanced to candidacy for the PhD and 4 postdoctoral trainees will be funded. Trainees will conduct their research under the guidance of one or more of the 25 preceptors, who are affiliated with 7 departments of 3 schools on the Chicago and Evanston campuses of Northwestern University. The program will offer a broad range of research and training opportunities in Cognitive Neuroscience. Trainees will be selected on the basis of their proposed research activities and the excellence of their prior course work and scientific training. We will preferentially fund trainees with research plans that will expand the breadth of Cognitive Neuroscience research at Northwestern through novel interdisciplinary approaches and, when possible, through dual mentorships. A concerted effort will be made to train women and minorities, to support training that entails new collaborative arrangements, and to foster a diversity of perspectives. This funding mechanism will thus encourage faculty and students to explore innovative strategies and novel methodological combinations in the neuroscience of human cognition. In the process, we will enhance our sense of community with new connections that build on the critical mass of cognitive scientists assembled at Northwestern. Preceptor faculty will monitor trainee progress through formal advising and evaluations. Trainees will also be mentored in written and oral scientific communication, grant writing, networking, and career development. Training will instill a solid understanding of responsible conduct in science and ethical issues that will confront cognitive neuroscientists in the coming decades. Our goal is to provide top-rate comprehensive training to young scientists who will become the next generation of leaders in cognitive neuroscience.