Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition

描述（由申请人提供）： 这个建议是在西北大学建立一个人类认知神经科学的培训项目。一个多学科的科学家小组已经聚集起来参加。他们的研究探索了各种人类认知功能，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。该计划将由Ken Paller担任主任，Marsel Mesulam担任副主任，并由内部指导委员会和外部咨询委员会（罗恩Mangun，Marcia约翰逊和Larry Squire）提供协助。经过竞争性的选拔过程，4名博士生谁已经提前到博士候选人和4名博士后实习生将获得资助。学员将在西北大学芝加哥和埃文斯顿校区3所学校的7个系的25名导师中的一名或多名导师的指导下进行研究。该计划将提供广泛的研究和认知神经科学的培训机会。将根据受训人员拟议的研究活动及其先前的课程工作和科学培训的优秀程度挑选受训人员。我们将优先资助研究计划的学员，这些计划将通过新颖的跨学科方法，并在可能的情况下，通过双导师制，扩大西北大学认知神经科学研究的广度。将作出协调一致的努力，培训妇女和少数民族，支持需要新的合作安排的培训，并促进观点的多样性。因此，这种资助机制将鼓励教师和学生在人类认知的神经科学中探索创新策略和新颖的方法组合。在这个过程中，我们将增强我们的社区意识，建立在西北大学聚集的认知科学家的临界质量上的新联系。指导教师将通过正式的建议和评估来监控学员的进展。学员还将在书面和口头科学交流，赠款写作，网络和职业发展的指导。培训将灌输对科学和道德问题中负责任行为的深刻理解，这些问题将在未来几十年内面临认知神经科学家。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.