Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition

描述（由申请人提供）： 项目摘要/摘要 该提案描述了西北大学人类认知神经科学培训项目的延续，该项目目前处于最初的 5 年资助周期。由 34 名教师导师组成的多学科小组已经组建起来，参与培训下一代认知神经科学家。这些科学家进行研究，探索各种人类认知功能，包括语言、记忆、感知、注意力、情感、动机、问题解决、行动计划、社会认知、执行功能、衰老和发育。该计划由 Ken Paller（主任）和 Marsel Mesulam（副主任）领导，并得到内部指导委员会和外部咨询委员会（Ron Mangun、Marcia Johnson、John Jonides 和 Larry Squire）的协助。每年，竞争性选拔过程将确定 4 名已晋升为博士候选人的博士前学生和 4 名博士后实习生，通常每人获得 2 年的支持。每年将有 3 名获得西北研究生院资助的博士前附属实习生加入他们的行列。学员在来自西北大学 6 个独立学院和学院（艺术与科学学院、传播学院、教育学院、管理学院、医学院和音乐学院）的 34 名导师中的一名或多名导师的指导下进行研究。学院主要隶属于以下院系：传播科学与疾病、教育、金融、语言学、音乐、神经病学、生理学、精神病学和行为科学、心理学和放射学。因此，该培训计划汇集了人类神经科学的多种观点以及广泛的研究和培训机会。受训者的选择是基于他们提议的研究活动、他们未来的科学潜力以及他们之前的课程和科学培训的优秀程度。鼓励多位教员的指导，特别是当西北大学认知神经科学研究的广度可以通过新颖的跨学科方法来扩展时，当学生在两位导师的不同专业领域之间架起桥梁时，这种方法就成为可能。共同努力的重点是纳入代表性不足的少数群体并培养多元化的观点。这种资助机制鼓励教师和学生探索创新策略和新颖的方法组合，并增强西北大学所有参与认知神经科学的人员的社区意识。教师通过正式的建议和评估、书面和口头科学交流的机会以及职业发展的其他方面定期监控学员的进步。培训使人们对科学中负责任的行为以及认知神经科学家在未来几十年将面临的伦理问题有了深刻的理解。该计划的主要目标是为将成为认知神经科学未来领导者的年轻科学家提供一流的综合培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract This proposal describes the continuation of the Training Program in the Neuroscience of Human Cognition at Northwestern University, a program currently in its initial 5-year funding cycle. A multidisciplinary group of 34 faculty preceptors has been assembled to participate in training the next generation of cognitive neuroscientists. These scientists conduct research exploring a wide variety of human cognitive functions, including language, memory, perception, attention, emotion, motivation, problem solving, action planning, social cognition, executive functions, aging, and development. The program is led by Ken Paller (Director) and Marsel Mesulam (Associate Director), with the assistance of an internal Steering Committee and an External Advisory Committee (Ron Mangun, Marcia Johnson, John Jonides, and Larry Squire). Each year a competitive selection process will identify 4 predoctoral students who have advanced to candidacy for the PhD and 4 postdoctoral trainees, typically for 2 years of support each. They will be joined each year by 3 predoctoral affiliate trainees who receive funding provided by Northwestern Graduate School. Trainees conduct their research under the guidance of one or more of the 34 preceptors from 6 of the separate schools and colleges that make up Northwestern University (Arts & Sciences, Communication, Education, Management, Medical School, and Music). Faculty have primary affiliations with the following departments: Communication Sciences and Disorders, Education, Finance, Linguistics, Music, Neurology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, and Radiology. Thus, the training program brings together a diverse set of perspectives on human neuroscience with a broad range of research and training opportunities. Trainees are selected on the basis of their proposed research activities, their future scientific potential, and the excellence of their prior coursework and scientific training. Mentorship from multiple faculty members is encouraged, particularly when the breadth of Cognitive Neuroscience research at Northwestern can be expanded through the kind of novel interdisciplinary approaches made possible when a student bridges the distinct areas of expertise of two mentors. Concerted efforts focus on including under- represented minorities and on fostering a diversity of perspectives. This funding mechanism encourages faculty and students to explore innovative strategies and novel methodological combinations, and it enhances the sense of community for all involved in cognitive neuroscience at Northwestern. Faculty regularly monitor the progress of trainees through formal advising and evaluations, opportunities for written and oral scientific communication, and other aspects of career development. Training instills a solid understanding of responsible conduct in science and of the ethical issues that will confront cognitive neuroscientists in the coming decades. A chief goal of the program is to provide top-rate comprehensive training to young scientists who will become future leaders in cognitive neuroscience.