Research Training Program in Cognitive Neurology

描述(由申请人提供)： 本申请申请资金，用于在贝丝以色列女执事医疗中心、尤维尔康复医院和哈佛大学建立最先进的认知神经学培训计划，重点放在研究上。婴儿潮一代进入中年后期，中风、头部损伤和感染后存活率提高，加上总体上预期寿命更高，导致越来越多的认知障碍患者。认知心理学和认知神经科学的持续卓有成效的工作导致了正常认知、情绪和行为功能的改进方法和更好的模型。这些进展正开始应用于人类认知障碍的研究。然而，神经认知模型和方法的显著复杂性要求进行掌握概念和适当使用工具的正式培训。申请这项培训资助的主要动机是为年轻的神经学家做好准备，以便在系统层面上对人类神经行为障碍进行最新研究，我们希望这最终将导致康复的改善。我们建议每年培训两名神经认知研究员，为期三年，从完成神经学住院医师的医学博士或医学博士学位申请者中挑选出来。临床和研究培训在三个相互关联的地点进行：认知神经科、心理学系和神经康复中心，与两个神经成像中心相联系。24名互动式教员(9名核心教员和15名辅助教员)具有认知神经学、认知神经科学、神经成像、老龄化和神经康复方面的专业知识，将在项目主任和执行委员会的指导下工作。训练的主要领域包括知觉、运动控制、语言、记忆、注意力、视觉认知、执行功能和发展，因为它们与正常受试者和神经认知受损患者有关。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funds for establishing a state of the art training program in Cognitive Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Youville Rehabilitation Hospital, and Harvard University with a focus on research. The arrival of the baby boom generation into late middle age and improved survival after stroke, head injury, and infection, together with a higher life expectancy in general, is resulting in growing numbers of individuals with cognitive impairment. Consistently productive work in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience has led to improved methodologies and better models of normal cognitive, emotional, and behavioral function. These advances are beginning to be applied to the study of human cognitive disorders. However, the marked complexity of the neurocognitive models and methodologies requires formal training for mastery of concepts and the appropriate use of tools. The main motivation for this training grant application is to prepare young neurologists for carrying out up-to-date research in human neurobehavioral disorders at the systems level, which we hope will ultimately result in improved rehabilitation. We propose to train two neurocognitive fellows per year for a period of three years selected from applicants with M.D. or M.D., Ph.D. degrees who have completed a neurology residency. Clinical and research training takes place at three linked sites: the Division of Cognitive Neurology, the Department of Psychology, and the Neurorehabilitation Center, linked to two Neuroimaging Centers . Twenty-four interactive faculty members (9 core, and 15 ancillary) with expertise in cognitive neurology, cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, aging, and neurorehabilitation, will work under the guidance of a Program Director and Executive Committee. Principal areas of training include perception, motor control, language, memory, attention, visual cognition, executive functions, and development, as they pertain to normal subjects and to neurocognitively impaired patients.