Training Program in Human Cognitive Neuroscience

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学认知神经科学项目， 伯克利分校（UCB）经历了一个突然的增长，重点是人类的领域 研究与任命两名行为神经学家作为充分 心理学系教授（Mark D？埃斯波西托， 威尔斯脑成像中心和罗伯特奈特），并由高级任命 认知神经心理学家（林恩罗伯逊）。因此，有3个完全 由高级研究人员在校园内运行的新实验室， 人类认知神经科学方面的研究， 在校园里进行了一次重点调查一种认知的发展 UCB的神经科学研究生培训计划进展迅速， 在这方面的培训大大增加。为了满足需求，我们 要求每年资助8名研究生。学员将参与 在UCB校园和退伍军人办公室的培训活动中 Martinez（VA）的医疗设施，其中12个活跃的实验室继续 专注于认知神经科学研究。两者之间的联系 机构在这方面特别强大。的优势之一 该计划是其教师的跨学科背景， 培训的跨学科性质。另一个优势是， 该计划提供了一个广泛的认知缺陷， 神经结构和神经化学异常的 神经系统完整和神经系统受损个体的研究 通过行为、电生理和神经成像测量仪， 认识到该领域的广度和整合的必要性， 汇聚证据申请UCB研究生课程的人有一些 最高资格的国家，并从学员中挑选 接受的学生将强调专业和科学的潜力 成功UCB对健康和神经科学做出了重大承诺， 未来十年，有充分的理由相信， 像本申请中所讨论的那样的翻译培训只会增长。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): The cognitive neuroscience program at UC, Berkeley (UCB) has experienced an abrupt growth in areas focused on human research with the appointments of two behavioral neurologists as Full Professors in the Department of Psychology (Mark D?Esposito, Director of the Wills Brain Imaging Center and Robert Knight) and by the appointment of senior cognitive neuropsychologist (Lynn Robertson). As a result there are 3 fully functioning new laboratories run by senior investigators on campus that focus on human cognitive neuroscience in addition to several preexisting laboratories across campus with a focus in this area. The development of a cognitive neuroscience graduate training program at UCB has been swift, and the demand for training in this area has multiplied greatly. To help meet the demand, we are requesting support for 8 graduate students per year. Trainees will engage in training activities at both the UCB campus and the Office of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Martinez (VA) where 12 active laboratories continue to focus on cognitive neuroscience research. The link between the two institutions is exceptionally strong in this area. One of the strengths of the program is the interdisciplinary background of its faculty and the interdisciplinary nature of training. Another strength is the access the program affords to observe a wide range of cognitive deficits associated with neural abnormalities, both structural and neurochemical in nature. The investigation of neurologically intact and neurologically impaired individuals with behavioral, electrophysiological and neuroimaging measurers gives students an appreciation of the breadth of the field and necessity for integration and converging evidence. Applicants to graduate programs at UCB have some of the highest qualifications in the country, and selection of trainees from among the accepted students will emphasize the potential for professional and scientific success. UCB has made a substantial commitment to health and neuroscience in the coming decade, and there is every reason to believe that the demand for translational training like that discussed in this application, will only grow.