Dr. Janata's research into music and memory featured in Wall Street Journal Online
Welcome
The Center for Mind and Brain is a UC Davis research initiative bringing together world-class scientists with the latest technology to learn how the human mind works and to teach the techniques and tools to the next generation of researchers.
Our core research areas include:
• attention and visual cognition
• audio-visual integration
• music
• language and neurolinguistics
• cognitive and neurocognitive development
• disorders of mind and brain
• short-term and long-term memory
Some of our current research applications include:
• effects of meditation on the brain
• interplay between music and memory
• how children with autism and Fragile X process information
• development of morality in children
• neurobiology of sign languages
• what optical illusions say about vision
• effects of aging on the brain, including Alzheimer's
The tools we use include:
• functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
• event related potentials (ERP) from EEG
• transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
• eye tracking
• behavioral testing
• optical tracking
Exploring the Mind Speaker Series - Dr. Paul Ekman, UC San Francisco