Rotman Research Institute/Baycrest
Post-Doc, Rotman Research Institute
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Tiffany Chow
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About
My current research focuses on changes in brain connectivity found in normal aging and in patients with dementia. Using a combination of neuroimaging and behavioral techniques, I am specifically interested in the interplay between two distinct ways of looking at the world and the neural systems supporting these modes of awareness. On one hand there is the conceptual world which most of us inhabit throughout the day, full of descriptions of events, links to our personal histories, likes and dislikes, and evaluations of people and things. On the other hand there is the experiential world, which keeps track of what's happening right now, how our bodies, thoughts and feelings change from moment to moment, a judgment-free awareness for monitoring current experiences and intentions. Developing techniques for observing both of these ways of looking at the world is important for understanding the brain in everyday life, but also for appreciating the different systems of thought whose supporting brain structures may compromised in cases of dementia.
Past research projects include the neural predictors of relapse in major depression, explaining how mindfulness training reduces the risk of such relapse, and more generally how biases in self-regulation are created and altered, both in terms of personal descriptions and scientific accounts or brain activity.
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