Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course will provide a compressive overview of the cognitive neuroscience of aging. The overarching aim of this course will be to explore how brain structure and function change with age, and this affects how our cognition changes with age. The course will focus the challenges of cognitive aging research and the importance of integrate across different neuroscience methodologies (MRI, EEG, and some animal models) to understand the relationship between brain aging and cognition. The course includes coverage of many different topics, such as perception, memory, brain network organization, factors that promote ‘successful' brain aging, and age-related neurodegenerative conditions (Alzheimer's disease).