Neuroscience People
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Area of Reseach |
Department/Unit |
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Studies visual attention, perception, and memory using behavioural measures
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Psychology
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| Emma Allen-Vercoe | Studies how the gut microbiome interacts with the central nervous system and how alterations can lead to such disorders including autism spectrum disorder | MCB |
| Craig Bailey | Research is focussed on the development of the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus and linking abnormal development to diseases | Biomed |
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Research program combines the fields of evolutionary biology, animal behaviour, social psychology, mathematical game theory, and experimental economics
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Psychology
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| Leah Bent | Research focuses on developing an understanding of where posture is controlled and what sensory information contributes to successful movement and equilibrium | HHNS |
| Nicolas Bernier | Research focuses on identifying and understand the pathways by which stressors are perceived, processed and transduced into a neuroendocrine response | IB |
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Research uses a multidisciplinary approach to study various regulatory and modulatory aspects of social behavior
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Psychology
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| Colour categorization, cognitive science and its foundations, culture and cognition, the evolution of culture, experimental philosophy |
Psychology
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| Giannina Descalzi | Multidisciplinary approach to determine causal relationships between circuit level changes in gene expression and behavioural pathology focusing on chronic pain | Biomed |
| Howard Dobson | Diagnostic imaging in orthopaedics and neurology | Clinical Studies |
| Mark Fenske | Research combines neuroimaging techniques with studies of human behaviour to examine factors that are critical for healthy cognitive and emotional functioning | Psychology |
| Chris Fiacconi | Research uses a combination of behavioural experiments and psychophysiological measures to investigate cognition-emotion interactions | Psychology |
| Andreas Heyland | Research focuses on understanding molecular and physiologcal mechanisms underlying life history transitions and their evolution in marine invertebrates | IB |
| Nina Jones | Research focuses on defining eukaryotic signal transduction pathways, and investigating how mutations in components of these pathways can contribute to disease | MCB |
| Fiona James | Research focuses on comparative epilepsy using electroencephalography, translational genetics and neuroimaging to develop better treatments | Clinical Studies |
| Bettina Kalisch | Research focuses on trying to elucidate the mechanisms involved with gene regulation that are important in cholinergic neuron function and Alzheimer's disease | Biomed |
| Fred Leberge | Studies evolution of the neural substrate of behaviour by highlighting similarities and differences in brain pathways that organize behaviour in different vertebrates | IB |
| Jasmin Lalonde | Research aims to elucidate novel effectors and mechanisms that contribute to the development and/or plasticity of neuronal cells | MCB |
| Francesco Leri | Investigates psychological and neuropharmacological mechanisms involved in the department, persistence and recurrence of behaviours reinforced rewards | Psychology |
| David Ma | Research focuses on developing a better understanding of how dietary fats influence health and disease, emphasizing prevention of chronic disease | HHNS |
| Neil MacLusky | Research focuses on the mechanisms involved in hormone action in the brain with an emphasis on sex differences | Biomed |
| Harvey Marmurek | Research focuses on repetition effects on memory and the interplay of visual and verbal processes in facial recognition | Psychology |
| Georgia Mason | Research focuses on developing a better understanding of why some species, strains and individuals cope poorly with captivity, while others adapt well | Animal Biosci |
| Robert McLaughlin | Research involved using the movements of animals to assess the significance that individual behaviour has for the biology of populations and communities | IB |
| Dan Meegan | Research program explores cognitive tendencies that prevent people from making sensible choices | Psychology |
| Jennifer Murray | Research focuses on the idea that drugs of abuse have the power to alter behaviours and shift priorities, focusing of promotion of rehabilitation | Psychology |
| Lee Niel | Research investigates ways to limit pain, distress and aggression for companion animals | Population Med |
| Linda Parker | Research combines psychological, pharmacolgoical and neurobiologcal insights to understand processes of learning, emotion, sickness and addiction | Psychology |
| Jenna Penney | Neuroscience program Coordinator and Instructor - can contact for anything remotely related to Neuroscience, Office: SSC3316/ Ph. Ex. 53448 | MCB |
| Melissa Perreault | Uses an integrative approach to research conbining cell and system research with animal behaviour to gain insights into the mechanisms of disease | Biomed |
| Scott Ryan | Research focuses on stem cell based models of Parkinson's disease and the effect of mitochondrial stress on the nervous system during diseased states | MCB |
| Tarek Saleh | Investigating the role of hormones in functional neuroprotection from neurodegenerative diseases such as stroke | Biomed |
| Shaun Sanders | Studies how neurons use the protein-lipid modification palmitoylation to target proteins to specific subcellular locations in neurons and how it contributes to neuropathological conditions. | MCB |
| John Srbely | Studies chronic pain and joint function associated with aging and chronic musculoskeletal diseases such as osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia | HHNS |
| Kristel Thomassin | Research focuses on ways in which the family system contributes to children's development of (mal)adaptive emotions skills and the role this plays is psychopathology | Psychology |
| Lana Trick | Research centres on the stsudy of attention and working memory and how attention and memory operations change as individuals age | Psychology |
| Franco Vaccarino | University of Guelph President and Vice Chancellor | Psychology |
| Terry Van Raay | Studies neurodevelopment in zebrafish focusing on WNT signalling pathways | MCB |
| John Vessey | Research focuses on investigating carious proteins that are important for RNA regulation during brain development | MCB |
| Tina Widowski | Studies relationshi[s among an animal's environment, behaviour and physiology; particularly focusing on poultry | Animal Biosci |
| Boyer Winters | Research focuses on investigating the neurobiology of cognition, with an emphasis on learning and memory | Psychology |
| John Zettel | Research combines biomechanics and visiomotor control to examine how postural control is integrated and coordinator with voluntary movement | HHNS |