We spoke with Dr. Brittany Cassidy, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She shares the journey of receiving a 2018 SRNDNA Pilot Grant Award and explains her research on how perceptions can change with additional information. Dr. Cassidy received UNCG's Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor award in 2023 and describes what she enjoys most when mentoring students.
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Dr. Todd Braver
We spoke with Dr. Todd Braver, a professor of psychological and brain sciences, radiology, and neuroscience at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Braver is also the William R. Stuckenberg Professor in Human Values and Moral Development. He shares his mentoring experiences and what it's like co-leading a lab. Dr. Braver also discusses the many aspects of his cognitive control research and his new collaboration examining the impacts of mindfulness training.
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Dr. Marilyn Horta
We spoke with Dr. Marilyn Horta, an active member of the SRNDNA network since 2015. She's also received SRNDNA's Collaboration and Open Data awards. In this episode, Dr. Horta discusses the research associated with the Open Data Award and her study on age differences in trust-related decision making and learning. Dr. Horta is now an applied research scientist at the Moffitt Cancer Center's Tobacco Research and Intervention Program (TRIP) where she uses mobile health interventions for mindfulness-based stress reduction and to help people stop smoking.Link from the conversation:AARP Fraud Watch Network: https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/about-fraud-watch-network/Please note:OpenfMRI should be OpenNeuro: openneuro.org
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Data Management and Sharing Policy with Drs. Luke Stoeckel and David V. Smith
In 2023 NIH created the Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy for all new applications. Dr. Luke Stoeckel, SRNDNA’s NIA Program Officer, and Dr. David V. Smith, an Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University, discuss the policy, the importance of sharing data, and the difficulties getting data into a sharable format.
David's helpful resources/websites for psychology/neuroscience data sharing:
https://bids.neuroimaging.io
https://neurostars.org
https://open-brain-consent.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
Luke's top 10 tips for those new to data sharing:
https://sites.utdallas.edu/srndna/2025/02/03/10-tips-for-nih-dms-policy-newbies/
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Dr. Jennifer Crawford
Join us as we speak with Dr. Jennifer Crawford, a postdoctoral fellow in the Neurochemistry and Cognition Lab at Brandeis University. We discuss Dr. Crawford's 2019 SRNDNA Pilot Grant Award and how it set the course for her research career. She also explains Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and how she uses daily life monitoring in her studies to get a more accurate glimpse into participants' lives and activities.
Learn about the research scientists associated with the Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging (SRNDNA) and their impact on decision making, aging, Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias, and/or health disparities.
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