NCU research projects, awarded 2011
In the second round, in 2011, 14 projects were awarded. As in the first round, granted projects establish new collaborations and promote crossing borders of classically distinct research areas.
Below a brief description of the various projects can be found:
Epigenetic modification of the stress response
Biological grounding of the unconscious human will: The role of the ventral striatum in outcome priming effects on motivated action
Proactive versus reactive inhibition in ADHD: Genetics, neurobiology and pharmacology
The human brain is a network
Imaging mental imagery in anorexia nervosa: A collaborative project from experimental psychopathology, neurobiology and neuroimaging
To hit your goal: towards understanding deficits in response selection
Neuronal Cell Screening Center (NCSC)-A microscopy-based screening platform for genes associated with psychiatric and neurologic disease
Discovering declarative memory: A multi-modal imaging approach in patients with ischemic stroke
How audible smiles affect speech comprehension
Controlling behavior using optogenetics
Finding new genes for ALS: a combined neuroimaging-neurogenetics approach
The Drum Language of Senegal – a Neurolinguistic Perspective
Stress on Stress in Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
How the brain differentiates between “on” and “above”: the neurocognition of topological and projective prepositions