Cognitive Neuroscience

Cognitive Neurosciences is the scientific study of the biological basis of cognitive functions with the aim of understanding the structure and function of the brain in health and disease. This is a relatively new area of brain science.

Institute scientists at the University of Newcastle are leading the five-year Minds in Transition (MinT) study, a project that investigates why young people transition from an ‘at-risk mental state’ to a first episode of psychosis.

Other Areas We Are Currently Exploring in This Area include:

• Sound and its influence on the brain
• Imaging genetics in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Learn More About
The Minds In Transition Study (MinT)
Key Institute Scientists- Cognitive Neuroscience

 

Survey results are in

Although finances, physical health and loneliness remain an issue, the Survey of High Impact Psychosis has revealed several areas of improvement in the past 12 years.