Research Interests
I am interested in neural mechanisms of cognitive aging. In my research, I use noninvasive imaging techniques such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). I examine cross-sectional differences and longitudinal changes in regional brain volumes and relationships between these changes and measures of cognitive performance in healthy adults.
Teaching
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Cognitive aging.
Recent Publications
Articles:
Rodrigue, KM & Raz, N. (2004). Shrinkage of the entorhinal cortex over five years predicts memory performance in healthy adults. The Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 956.963.
Raz, N., Rodrigue, KM, Kennedy, KM, & Acker, J.D. (2004). Hormone replacement therapy and age-related brain shrinkage: regional effects.NeuroReport, 15, 2531-2534.
Erickson, KI, Colcombe, SJ, Raz, N., Korol, DL., Scalf, P., Webb, A., Cohen, NJ, McAuley, E., Kramer, AF., (2005). Selective sparing of brain tissue in postmenopausal women receiving hormone replacement therapy. Neurobiology of Aging, 26, 1205-1213.
Kennedy, KM, & Raz, N. (2005). Age, sex, and regional brain volumes predict perceptual-motor skill acquisition. Cortex, 41, 560-569.
Rodrigue, K.M., Kennedy, KM, & Raz., N. (2005). Aging and longitudinal change in perceptual-motor skill acquisition in healthy adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B, P174-181.
Thornton, W.J.L & Raz, N. (2005). Aging and the role of working memory resources in visuospatial attention. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, in press.
Raz, N., Lindenberger, U., Rodrigue, K.M., Kennedy, K.M., Head, D. Williamson, A., Dahle, C., Gerstorf, D., & Acker, J.D. (2005).
Regional brain changes in aging healthy adults: General trends, individual differences, and modifiers. Cerebral Cortex, in press.
Raz., N & Rodrigue, K.M., Differential Aging of the Brain: Patterns, Cognitive Correlates and Modifiers. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, in press.
Chapters:
Raz, N. (2004).The aging brain observed in vivo: Differential changes and their modifiers. Chapter 2 in R. Cabeza, L. Nyberg, & D. C. Park (Eds.), Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging: Linking Cognitive and Cerebral Aging. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.17-55.
Raz, N. (2005). Ageing and the Brain. In: Nature Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. London: Nature Publishing Group. http://www.els.net/ doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0004063
Grants
Principal Investigator:
National Institute on Aging, grant 2R37AG011230 Neural Correlates and Modifiers of Cognitive Aging. Funding period: 7/1/05-6/30/10, direct costs: $2,090,389 direct costs, a MERIT award.
National Institute on Aging, grant R03-AG024630 .Hemodynamic predictors of brain and cognitive aging.. $117,000 direct costs, funding period September 15, 2004 . September 14, 2006
Co-Investigator:
National Institute of Aging grant R01-AG18008 "Aging, fitness and neurocognitive function." Art Kramer, University of Illinois, PI) Funding period 3/1/02-2/28/05
Education
1979-1985 Ph.D. Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin.
1976-1979 B.A., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
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