Welcome to the Aging Brain and Cognition Laboratory!

The ABC Lab is part of the Department of Behavioral Science at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.  Dr. Yang Jiang, Associate Professor, is the principal investigator of the ABC lab.  Our lab's research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying perception, cognition, and affect in healthy and clinical populations (e.g. patients with mild cognitive impairment or traumatic brain injury). Our laboratory is using approaches of behavior and cognitive neuroscience, such as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Event-Related Potentials (ERPs), and Magnetoencephalography (MEG). We collaborate closely with colleagues at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, the MRI Center(MRISC), and Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation.  Feel free to browse through our website to find out more about our research.  Check out the  Publications and Research pages to learn more about past studies.  Visit the People page to get to know the ABC Lab staff members.  Or look at the Volunteer page to discover how to be a part of the exciting work going on here at the ABC Lab. 

Congratulations

McKinley Heflin  Winning 2012 Spring Neuroscience Day Poster Award!    

The poster, co-authored with LS Broster, S Jenkins, A Shandera-Ochsner, M Edmundson, DK Powell, W High, & Y Jiang,  is tilted: Alterations of Brain Function during Working Memory in Military Veterans with Mild Brain Injury or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. 

Luke Broster  Winner! Poster Competition on Cognitive Science Day 2011.

In the News

Luke S Broster was interviewed by Alzforum  (Alzheimer Research Forum  Alzheimer's Association) in a piece titled: Do Measurable Changes in Brain Function Herald Dementia?

William Jones' publication in 2012 has made the Most Downloaded  Biological Psychology Articles.  Also see an interview with Bill at CBS Detroit