On Jan. 26, Canada’s largest fundraising campaign for mental health awareness will spark conversations related to mental health issues across the nation. The following experts from Western University are available to media for comment on a wide range of mental health...
Brain and Mind Institute
Learning loss expert available to comment on school closures
Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience & Learning Disorders says the true cost of the pandemic on children’s learning may only be evident in years to come.
Study shows smiling makes you look older, unless you’re old already
Smiling makes you look older, according to research by neuroscientists at Western and Ben-Gurion University in Israel. But if you’re already over 60, smiling doesn’t appear to change the way your age is perceived.
New study makes sense of sensory processing in children with autism
A new study from Western University shows that grouping sensory abilities helps better support kids with autism spectrum disorder.
Key to safer hockey helmets: Mitigating for angle and ‘torque’ of impact
Western engineers have found latest in hockey helmet technology could be improved to withstand indirect hits to the head.
Research refutes bilingual advantage in children
Western neuroscientists show bilingual advantage in children is propped up by weak evidence and bias in the reporting of scientific findings.
A (Not So) Quiet Place: Voices become familiar with just 10 minutes of training
New research from Brain and Mind Institute and UCL suggests people may need to concentrate on the art of conversation more than ever following pandemic lockdowns.
‘Sounding it out’ not so easy for children with dyslexia
Western cognitive neuroscientists using MRI discovered a biological deficit for some early readers that impairs the ability to sound words out.
Grasping the world is not the same as understanding it
A new study from Western’s renowned Brain and Mind Institute shows that when humans reach out and grab things, they do not rely on the same visual cues that are used to perceive an object’s size. Images of people and objects projected onto human eyes are constantly...
Brain Study explores lasting impacts of COVID-19
Neuroscientists exploring the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on the brain hope their newest study will provide answers for health-care professionals and improved care for millions of patients around the globe. The COVID-19 Brain Study looks to recruit 50,000 individuals...
Global study examines pregnancy and stress during COVID-19 pandemic
Pregnancies, at the best of times, are stressful. When the world is experiencing a global pandemic, human response to risk -- real or perceived -- is undoubtedly heightened. A new study from Western University will investigate how mothers are dealing with stress...
Despite social and employment benefits, bilingualism does not make you ‘smarter’
Being bilingual does not improve general mental ability, according to a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Western University’s renowned Brain and Mind Institute. More than 11,000 participants from around the world completed 12 online cognitive tests that...