Observing the Human Brain in Action
The Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC) is a vibrant neuroimaging research hub at the University of Maryland, College Park. Housed in a spacious facility in the Gudelsky Building, adjacent to the main College Park campus, the center has been designed to foster collaboration among neuroscientists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, engineers, and physicists. A special focus of the center is on understanding mechanisms of brain development and neural plasticity in typical and atypical populations, and in understanding the neural mechanisms underlying expert abilities that serve critical national priorities. The MNC is available to researchers from the University of Maryland and other regional centers.
MNC houses a state of the art research-dedicated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner, ideal for mapping brain structures and the location of brain activity.
Neuroethics Lecture on Responsible Conceptualization on November 20th
Dr. Arleen Salles will be giving a Neuroethics lecture for the NSF funded project EFRI BEGIN OI: Spatiotemporal Learning in 3D Neuronal Organoids. The lecture is titled Responsible Conceptualization: Thinking about Concepts in Research and Innovation. The lecture will...
Enabling Parents and Professionals to Monitor Children’s Brain Development
At a typical pediatric visit, parents are given information about their child’s height and weight, compared to that of other children, and are often shown a scale of their child’s growth on a national curve. Professor Tracy Riggins of the Department of Psychology in...
Weizhen Xie Receives 2025 Young Investigators Award
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) has named Department of Psychology (PSYC) Assistant Professor Weizhen “Zane” Xie one of its 2025 Young Investigator grantees—early-career scientists who are pursuing innovative studies in brain and behavior...
Dr. Yuqing Lei’s dissertation accepted for publication in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr. Lei completed her PhD in Psychology-Cognitive Neuroscience & Systems under the mentorship of Dr. Tracy Riggins in May 2024. Her dissertation has since been accepted for publication in the journal of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Preprints of...
Tracy Riggins Recognized
Faculty Mentor of the Year Award Congratulations to NACS faculty Tracy Riggins, Professor of Psychology, for receiving the 2024 Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award! This award recognizes faculty with outstanding achievement in mentoring students. More...
Hair, Hair for Equity in Neuroscience Research
Rachel Romeo, a University of Maryland assistant professor of education, wants to shine a light on kids’ early development—literally. Using a technique called Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), she beams light into...