Amnesia myth challenged as researchers parse regions of the brain
Damage to the brain’s hippocampus may result in more severe loss of personal memory than originally thought, according to a study led by York Professor Shayna Rosenbaum. The hippocampus is an area...
View ArticleYork psychology prof awarded 2010 Sloan Research Fellowship
York psychology prof awarded 2010 Sloan Research Fellowship York psychology Professor Shayna Rosenbaum has been awarded a 2010 Sloan Research Fellowship, which she says will help take her work on...
View ArticleYork hosts its first Neuroscience Research Day
The first cohort of students graduating from York’s Neuroscience Graduate Diploma Program will present their leading-edge research today as part of the University’s first Neuroscience Research Day. The...
View ArticleFaculty of Health Awards 2010 Awarding its Faculty Members of Excellence
Congratulations go out to our exceptional faculty members in receiving their Faculty of Health Awards this year. The Faculty of Health Awards was created to recognize the excellence of individual...
View ArticlePeople with amnesia can make future choices, researchers say
People with episodic amnesia, stemming from damage to their brain’s hippocampus, may no longer be able to imagine their future, but they can still make decisions about it, a finding that surprised York...
View ArticleResearchers partner with e-training company to study memory and learning
How do you best remember what you’ve learned in an employee training course? That’s what York psychology Professor Shayna Rosenbaum, an expert on the psychological processes of learning and memory, and...
View ArticleMost studied brain in the world: Cranium of man who couldn’t make new...
When part of his brain was surgically removed in 1953 to cure his seizures, accidentally leaving him unable to make new memories, Connecticut labourer Henry Gustav Molaison became psychology’s greatest...
View ArticleCSBBSC Early Career Award 2014: Shayna Rosenbaum
Shayna Rosenbaum, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, was awarded the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBSC) Early Career Award for 2014 for her research...
View ArticleShayna Rosenbaum receives CSBBCS Early Career Award 2014
York psychology Professor Shayna Rosenbaum is the 2014 recipient of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) Early Career Award for her research on learning and memory...
View ArticleTwo York professors receive President’s Research Awards
Two York researchers have been honoured with 2015 President’s Research Awards. Professor Sergey Krylov, Faculty of Science, has been selected as the recipient of the President’s Research Excellence...
View ArticleYork University celebrates its leading researchers
York University celebrated its leading researchers last Wednesday for their outstanding achievements during the third annual York U Research Leaders celebration. Hosted by York University President and...
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