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SUMMARY:Studying the neural mechanisms of attention and memory in childhoo
 d - Dr Duncan Astle\,Programme Leader Track\, MRC Cognition and Brain Scie
 nces Unit\, Research Associate St. John’s College\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20150303T163000Z
DTEND:20150303T180000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:Attentional or cognitive control enables us to regulate and op
 timise our cognition and behaviour. These mechanisms are\ncritical in chil
 dhood\, because they support children’s ability to learn and are impaire
 d in neurodevelopmental disorders. These\ncontrol mechanisms are heavily d
 ependent upon co-ordinated activity across distributed brain areas (termed
  functional\nconnectivity)\, that integrates information about evolving ta
 sk goals with relevant sensory input or motor output. It is\nfundamentally
  important that we understand how dynamic patterns of neural activity are 
 coordinated across brain areas\,\nbecause of its critical role in cognitio
 n. As yet\, however\, we know little about these underlying neural mechani
 sms or theirdevelopmental courses. We know even less about the sources of 
 variation in control mechanisms\, the extent to which they can underlie de
 velopmental disorders\, or the possibilities of their modification through
  intervention. I will present data inwhich we use the dynamic electrical a
 ctivity recorded using MEG to explore the underlying neurophysiological ba
 sis of functional connectivity in childhood\, the extent to which it under
 pins differences in working memory capacity across children and whether th
 ese mechanisms can be augmented by targeted interventions.\n______________
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