The projects below represent a slice of the previous research done at CUBIC.
PI: Professor S W Jacobson & Professor N Gaab
The study will use neuroimaging to examine neural correlates of reading impairment in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). During the first two years of the study, 163 adolescents, age 14-15 years, will each receive two scanning sessions on the same day. We plan to bring two children to the scanner on one day and to book a 4-hour slot, so that the first child can have lunch and a break during the second child’s first session, and the second child can have a break when the first child is scanned for the second time.
During the last three years of the study, 177 preschool children will receive scanning – they will only be in the scanner for one imaging session.
Closed
PI: Dr Samantha Brooks
Funded by: National Institute of Health
Neuroplasticity and methamphetamine abuse in South Africa
This study will correlate MA-abstinence outcomes from an 8-week contingency management (CM) program of voucher- based incentives using an escalating schedule that has been successfully implemented as an adjunct to MA treatment by our collaborators in the United States. Pre- and post- treatment neuroimaging and neurocognitive assessments will assist in identifying structures and/or processes that may represent targets for development of novel behavioural and/or medication therapies.
Closed