Advancing the understanding of brain function in health and disease.
Our Impact and Mission
The overarching goal of the Center for Brain and Health is to advance the understanding of brain function in health and disease, with a particular emphasis on disorders that are prevalent in the UAE. The strength of the Center lies in its ability to focus NYUAD’s existing but separate areas of expertise around two organizing principles: (1) Local Disorders and (2) Shared Methodology. Thus, each project improves our understanding of a locally prevalent disorder and leverages shared research methodology developed and curated by the Center.
Key Aims and Focus
Our key aims are to build the first normative brain health database in the MEAN region, and facilitate interdisciplinary research at the intersection of brain and health.
Our current research effects are focused on how brain functions are affected by multiple sclerosis and sleep and stress-related disorders.
News and Events
Center for Brain and Health (CBH) 2024/2025 Academic Year Kickoff Social Event
The Center for Brain and Health (CBH) was delighted to host the first CBH Social Event of 2024/2025 academic year, which took place at A2 atrium. The guests got together for a brief social event, engaged in conversations with people from different teams and enjoyed some refreshments.
Aperiodic Brain Activity to Track Sleep Dynamics
The Center for Brain and Health (CBH) was delighted to host a seminar with the guest speaker Zhongpeng Dai a PhD candidate from Southeast University China.
Abnormal Oscillations in Depressive Patients with Suicide Attempt Under an Emotional Expressions Recognition Task
The Center for Brain and Health (CBH) was delighted to host a seminar with the guest speaker Zhongpeng Dai a PhD candidate from Southeast University China.
Effective connectivity of working memory performance: a DCM study of MEG data
Visual working memory (WM) engages several nodes of a large-scale network that includes frontal, parietal, and visual regions; however, little is understood about how these regions interact to support WM behavior.
Individual differences in speed of processing and specific brain mechanisms
The brain organizes the continuous flow of sensory input by parsing it into discrete events. In the case of two flashes separated by a brief ISI, for example, perception may be of a single flash or two distinct flashes, depending on the ISI but also on the speed of processing.