Brain Cognitive Function study

1996-2006

Univeristy of Pennsylvanoia Summer program

for minority high school students

The effect of a driving simulation on the prefrontal cortex

By Aiko Otsubo,Peuge Benjamin, Ron Hu and Aatif Iqbal

Jill’s Performance

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Protocol Pictograms-Pictures & symbols that can be translated to make phrases.

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Data Analysis• BV/ Oxy plots (guidelines for each section)

• Histograms (individual and averaged)100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

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Decision Making in Social Situations

Johnson Foundation Summer Research Program

Eric KildebeckPrateek Bhopale

Recognition of Emotion Through Faces

Ealy KoAziza Zakhidova

BRAIN COGNITIVE ACTIVITY IN BRAIN COGNITIVE ACTIVITY IN SOCIAL ISSUES WITH GENDER- SOCIAL ISSUES WITH GENDER- BASED DIFFERENCE.BASED DIFFERENCE.

Researchers : Usman Butt

Atif Afzal

Raj .D

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIE AND TRUE STATEMENTS

The Effects of Performance Anxiety on Motor Skills

FunctionAmmarah Iqbal and Monica Zhang

Johnson Research Foundation Summer ProgramAugust 16, 2002

Results #1Hypothesis: Fear Causes Activation in the Prefrontal

Cortex

Prefrontal Prefrontal CortexCortex

Limbic Limbic SystemSystem

Visual Visual CortexCortex

Prefrontal Prefrontal Cortex Cortex

Activated to Activated to Fear StimulusFear Stimulus

Areas of the Brain Areas of the Brain UsedUsed

Sample Subject – BV/OXY Plot (30 Scans After Sample Subject – BV/OXY Plot (30 Scans After Stimulus)Stimulus)

portable, safe, affordable and negligibly intrusive monitoring system which enables

the study of cortical activation-related hemodynamic changes in

natural environments and various field conditions

Functional Near-Infrared [fNIR] Spectroscopy(Drexel University Version)

Inhibition and excitation by social influences

Responses to emotional movies

From Thought to Action