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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists tie improved learning processes to reduced symptoms of depression , articleVirginia Tech scientists have identified neural learning processes to be associated with symptoms of depression and linked improvements in these processes to improved symptoms in research participants being treated for depression.
Date: Jul 28, 2021 -
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New study shows how risk-averse teens sway peers to make safer choices , articlePrior studies have shown adolescents are likely to experiment along with friends who use drugs and alcohol. But do friends who avoid risks have similar influential power? In a new study, Virginia Tech neuroscientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC show that observing peers making sound decisions may help teenagers avoid risky situations.
Date: Nov 30, 2020 -
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Fulbright fellowship awarded to VTCRI research assistant , articleBrennan Delattre will research the mental health benefits of cooperative movement in Niterói, Brazil.
Date: Aug 07, 2018 -
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Scientists find heightened attention to surprise in veterans with PTSD , articleA new study found that people with PTSD have an increased learning response to surprising events compared to people without PTSD.
Date: Jan 10, 2018 -
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Institute Scholars' research crosses the globe and disciplines , articleThe Scholars Program from the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment is designed to support faculty in strengthening the proposals for external funding, the collection of preliminary data, and other proposal development activities.
Date: Feb 07, 2017 -
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NIH’s alcohol addiction research programs leader will speak at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute , articleGeorge Koob, the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, will discuss the neurocircuitry of alcohol addiction at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
Date: Jan 17, 2017 -
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Summer Scholars program supports interdisciplinary research , articleThe Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment funds the summer grant program. This year's recipients will study everything from emotion socialization in Appalachia to food security and sovereignty in Guatemala.
Date: Jul 20, 2016 -
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Brain scanning reveals that birds of a feather really do flock together , articleIn a study using functional magnetic resonance imaging, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists found that our inherent risk-taking preferences affect how we view and act on information from other people.
Date: May 19, 2015 -
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Scientists find possible neurobiological basis for tradeoff between honesty, self-interest , articleA team of scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and the University of California at Berkeley used economic games to study how the brain makes choices about honesty.
Date: Sep 23, 2014 -
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Graduate student at Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute to attend Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences , articleNina Lauharatanahirun, a Virginia Tech doctoral student in psychology who is doing her research at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, was recently selected to attend the Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences.
Date: Jul 15, 2014 -
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Risky business: Scientists seek to identify predictors of risky behaviors among teenagers , articleWhat makes the adolescent brain so susceptible to taking risks? Virginia Tech scientists are recruiting as many as 150 teenagers to help them find out.
Date: May 22, 2014 -
Article ItemPowerful scanners for brain research to be delivered at Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute in Roanoke , article
A magnetic resonance imaging machine (MRI) being delivered on Nov. 17 to the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Date: Nov 11, 2010