Category: Lab News

Congratulations, Deanna! “The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) awarded her the 2024 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health for her seminal contributions to advancing our understanding of the developmental psychopathology and treatment of mental health disorders. The award was presented at the group’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 20. The […]

“[Todd] Braver notes that older Latinx adults are a vulnerable and understudied population, which might mean there is potential to put in place even more “protective factors” by teaching this group mindfulness practices. “We don’t know whether mindfulness can do that,” Braver cautioned, “but we want to test that possibility.”

Way to go! We are looking forward to seeing the outcomes of this research proposal. The project — “A computational cognitive neuroscience framework for attentional control traits and states (CCN-FACTS)” — is expected to span five years. Congratulations, Todd! http//source.wustl.edu/2023/09/braver-awarded-muri-grant-for-attention-control-strategies-research/

Mindfulness Science and Practice– a collaboration with the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures welcomed Dr. Doris Chang, Associate Professor in the NYU Silver School of Social Work, for a talk entitled “Building Bridges not Walls: Applying Lessons from Contemplative Science to Enhance Equity and Inclusion in the Classroom, Clinic, and Beyond.” A recording of the talk is available here: […]

Research in Braver and Ching labs could boost thinking, focus. https://artsci.wustl.edu/ampersand/research-braver-and-ching-labs-could-boost-thinking-focus

Congratulation to Brent Rappaport, Ph.D. on his successful dissertation defense! Come celebrate Dr. Rappaport’s success at Tower Grove Park on Sunday, May 23rd.  

Congratulations Deanna on your election to the AAAS. A very high and well-deserved honor for Deanna.  Her notice states: With your election, you join the company of notable members – from our founders John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Maria Mitchell, and Alexander Graham Bell.  Other distinguished members […]

    Congratulations to Nick and Linda Bloom. Their daughter, Lily Winter Bloom was born at 8:10 a.m. on Jan. 22 weighing in at 7 lbs. 5 ozs. Best wishes to all the Blooms!

Please find attached articles for background information on Jenny Zhang’s lab meeting presentation. Poldrack (2001) Martens Johnson 2005

L to R: Carol Cox, Kenacia Goings, Sahee Abdelmomin, Janelli Rodriguez, Mitch Jeffers, Emily Thomason, Katie Pereira, Jenny Crawford, Erin Moran, Debbie Yee, Bidhan Lamichhane, Catherine Tang, Michael Freund, and Alex Kizhner

For Deanna Barch’s Lab presentation To Save The Science Poster, Researchers Want To Kill It And Start Over    

Todd Braver received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Graduate Student Senate April, 2019. See more here   L to R: Peeta Li, Maria Gehred, Shelly Cooper, Mitch Jeffers, Alex Kizhner, Debbie Yee, Todd Braver (seated)

FOR 4/22 LAB MEETING – JOURNAL CLUB Yang et al. – 2019 – Task representations in neural networks trained to-2ml2ptw