
Karen Li completed her doctoral studies in 1996 at University of Toronto, followed by post-doctoral fellowships at Duke University in North Carolina and the Max Planck Institute for Lifespan Development in Berlin, Germany. She joined the Psychology department at Concordia University in 2000 and is presently a Full Professor of Psychology, with a research focus on cognitive aging, and the role of executive functions in multitasking, gait, and posture. She directs the Laboratory for Adult Development and Cognitive Aging, and has received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and Fonds de recherche du Québec. She is a member of the PERFORM Centre for preventive health research, the Centre for Research in Human Development, and the engAGE Centre for Studies of Aging.
Sessions in which Karen Li participates
- Targeted executive function training to improve mobility and cognition in older adults
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
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Sessions in which Karen Li attends
- Opening remarks
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Will adding long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to the diet of a 'new moms' help her baby’s immune system develop?
- 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | 45 minutes
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- Personalized fNIRS to monitor and reconstruct brain activity in realistic lifestyle conditions
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
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- Clinical translation of diffuse optical methods
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
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- Cardiovascular fitness does not influence relationships among sex, cortical thickness and overweight in aging
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Round Table / Q & A
- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | 15 minutes
- Sexual dimorphism in clock gene function in the striatum
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
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- Circadian Rhythms and Sleep: Implications for Neurologic and Metabolic Health
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
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- Quantifying connectivity: Applications across the lifespan
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
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- Age Differences in Motor and 'Non-Motor' Brain Regions Correlate with Motor Function
- 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | 45 minutes
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- Round Table / Q & A
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
- Student poster presentations
- 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 30 minutes
- Beyond the medicine cabinet: Non-pharmacological approaches to treat cognitive-motor disorders
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
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- Round Table / Q & A
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 15 minutes