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 PhD participates
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- Targeted executive function training to improve mobility and cognition in older adults
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Safe mobility is vital to the functional independence of older adults. Executive functions such as working memory updating and dividing attention p...
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Sessions in which Karen Li PhD attends
- Investigating Remotely Delivered Strategies that Promote Physical Activity Participation in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Scoping Review
- The effects of physical inactivity among older adults have been established as a "public health crisis" because of their heightened risk of cardiov...
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9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Opening remarks
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- 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
- The majority of immune development and the ability to ‘tolerate’ food proteins occurs after birth, during the period when most infants’ are cons...
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1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Personalized fNIRS to monitor and reconstruct brain activity in realistic lifestyle conditions
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- In this talk, we will present our recent developments in the context of Personalized functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (fNIRS) investigatio...
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1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Clinical translation of diffuse optical methods
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) are two established techniques which allow monitoring brain health ...
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2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Cardiovascular fitness does not influence relationships among sex, cortical thickness and overweight in aging
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 15 minutes
2:15 PM
2:15 PM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | 15 minutes
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Sexual dimorphism in clock gene function in the striatum
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Circadian clock genes are widely expressed in mammalian brain. Despite considerable knowledge about the role of these genes in the generation of...
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1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Circadian Rhythms and Sleep: Implications for Neurologic and Metabolic Health
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Sleep and circadian disturbances are common and represent risk factors for the development of some of the most prevalent and challenging chronic...
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9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Quantifying connectivity: Applications across the lifespan
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Regional brain function is determined by its local structure and connectivity. I will present work from our lab that strives to quantify connect...
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9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Age Differences in Motor and 'Non-Motor' Brain Regions Correlate with Motor Function
- 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | 45 minutes
- With aging, there are declines in sensorimotor functions such as fine motor control, gait and balance. Moreover, the largest age differences in ...
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
- Student poster presentations
- 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:10:45am-10:50amMeasurement of Centre of Pressure using the Wii Balance Board in Older Adu...
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Beyond the medicine cabinet: Non-pharmacological approaches to treat cognitive-motor disorders
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Disorders of gait and cognition are central to many age related conditions and diseases. While there are medications available to treat some of ...
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2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 15 minutes