Deborah Cross

Concordia

Sessions in which Deborah Cross attends

Monday 10 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Opening remarks

15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Graham Carr, Concordia University (Speaker)

Habib Benali, Concordia University (Speaker)

2:00 PM

Cardiovascular fitness does not influence relationships among sex, cortical thickness and overweight in aging

15 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Brittany Intzandt (Presenter)

Tuesday 11 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Sleep and cognitive health: neural mechanisms and clinical perspectives

15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Thien Thanh Dang-Vu MD, PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

Sleep is important for memory consolidation and cognitives performances during the day. There is increasing evidence that brain o...

10:45 AM

Student poster presentations

30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

The following posters will be presented:10:45am-10:50amThe Belief in Health Benefits of Digital Play Modulates Physiologic...

1:00 PM

Sexual dimorphism in clock gene function in the striatum

15 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Shimon Amir PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

Circadian clock genes are widely expressed in mammalian brain. Despite considerable knowledge about the role of these genes in the generation of...

Wednesday 12 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:15 AM

Age Differences in Motor and 'Non-Motor' Brain Regions Correlate with Motor Function

45 minutes, 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Rachael Seidler, University of Florida (Keynote speaker)

With aging, there are declines in sensorimotor functions such as fine motor control, gait and balance. Moreover, the largest age differences in ...

1:00 PM

Targeted executive function training to improve mobility and cognition in older adults

15 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Karen Li PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

Safe mobility is vital to the functional independence of older adults. Executive functions such as working memory updating and dividing attention p...

2:15 PM

Presentation of awards

15 minutes, 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Thursday 13 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

1:00 PM

PERFORM multidisciplinary research

2 hours, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Panel

Join us to learn about the multidisciplinary research taking place at the PERFORM Centre from Concordia’s top scientists. The student scientific...