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Congratulations to Amanda Laverdiere, CARE Lab’s undergraduate lab manager, who was awarded a CLAS Research and Creative Activities Fellowship that provided $1000 towards a research stipend and conference travel!

Angel Boeve presents pilot data that suggests that MUSIC training provides cognitive, emotional, and social benefits at INS in New York, NY.

Dr. MacAulay was awarded the 2019-2020 CLAS Pre-Tenure Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship for her proposal titled “The Maine-Aging Behavior Learning Enrichment (M-ABLE) Project: Understanding Resiliency in Cognitive Aging”

Undergraduate student Amanda Laverdiere presents poster on “The Relationships Between Income and Education on Cognitive Function in Older Adults” at New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Annual Meeting in Worcester, MA.

The CARE lab’s Maine-Aging Behavior Learning Enrichment (M-ABLE) study is featured in the UMaine Research News

Read more here: As Maine’s older adult population grows, research on aging is crucial

Amy Halpin presents “Individual Differences in Affective Traits Role in Physical and Cognitive Performance” at the National Academy Neuropsychology Conference in New Orleans, LA.

Learn more about this study here: https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acy061.16

Dr. Rebecca MacAulay is honored to be awarded a National Academy of Neuropsychology Clinical Research Trial grant

Dr. Rebecca MacAulay is honored to be awarded a National Academy of Neuropsychology Clinical Research Trial grant for her proposed study titled, “Comparing Neuropsychological Test Scores from the NIH Toolbox to Gold-Standard Cognitive Measures in Socioeconomically Diverse Older Adults.” This study will test the concurrent and discriminant validity of the NIHTB-CB fully computerized (Apple iPad) […]

Cognition Aging Resiliency Enhancement

Congratulations to Amanda Laverdiere, CARE Lab’s undergraduate lab manager, who was awarded a CLAS Research and Creative Activities Fellowship that provided $1000 towards a research stipend and conference travel!

Angel Boeve presents pilot data that suggests that MUSIC training provides cognitive, emotional, and social benefits at INS in New York, NY.

Dr. MacAulay was awarded the 2019-2020 CLAS Pre-Tenure Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship for her proposal titled “The Maine-Aging Behavior Learning Enrichment (M-ABLE) Project: Understanding Resiliency in Cognitive Aging”

Undergraduate student Amanda Laverdiere presents poster on “The Relationships Between Income and Education on Cognitive Function in Older Adults” at New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Annual Meeting in Worcester, MA.

The CARE lab’s Maine-Aging Behavior Learning Enrichment (M-ABLE) study is featured in the UMaine Research News

Amy Halpin presents “Individual Differences in Affective Traits Role in Physical and Cognitive Performance” at the National Academy Neuropsychology Conference in New Orleans, LA.

Dr. Rebecca MacAulay is honored to be awarded a National Academy of Neuropsychology Clinical Research Trial grant

Jessica Champagne presents at UMaine Student Symposium and wins award for best presentation!

Amy Halpin presents the MUSIC project feasibility data at INS in Washington, DC

Angel Boeve presents on Gait and Depression in MCI at INS in Washington, DC