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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s 2021 Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series starts Jan. 29 , articleThe seminar series, presented virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, is intended primarily for an academic audience but is open to all members of the Virginia Tech community as well as the public. Events in the program, set for Friday at 11 a.m. of most weeks, offer the expertise of a wide range of scientists exploring frontiers in biomedical research.
Date: Jan 28, 2021 -
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New study shows how risk-averse teens sway peers to make safer choices , articlePrior studies have shown adolescents are likely to experiment along with friends who use drugs and alcohol. But do friends who avoid risks have similar influential power? In a new study, Virginia Tech neuroscientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC show that observing peers making sound decisions may help teenagers avoid risky situations.
Date: Nov 30, 2020 -
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Scientists find dopamine, serotonin have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain , articleIn first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known neurochemicals — dopamine and serotonin — are at work at sub-second speeds to shape how people perceive the world and take action based on their perception.
Date: Oct 12, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech graduate students selected to join competitive Society for Neuroscience program , articleAmnah Eltahir and Alyssa Brunal-Brown, Virginia Tech graduate students at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, were accepted into the Society for Neuroscience’s fellowship and associate programs, respectively.
Date: Jun 11, 2019 -
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Judges, neuroscientists consider how science and criminal justice converge at Roanoke neurolaw conference , articleNeuroscientists and addiction experts at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC believe that emerging neuroscientific discoveries could complement criminal justice.
Date: May 02, 2019 -
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VTCRI researchers find positive effects of early education intervention four decades later , articleNew research published in Nature Communications, led by Read Montague, of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, suggests that participants who received educational interventions in early childhood show positive effects on social decision-making more than four decades later.
Date: Nov 20, 2018 -
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Fulbright fellowship awarded to VTCRI research assistant , articleBrennan Delattre will research the mental health benefits of cooperative movement in Niterói, Brazil.
Date: Aug 07, 2018 -
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VTCRI researcher to deliver internationally renowned Dorcas Cummings Memorial Lecture , articleRead Montague will become the 41st person to present the annual Dorcas Cummings Memorial Lecture on June 2 at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposium on Quantitative Biology, Brains, and Behavior: Order and Disorder in the Nervous System.
Date: May 30, 2018 -
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Keep calm and carry on: VTCRI scientists make first serotonin measurements in humans , articleScientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have begun to unravel how serotonin acts, based on data collected in a first-of-its-kind experiment that utilized electrochemical probes implanted into the brain of awake human beings.
Date: May 01, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute partners with INSIGHTEC to research focused ultrasound technology , articleThrough this collaboration, the institute became the company’s first nonclinical research site.
Date: Jan 29, 2018 -
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Scientists find heightened attention to surprise in veterans with PTSD , articleA new study found that people with PTSD have an increased learning response to surprising events compared to people without PTSD.
Date: Jan 10, 2018 -
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Researchers find that brain imagery shows difference between knowing or reckless behavior in criminal acts , articleScientists and lawyers speak different languages, but there is common ground. Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists working in a multi-institutional team with legal authorities have discovered that brain imaging can determine whether someone is acting in a state of knowledge about a crime.
Date: Mar 13, 2017 -
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UVA, Virginia Tech Carilion partner to fund cross-university neuroscience research , articleThe University of Virginia-Virginia Tech Carilion Neuroscience Research Collaboration have announced more than a half million dollars in grant funding will be awarded to nine research teams to tackle pressing problems in brain development and function in health and disease.
Date: Dec 11, 2016 -
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Beliefs about nicotine influence cigarette craving , articleIn a study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, researchers found that participants failed to satisfy their craving by simply smoking a nicotine cigarette. The participants had to actually believe that the cigarette contained nicotine.
Date: Sep 13, 2016 -
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New journal launched for up-and-coming field of computational psychiatry , articleScientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute are teaming up with neuroscientists around the world.
Date: Jun 22, 2016 -
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Endowed professorships named for Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scholars , articleWarren Bickel is the first Virginia Tech Carilion Behavioral Science Research Professor, and P. Read Montague is the first Virginia Tech Carilion Vernon Mountcastle Research Professor.
Date: Mar 24, 2016 -
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Brain scanning reveals that birds of a feather really do flock together , articleIn a study using functional magnetic resonance imaging, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists found that our inherent risk-taking preferences affect how we view and act on information from other people.
Date: May 19, 2015 -
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Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists discover beliefs can be just as powerful as nicotine , articleVirginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have discovered that beliefs can regulate the effects of nicotine on the human brain.
Date: Feb 26, 2015 -
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Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists developing speedy test for autism spectrum disorder , article
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have designed a two-minute brain-imaging test that may be able to aid in the diagnosis of children with autism spectrum disorder
Date: Jan 15, 2015 -
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Liberal or conservative? Brain responses to disgusting images help reveal political leanings , articleOn the verge of Election Day, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists find that biology influences political ideology.
Date: Oct 31, 2014
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