APS
30th APS Annual Convention
Health Neuroscience: Exploring Lifestyle Factors and Brain Health
Health Neuroscience encompasses interrelationships between the brain, behavior and health-related phenomena. This symposium presents four sets of findings that highlight the importance of understanding the bidirectional relationships between lifestyle factors and brain health. Topics include neurobiological mechanisms in eating and brain health benefits of exercise.
Chairs & Discussants
- Peter HallChair
University of Waterloo
Presentations
- Attenuation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Activity Increases Appetitive Food Cravings and Consumption Via Heightened Reward Responsivity to High Calorie Food Stimuli.Cassandra Lowe
- Effects of Left Dlpfc Down-Regulation on Social Cognitive Processes Following Exposure to Calorie Dense Snack FoodsPeter Hall
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Increased Hippocampal Functional Connectivity in Healthy Young AdultsChelsea Stillman
- Exercise Effects on Brain Health in Mid-Life and Older AdultsKirk Erickson