Hugh Garavan, an associate professor in the School of Psychology at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland will present a talk at MRN on Dec. 10. Titled, “The neurobiology of cognitive control and its role in addiction,” the talk will begin at 11:45 a.m. in the MRN large conference room. MRN is located in Pete and Nancy Domenici Hall on UNM’s North Campus.
Photo: Hugh Garavan
Garavan will summarize the results of a number of neuroimaging studies on executive functions, that is, those cognitive processes involved in controlling behavior. Specific focus will be placed on inhibitory control and performance monitoring and the evidence of their neuroanatomical dissociation.
These findings provide a foundation for studying individual differences in control and for studying clinical conditions such as addiction which are typically characterized by deficits in behavioral control. The talk will focus on what role these control functions have in drug dependence,in risk of dependence and in relapse.
In addition to his Trinity College appointment, Garavan is also assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, at the Medical College of Wisconsin and research scientists at Nathan Kline Institute in New York.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at December 1, 2009 04:11 PM