University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) doctoral student Shuo Qin plans to study how physical fitness affects memory in
older adults using a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council (NSERC) of Canada.
Working in Dr. Chandramallika Basak’s
Lifespan Neuroscience and Cognition Lab, part of the school’s Center
for Vital Longevity (CVL), Qin hopes to yield more data about the suggested link
between an active lifestyle and good sleep and the preservation of hippocampal
volume, decreases of which are associated with poor memory.
“I was glad to get the news after
having worked very hard on the application,” Qin said of her grant. “I want to
thank the NSERC for this great opportunity and my advisor, Dr. Basak, for her
help and support during the application process.”
Qin plans to use Fitbit fitness trackers,
along with other measures of fitness, to gauge the physical activity and sleep
patterns of her participants, who are between 60 and 80 years of age. Participants’ memories will quantified with memory tests, conducted in the lab.
“I am very proud of Shuo’s achievements —
she is most deserving of NSERC’s recognition,” Basak said.
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