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NeuroCognitive Imaging Laboratory (NCIL)

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NeuroCognitive Imaging Laboratory (NCIL)

NCIL researches neuroplasticity and language to improve quality of life through better diagnosis, tr

We study neuroplasticity – how the brain’s organization can be affected by experience, and how this can in different situations be adaptive or disruptive. Different research projects look at topics such as second language learning, aphasia (an acquired language disorder), deafness, and sign language. We make extensive use of brain imaging technologies including functional magnetic resonance imagin

g (fMRI), event-related brain potentials (ERP), and magnetoencephalography (MEG). Most of our studies are aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of different neurological conditions.

02/22/2026

The NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab is researching chldren's reading development! We invite children in grades 3, 4, & 5 who speak English at home and school to take part in our study. Kids learn about brain science and parents have the opportunity to learn how their child's reading is progressing. Contact us at https://redcap.link/ComChERP

02/10/2026

NCIL is researching chldren's reading development! We invite children in grades 3, 4, & 5 who speak English at home and school to take part in our study. Kids learn about brain science and parents have the opportunity to learn how their child's reading is progressing. Contact us at https://redcap.link/ComChERP

03/01/2023

What Makes a Skilled Reader? The Neurocognitive Imaging Lab needs your help to find out! We’re looking for students in Grades 2 & 3 who speak English at home and at school, with normal hearing and normal (or corrected to normal) vision, to take part in a longitudinal neuroimaging study.
The goal of the study is to characterize how individual differences in reading skills relate to children’s patterns of brain activation, and how these relationships change from Grade 2 to Grade 5. Participants complete 4 study visits that are ~ 90-100 minutes each. The first visit involves assessments of reading, the second will take place at the IWK Health Center for an MRI scan. Visits 2 and 3 are repetitions of the first visit, one and two years after the MRI scan.
Participants will get a unique experience with brain research, and we can provide information to parents about their child’s reading comprehension levels. Please contact us to find out more about this opportunity: [email protected] or 902 494-1911

02/09/2023

What Makes a Skilled Reader?

The Neurocognitive Imaging Lab is looking for practice participants!
That means we’re looking for child participants so that we can practice administering the tasks in our upcoming study. We need children ages 5-10, who speak and read English and have normal (or corrected to normal) vision and hearing, to take part in a 2 hour study. It’s a one-time visit and we won’t keep your data.
The goal of the study is to characterize how individual differences in reading skills relate to children’s patterns of brain activation, and how these relationships change from Grade 2 to Grade 5. The practice sessions involve administration of reading-related skills.
Participation takes place in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, at Dalhousie University in Halifax. You will be compensated $50 for your time ($30 to Child, $20 to Parent/Guardian).
Please contact us to find out more about this opportunity: [email protected], or 902 494-1911

10/23/2022

NCIL takes on Macintosh Run Community Trail! Our team had so much fun hiking, bonding, and exploring this weekend. 🌳🍂

06/24/2022

A visiting researcher this summer!
Anika Nissen (she/her) is a visiting PhD student from Germany in the field of neuro information systems (neuroIS). Within this research field Anikais focusing on consumer research on e-commerce websites by means of fNIRS with a special focus on user experience (UX) and trust. While at NCIL, she works on an EEG-study together with ColinConrad about how users perceive Instagram influencers, and how this perception differs depending on whether the influencer is human or computer-generated.

03/01/2022

We appreciate our volunteers at NCIL - they make a difference with our data collection - especially Nana Boakye! Today we're acknowledging Nana as NCIL's .
Nana is determined to learn as much as she can about neuroimaging. Her research interests circulate around the verbal and non-verbal developmental aspects of learning, and she is absolutely fascinated with current analytical imaging techniques (many detailed in the book published by Dr. Newman himself!). Nana has been assisting with the TSN study, identifying brain correlates of cybersecurity threat notifications, and will soon assist on another study investigating the neural mechanisms underlying memory production, retrieval, and elaboration, with the possibility of a specific neural substrate ringleader, via the use of fMRI. We're so lucky to have Nana as a part of the NCIL team!

02/02/2022

Like all research labs at NCIL we rely on volunteers to assist with multiple aspects of running our studies. Today we're acknowledging Grace Landry as
who's been with us since before the pandemic and continues to be one of our most reliable and witty volunteers!
Grace Landry is a 4th year honours BA student in Psychology, minoring in Linguistics at Saint Mary’s University. She has been volunteering with NCIL since Fall of 2019, and has assisted in the QUIZ study, as well as multiple other projects. Grace is very interested in cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics. She is currently completing her thesis on the development of literacy skills under supervision of Dr. Nicole Conrad, and enjoys the outdoors, reading, and tea.

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Life Sciences Centre, 1355 Oxford Street
Halifax, NS
B3H4R2

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.ncilab.ca/

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