Current News

New Text on Cognitive Aging (Spring 2012) 'Nurturing the Older Brain and Mind' by Dr. Pam Greenwood and Dr. Raja Parasuraman has recently been published by the MIT Press:

Although our physical abilities clearly decline as we age, cognitive decline in healthy old age is neither universal nor inevitable. In Nurturing the Older Brain, Pamela Greenwood and Raja Parasuraman show that scientific research does not support the popular notion of the inexorable and progressive effects of cognitive aging in all older adults. They report that many adults maintain a high level of cognitive function into old age and that certain experiential and lifestyle factors--including education, exercise, diet, and opportunities for new learning--contribute to the preservation of cognitive abilities.

Distracted Driving Presentation Featured by ABC 7 & NPR (Spring 2011) HFAC students Ewart de Visser, Haneen Saqer, and Jon Strohl demonstrate the dangers of distracted driving to an auditorium of Westfield High Schoolers. See the video from ABC 7 and listen to the story from NPR.

New HFAC Faculty Member (Fall 2010) We are delighted to announce that Dr. Tyler Shaw will join the faculty as Assistant Professor in the Human Factors and Applied Cognition program. Dr. Shaw has research interests in vigilance, Transcranial Doppler Sonography, and individual differences in stress and human performance.

Goodbye to HFAC Faculty Members (Spring 2010) We are very sorry to announce that Dr. Chris Monk and Dr. Maria Kozhevnikov have left the Arch Lab and the HFAC Program as of January 2010. We wish them both well in their new positions.