Micky Marinelli Lab

Vulnerability to drugs, stress, and no effect of punishment in adolescents.

An article from "La Repubblica", a prominent Italian newspaper comparable to the New York Times in the USA, although direct comparisons are challenging to make.
See link below.

Free seminars this summer!
Seminars are hybrid (both in-person at UT Austin and on zoom)- see QR codes at the end of this message.

10 June
Dr. Margaret Keane
Title: Understanding human memory through the study of amnesia
Goal: Learn about the life of the famous amnesic patient H.M, and gain an appreciation of his contributions to our understanding of how memory is organized in the brain.

17 June
Dr. Linda Noble
Title: The brain-injured child- where “lived experience” intersects with lab-based research
Goal: Understand age at time of injury as a modifier of recovery, the concept that “time is brain” and the evolving expectations of family.

24 June
Dr. Tori Williams
Title: The neuropsychology of dementia
Goals: Describe the field of clinical neuropsychology, the role of a neuropsychologist in clinical and research settings, and the training requirements to becoming a neuropsychologist.
Discuss the clinical dementia syndrome, how various dementia pathologies uniquely impact cognitive functioning, and how neuropsychological assessment is used to diagnose dementia

01 July
Dr. Josh Cisler
Title: TBD, topic: PTSD

08 July
Dr. Micky Marinelli
Title: The illusion of objectivity in scientific research
Goal: Explain how cognitive and scientific biases can impact our ability to perform, interpret, and consume "good science"

15 July
Dr. Steve Warach
Title: Acute stroke and the challenges of clinical research
Goals: Understand basic concepts of acute stroke
Become familiar with successful approaches to developing stroke therapies

22 July
Dr. Charles Nemeroff
Title: The management of treatment resistant depression: the art and the science
Goals: Explain the latest treatment advances and research findings for treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
Describe emerging strategies in the use of atypical antipsychotics and new agents in the treatment of TRD.

29 July
Dr. Amy Lee
Title: TBD
Goals: To provide perspectives on research topics in sensory neuroscience

05 Aug
Dr. Esther Melamed
Title: TBD; Topic: Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

https://www.texasscientist.cns.utexas.edu/articles/futile-punishment

Futile Punishment — The Texas Scientist Decades into the war on drugs, neuroscientists are learning that punishing drug use may actually work against the goal of keeping teens or people with addiction away from drugs.  “Punishment seems logical on the surface,” said Micky Marinelli, an associate professor of neuroscience at UT A

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