📣 Call for Applications: 2026 SRNDNA Pilot Grant
We’re excited to announce the final round of SRNDNA pilot funding supporting research at the intersection of decision neuroscience & aging.
🗓️ Applications due June 1, 2026
🧠 Priority: ADRD-related projects
#DecisionNeuroscience #AgingResearch #ADRD
Congrats!!
ICYMI: Today's talk on Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms of Cooperative Decision-Making by Steve Chang - youtu.be/tQ2FN2l1HfU
On Wednesday March 25!
Due today! Get those applications in!!
ICYMI: Here's a link to today's talk from Michael Treadway: youtu.be/ZlaTDXc5ZOU @sebastianshorn.bsky.social @kendraseaman.bsky.social @colleencfrank.bsky.social @zitamayer.bsky.social @kimberlychiew.bsky.social @srndna.bsky.social @cvlneuro.bsky.social
A big congratulations to our 2026 Collaboration Award winners! Tess Wild from Cornell University (top left), Esther Friendman from University of Michigan (top right), Roufan Ma from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (bottom left), and Xiaosi Gu from Yale School of Medicine (bottom right)!
DUE this SUNDAY!!🚨🚨🚨
Calling all UNDERGRADUATES for the chance to be funded in research this summer!
Apply here: utdallas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
This Wednesday February 25! Dr. Michael Treadway (Emory University) is presenting in
@motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Effort-Based Decision-Making and Its Discontents: Precision medicine approaches for understanding the pathophysiology and treatment of motivational deficits in mental illness" 1/
@srndna.bsky.social
Hot off the presses! Our new chapter “Decision-Making in the Aging Brain: An Update of the Evidence Base for the “Affect-Integration-Motivation” Framework” in
"Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions"
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Chapter 📖 "Decomposing Economic Choices with Drift-Diffusion Models" with @krajbichlab.bsky.social and Xiaozhi (Taro) Yang is out in, "Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions" edited by @dvsmith.bsky.social, @thepsychologist.bsky.social, @dfareri.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yey56tup
What a tremendous loss. So incredibly grateful for Denise’s vision and the community that she has built here at CVL. We’ll miss you.
ICYMI: Here's a link to the recording of today's talk by Brian Knutson on Deconstructing Neural Predictors of Choice - youtu.be/bX-mzrnbE_E
@sebastianshorn.bsky.social @zitamayer.bsky.social @kimberlychiew.bsky.social @colleencfrank.bsky.social @kendraseaman.bsky.social
Check out our Spring 2026 lineup!
ICYMI: Here's a recording of today's talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ae...
@sebastianshorn.bsky.social
@kendraseaman.bsky.social
@kimberlychiew.bsky.social
@colleencfrank.bsky.social
@zitamayer.bsky.social
@cvlneuro.bsky.social
Why do some things stick in memory while others fade?
Next Tue, Dec 9, Alan Castel (UCLA) will be presenting in
@motcogmeet.bsky.social online talk series on “Memory Selectivity in Younger and Older Adults: A Value-Directed Remembering Approach.” 1/
Join us! (link below)
There’s another doctor in the house! The Aging Well Lab’s first graduate student, Galston Wong, successfully defended his dissertation today. Congrats!!🎉 We’re so proud of you Dr. Wong! @cvlneuro.bsky.social
ICYMI: UTD's Psychology Department is launching a new, fully accredited concentration in Clinical Psychology. Apply now to join our first cohort - deadline November 15!
bbs.utdallas.edu/40960/new-ph...
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Coming up on November 11! Dr. Corinna Loeckenhoff @loeckenhoff.bsky.social (Cornell University) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Aging Differences in Decision Making: A Conceptual Framework" 1/
Calling all graduate students and post-docs! Our collaboration award provides funding for the purpose of advising on an existing project and/or getting advice on navigating a career in science!
⏰ Applications are open Nov. 1 - Dec. 15, 2025 ⏰
Learn more here: srndna.utdallas.edu/awards/colla...
!!! Exciting new initiative at UTD !!! Come lead the development of affective and/or motivational neuroscience at UTD:
To conclude our recap of last week’s 15th Anniversary celebration, we’re sharing a special video highlighting 15 years of impact at the Center for Vital Longevity.
Click here: youtu.be/zNllL5QYVlg?...
Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey!
We’re hiring! Open Rank Faculty Position in Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience. Come join our vibrant research community at @cvlneuro.bsky.social. More info and application here: jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30507
Thanks to members of our @cvlneuro.bsky.social community who came out to the #walk2endalz today! We honor those who have lost someone to Alzheimer’s, those who are supporting someone or caring for someone living with Alzheimer’s, and those who are fighting every day for a dementia-free world.💜💜💜
Great talk from @asinclair.bsky.social! Definitely check it out if you missed it.
Ooh! Can’t wait for @asinclair.bsky.social talk next week!
Make sure you don’t miss it.
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Coming up on October 28! Dr. Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social (UPenn/Rice) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Motivational States Bias Choices, Information Consumption, and Memory" 1/
Excited to see Zhihao Zhang present his @srndna.bsky.social -supported work on memory constraints on decision making in Alzheimer’s Disease @socforneuroecon.bsky.social