Brain & Cognition

The rapidly growing aging population underscores an urgent need for precise and personalized assessments, and mitigation of cognitive and motor functions. Decline in brain function is one of the most prominent and fundamental consequences of aging. This research theme focuses  on precise evaluation of brain activity using fMRI and EEG, improving memory performance, and enhancing motor skills, aimed at optimizing daily functions and sharpening sensory processing. Better understanding of neural mechanisms impacting an individual’s cognitive  and motor capacities, and identification of biomarkers for these processes, will allow the development of personalized interventions for treatments, paving the ways to promoting healthy brain aging. This research theme is led by Assoc. Prof. Firas Mawase and Assistant Prof. Ben Engelhard.

Assoc. Prof. Firas Mawase is a member of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion, and Head of the Neurorehabilitation and Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab. He is known for his work in motor  learning, neuroplasticity, cognition, and rehabilitation.