Monthly Archives: June 2014

Are you a healthy control?

How about becoming a healthy volunteer for research and helping us Discover ~ Conquer ~ Cure?  Do you have spare time and want to make a difference to people’s lives? Perhaps you’re willing to give up your time and participate in studies right here in Randwick? I’m Connie Severino and my job at NeuRA is to maintain our healthy volunteer […]

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The pain – brain relationship

Exactly how does educating patients about pain lead to better outcomes? PhD student at NeuRA, Hopin Lee, is seeking to answer that question. Most of us know, through personal experience or having heard about someone else’s experience, that back pain can be troublesome. For many it’s just a niggle that can be kept under control with simple analgesics and a […]

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The Social Brain

Dr Muireann Irish uncovers the part of the brain that underpins social cognitive deficits in semantic dementia, further unraveling mysteries behind the disease. It may sound like the subject matter of a science fiction movie, but mind-reading is a process in which we regularly engage. On a daily basis, whenever we interact in social scenarios, we go beyond our own […]

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