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NSF Funding for Cognitive Disabilities Research & Education Projects

Learn about NSFs funding for research and education projects related to cognitive disabilities, including types of disabilities, NSF programs, and the importance of basic research in cognition.

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NSF Funding for Cognitive Disabilities Research & Education Projects

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  1. National Science Foundation Funding ForResearch and Education Projects Related to Cognitive Disabilities Lawrence ParsonsNational Science Foundation

  2. Cognition = Understanding world and others Distinct Component Processes and Representations Cognitive Disabilities: Dysfunctions in Processes or Representations Effects: • Difficulties in • Acquiring and storing sensory, language, social information • Reasoning • Planning • Attending, etc.

  3. Examples of Kinds of Cognitive Disabilities • Dementia • Stroke (Hemifield Neglect) • Learning Disabled • Mentally Retarded • Autistic • Head Injury • Computational Disability • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder • Language disorders (Dyslexias, Aphasias, Dysgraphia) • Tourette’s Syndrome

  4. NSF Programs Relevant To Cognitive Disabilities • Research/Education Programs on Basic Mechanisms of Cognition, Perception, Motor Control, Affect • Research/Education Programs on Biomedical Engineering to Aid Persons with Disabilities • Programs for Researchers/Educators with Disabilities

  5. Research/Education Programs on Basic Mechanisms of Cognition and Brain

  6. How does such Basic Research relate to Cognitive Disabilities? • Basic Understanding of Healthy Cognition and Brain is Critical to Understanding Disabilities • Basic Understanding of Healthy Cognition and Brain is Critical to Understanding Compensation for Disabilities via Strategic Use of Spared Abilities • Most generally, we all have some disabilities (e.g., limits for math, language learning)

  7. Human Cognition and Perception Program • Visual, auditory, tactile perception • Perceptual and conceptual development • Attention • Memory • Spatial cognition • Learning • Language processing • Reading • Motor control • Reasoning • Studies of normal or cognitively impaired adults or children

  8. Linguistics Program • Language structure (syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, acoustics) • Psychological processes involved in the use of language and speech • Development of linguistic capacities in children • Social and cultural factors in language use, variation, and change • Biological bases of language

  9. Developmental and Learning Sciences Program Cognitive processes Social processes Biological processes in children and adolescents’ learning and development in formal and informal settings.

  10. Social Psychology Program • Cultural differences • Social development over the life span • Attitude formation and change • Social cognition • Personality processes • Emotion, • Social psychology of health • Psychophysiological correlates of social behavior

  11. Cognitive Neuroscience Program Brain basis of: • Sensory processes • Higher perceptual processes • Higher cognitive functions • Language • Affect • Social processes • Learning, memory, attention, motor • Executive functions • Recovery of function, plasticity, development • Uses neuroimaging, brain stimulation, neurology, computational methods, experimental psychology, cross-species comparison

  12. Education and Human Resources Programs Supports education and education research in all areas of science, mathematics, and engineering. K-12, Undergraduate, Graduate Educators

  13. Special Funding Mechanisms or Initiatives CAREER Faculty Early Career Development IGERT Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeships SBIR Small Business Integrative Research ITR Information Technology Research NANO Partnerships in Nanotechnology REU Research Experience for Undergraduates

  14. Research/Education Program on Biomedical Engineering to Aid Persons with Disabilities

  15. Biomedical Engineering/Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities Program Engineering principles applied biology and medicine problems to both advance the engineering knowledge base and to achieve diagnosis or treatment-related goals. Some new areas of particular interest are: Biomedical photonics New cellular and tissue engineering concepts Innovative integration of multi-disciplinary technologies for new imaging and biosensing systems Home care technologies

  16. Programs for Researchers/Educators with Disabilities

  17. Program for Persons with Disabilities Achieve full participation of disabled students in science and mathematics education • Develop/test innovative techniques of teaching science and mathematics that are appropriate for all students • Increase the awareness and recognition of the needs and capabilities of students with disabilities • Promote the accessibility and appropriateness of instructional materials and learning technologies • Increase the availability of mentoring resources.

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