Fellowships: Learning and Memory, Language, Communication and Related Neurosciences – F01B
The F01B study section reviews fellowship applications with an emphasis on learning and memory as well as communication and language. Applications proposing language projects focusing on development, comprehension, and production as well as the brain regions responsible for language and communication abilities are appropriate for this study section. In addition, F01B reviews applications examining learning and memory, as well as decision making and reasoning. Also addressed are applications on circadian rhythms, sleep and eating disorders. Both animal model and human subject studies are covered.
Review Dates
Topics
- Neural circuitry underlying mechanisms of memory formation, consolidation, and retrieval as well as decision making– ranging from electrophysiological investigations to mapping of anatomical pathways to epigenetics
- Synaptic plasticity - cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning and memory
- Circuitry-level studies of Alzheimer’s disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) in animal models
- Behavioral physiology that mediates learning (acquisition of knowledge and skills) and memory or decision making in normal and pathological states.
- Fear memory consolidation, molecular and circuit underpinnings of PTSD Reasoning, decision-making, and problem-solving
- Computational, AI, and machine learning approaches to modeling of synaptic plasticity, neural circuitry, intercellular and intracellular processes, and interactions among brain structures that affect learning, memory and decision making
- Circuitry-level studies of the neural basis of cognition and executive functions (other than those associated with visual, auditory, or other perceptual cues)
- Effects of sleep or aging on memory in human subjects.
- Language and communication, including songbird communication
- Language development and origins of language/communication disorders, including autism
- Language comprehension and production
- Non-linguistic communication
- Eating and sleep disorders
- The interaction of circadian rhythms and behavior and including feeding, social interaction, sleep-wake cycles and hibernation
- Mechanisms underlying sleep regulation and circadian rhythms
- Modulation of the clock genes by stress or environment
