Our Research
The Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab (EBRL) seeks to understand why some children are successful at learning to read while others are not. Using neuroimaging and behavioral testing, our NIH and NSF funded studies investigate reading comprehension, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, and the effects of reading interventions in children with and without reading difficulties.
We aim to improve the diagnosis and treatment of children who are struggling learners by combining findings from neurobiological, psychological, and educational perspectives.
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~News~
EBRL and Distant Research
We at EBRL hope that you are doing well during these challenging times, even as things continue to open and close. In the past few weeks and months, we’ve been hard at work, doing data collection in tandem with many of our colleagues across the nation, switching to remote testing. Even though we’ve been stuck […]
COVID-19 Response and Our Research
We at EBRL hope that you and yours are doing well and staying safe in this unprecedented health event going on in the United States and across the world. The times we are in are difficult for research and we here at the Education and Brain Science Research Lab are committed to the health […]
Belated Congrats to our own Neena Saha! (Dec. 11th.)
A shortly belated congrats to our lab’s very own Neena Saha (now DR Neena Saha) on her successful defense and awarding of her doctorate degree! It was a whirlwind month or so for us, we went from business as usual to discovering that she was planning to finish off her degree early and move out […]
Three Cheers for Katherine Aboud for the Successful Defense of her Dissertation!
On October the 22nd, (very soon to be Doctor) Katherine Aboud successfully defended her thesis dissertation to a crowd of both EBRL members, members of the public, and her committee members alike! We couldn’t be happier for her and are more than excited to continue to see her excel! A long time member of […]
EBRL’s Tin Nguyen Awarded for His Research!
Members of the Mind Science Foundation pitch competition awarded Education and Brain Research Lab’s own Tin Nguyen the Tom Slick Research Award in Consciousness on the evening of October the 15th! This seed money will go towards his future research and will be an amazing stepping stone towards his future career! Here the lab […]
BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition, EBRL Asks: What Creates Resiliency in Children in Poverty? (Oct.15)
(The following has been a reduced version of an article first posted here.) Join members of the Education Brain and Research Laboratory and the Mind Science Foundation for a night of science driven by brilliant young researchers! Three teams will pitch their brain research projects as they compete for their shot at a $60,000 pot. […]
Join EBRL at VKC Science Day on Tues., Sept. 17, 2019
Fans of science and psychology can join members of the Education and Brain Research Lab at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Science Day. The annual promotion and gathering of scientific minds gives those within the Kennedy Center a chance to exchange ideas and interact with each other’s research. Events will include a keynote address, two poster sessions, […]
Congratulations 2019 Vanderbilt Graduates!
EBRL is very proud to be the home to a large amount of talented individuals. Over time sadly those people may come and go, but we are always overjoyed to celebrate their successes along the way. This is the start of so many wonderful things for so many people in our lab and we couldn’t […]
Join EBRL on your feet on National Walking Day! (4/3/19)
Jump up on your feet and get your steps in today! The first Wednesday in April is National Walking Day! Here at Vanderbilt we got out and took a short break from doing research to go and stretch our legs with a good long walk! As we all know, exercise and especially walking is good […]
Dr. Laurie Cutting to guest Lecture at Ohio State (4/14/19)
Dr. Laurie Cutting to Lecture at Ohio State University’s Science Sundays’ Lecture Series Find out more about her lecture and future Science Sunday lectures at the event page here: https://ccbbi.osu.edu/events/science-sundays Mirroring the information provided there here: Science Sundays Sunday, April 14, 2019 – 3:00pm to 5:00pm Ohio Union U.S. Bank Conference Theatre Educational Neuroscience: How the Brain Supports Learning […]