York welcomes Professor Keith Schneider, new researcher in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

University of Missouri professor and brain researcher Keith Schneider will join York University on July 1 as a professor in the Department of Biology in the Faculty of Science & Engineering and as the coordinator of the University’s new Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) brain research facility. The facility will be located in the new Sherman […]

York study finds video gamers are in training for bigger tasks

Playing video games for hours on end may prepare young Billy to become a laparoscopic surgeon one day, a study from York University has shown. The findings, published online in the journal CORTEX, demonstrate that playing video games reorganizes the brain’s activity and can lead to better control of skilled movements. Alterations to the brain’s […]