News

DEN Lab creates fNIRS website for beginners

Tuesday, August 8, 2023
The website provides tutorials on how to set up a fNIRS study and collect data using NIRSport2.

Paige Nelson awarded NIH T32 training grant

Monday, August 2, 2021
Paige Nelson, as a member of the BBIP program, was awarded the National Institutes of Health T32 pre-doctoral research training grant.

DEN Lab awarded 2020-2021 UI Prevention Research Centers Pilot Grant

Friday, August 7, 2020
Our P.I. Demir-Lira and collaborator Dr. Kelli Ryckman were awarded the 2020-2021 University of Iowa Prevention Research Centers Pilot Grant.

Francesca (Chessie) Scheiber awarded Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship

Thursday, April 23, 2020
Fellowship to fund her dissertation research on the relationships between maternal mental health, parent-child interactions and cognitive development of preterm and term-born preschoolers.

Maria Carriel awarded DeLTA Center Interdisciplinary Research Grant

Thursday, April 23, 2020
The proposed project will establish a collaboration between the DEN Lab and Dr. Matthew Lira from College of Education to examine the neural correlates for successful spatial problem-solving in chemistry education.

Child Trends News Service report features research from the DEN

Wednesday, November 6, 2019
The Child Trends News Service, funded by NSF, featured our research on the neurocognitive basis of attitudes towards math in their latest report.

Allison Momany featured in Annual CLAS Report

Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Allison's work was featured in the 2019 Annual Report of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Megan Schumer awarded ICRU fellowship

Friday, April 5, 2019
Megan will receive a scholarship of $2500 to continue her work on the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying numerical processing in preschool children over the summer.

DEN Lab welcomes two new members in Spring 2019

Friday, March 15, 2019
DEN Lab welcomes Francesca Scheiber and Maria Carriel to the pack.