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SUPER MODELS How do we make sense of the vast amounts of neuroscience data we have at our disposal? What are the patterns that we can identify in this data? And how can we use these patterns to predict future outcomes? As a statistician scientist, Dr. Malcolm Binns is involved in developing mathematical models for neuroscience data. His research focus spans a number of areas – from developing models that predict how brain functions such as memory and attention change as we age, to applying and improving statistical methods to investigate cognitive deficits and behavioural disturbances in specific patient populations such as those with Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia or traumatic brain injury. In making use of improved statistical methods and mathematical models, Dr. Binns's research work is helping to extend our knowledge of human cognition and behaviour. Dr. Malcolm Binns Statistician Scientist PIONEERS OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Dr. Endel Tulving Scientist Emeritus Dr. Fergus Craik Senior Scientist Dr. Endel Tulving is considered by many to be the single scientist who has had the greatest impact on our understanding of human memory. An international luminary in experimental psychology, Dr. Tulving's theories on the brain's multiple memory systems have laid the foundation for the entire field of memory research. Best known for his findings on "episodic" memory – or the memory of personal experiences and specific events in time – Dr. Tulving has not only advanced the theoretical understanding of memory, but has had a tremendous influence on the research of neurological disorders such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease. In 2010, Dr. Tulving retired from Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute, but his influence continues to be felt, both at Baycrest, and throughout the fields of cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and clinical neurology. Dr. Tulving has been elected to six national academies of science worldwide, has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Gairdner Award in 2005, and in 2006 was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada. One of the world's most renowned psychologists, Dr. Fergus Craik has contributed immensely to the understanding of human memory. For more than four decades, his research has been instrumental in shaping our knowledge of how memory works and how these functions change as we age. Dr. Craik's enormous body of work and leadership in the field has earned him the highest honours, including being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the Royal Society of London. One of the founding pioneers of Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute, Dr. Craik continues to work alongside Baycrest's young, up-and-coming scientists, collaborating on research into human memory and sharing his vast knowledge and experience with the next generation of leading minds.

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