Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160104162

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160104162

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Enhancing Language Learning in Ageing With Exercise. This project aims to determine if exercise improves language learning and consolidation in ageing. There is now compelling evidence for the benefits of exercise on cognition in older adults, however, it is unclear whether exercise improves age-related language problems. The project plans to examine exercise-induced changes in brain activity and biomarkers in an innovative set of studies that seeks to identify the brain mechanisms involved. The findings are expected to contribute to theories of word learning and cognitive ageing and should advance our understanding of how exercise may be harnessed to optimise language and cognition. This would have practical applications in a range of populations with language and learning difficulties.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $401,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology | Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Hearing, Vision, Speech and Their Disorders |

Other Keywords

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Hearing, Vision, Speech and Their Disorders | Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension) | Psychology

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