When we imagine the future, our brains engage the same neural networks as when we remember the past.
This groundbreaking discovery helps us better understand the relationship between our memory and our imagination. It propelled the career of neuroscientist Donna Rose Addis, leading her to win the 2010 Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize in her home country of New Zealand.
Dr. Addis currently leads the Memory Lab at the Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, which is affiliated with the University of Toronto (U of T). There, a team of researchers is studying memory, identity and of particular importance for Canada's senescent population the aging brain. She is one of the two dozen renowned scholars supported by the Canada 150 Research Chairs Program.
Launched eight years ago to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Confederation, the program provided a one-time investment of $117.6 million to Canadian universities to attract top-tier, internationally based scholars.
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