The Brain Imaging, Behavior & Aging Lab is located in the Psychology Department of the University of Arizona and is part of the Neuroscience and Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary programs and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute.  The lab studies brain-behavior relationships in the context of aging. We use neuroimaging techniques, including structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), in combination with measures of cognition and behavior to address research questions on cognitive aging and age-related, neurodegenerative disease.

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News and Updates

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• Gene Alexander co-authored article showing large amounts of time spent sedentary is linked to dementia risk.  See story here.

• Gene Alexander co-authored article on how different activities while sedentary can affect risk of dementia.  See story here.

• Madeline Ally receives the Alfred W. Kaszniak Graduate Fellowship in neuropsycholgy.

• Gene Alexander co-authored article showing air pollution can reduce the benefits of exercise on the brain. See article here.

• Gene Alexander co-authored a new article on why the brain benefits from exercise, featured on the cover of Scientific American. See article here.

• Gene Alexander awarded new collaborative NIH grant to study a novel intervention for cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease. See story here.

• Samantha Smith receives Theodore H. Koff scholarship for studies in Aging & Gerontology

• Gene Alexander elected American Psychological Assoc. Fellow of Adult Development & Aging.

• Gene Alexander elected Fellow of the APA's Society for Clinical Neuropsychology. See here.