PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP IV: APPLICATIONS OF NEUROSCIENCE FOR PREVENTION SCIENTISTS: CORE CONCEPTS AND EMERGING DIRECTIONS

This workshop is designed to provide attendees with instruction on core concepts and emerging directions regarding the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) techniques to prevention science. MRI and fMRI analyses represent a rapidly growing field in basic and applied research, providing scientists and clinicians with information on brain activity and neural systems that may underlie risk-taking behavior and impaired health. In this workshop, participants will be given an overview of MRI and fMRI methodology as well as specific applications of neuroscience to topics such as risky decision making, delay of gratification, and early life stress. Procedural considerations for conducting longitudinal MRI and fMRI research with adolescent and understudied populations will also be addressed.